You say you want to be buried beneath a mango tree 你说你想被压埋芒果树

Where if in the northern summer you come back to life 其中，如果在北方的夏天你起死回生

You say you want your ashes mixed up with your lover’s salt 你说你希望你的骨灰混在一起你爱人的盐

Where every Sunday night he’ll eat a little more of you 在那里每个周日的晚上，他会吃多一点的你

   

You say you can’t stop crying, it’s just the power of the song 你说你无法停止哭泣，这首歌只是权力

Riding on the midnight bus again 再次坐上午夜巴士

And you say that you loved him but you were just too young 而你说你爱他，但你只是太年轻

You say that’s why you still wait in the rain 你说，这就是为什么你还等在雨中

   

You say a lot of things 你说的东西很多

   

And you say that your daddy was a painter of sorts 而你说你爸爸是各种各样的画家

But I never saw him paint a thing 但我从来没有见过他作画的事

He just kept the tins underneath his bed 他只是不停的罐子自己的床底下

And sniffed a different colour every night 每天晚上闻不同的颜色

And dreamed of a place up in the sky 和梦想的地方，在天空

Where everyone’s a painter till they die 每个人是一个画家，直到他们死

   

You say you don’t like flying on aeroplanes 你说你不喜欢飞在飞机上

That even seabirds must get lonely out there 即使海鸟必须把寂寞在那里

You said you were quitting after your next pack 你说你的下一个包后退出

And you said once that I was beautiful 和你说一次，我是美丽的

But for all the pretty ladies in Beijing 但对于所有漂亮的女士在北京

I couldn’t stop my drinking 我不能阻止我喝酒

   

And you say a lot of 和你说了很多

You say a lot of 你说了很多

You say a lot of things 你说的东西很多

   

You say you can’t stop dreaming about your funeral day 你说你能不能不要妄想你的葬礼一天

Where all your long-time friends will be crying for you 您所有的长期朋友会为你哭泣

And I’d be up the back with a rose in my hand 而我会与玫瑰背在我手中

And I’d give to you in death what I could not in life 而且我给你死就是我不能在生活中