[NARRATION] [旁白]

   

Looking at his son across the room 看着自己的儿子在房间里

He feared to cross that divide 他担心跨越的鸿沟

But how long could he stay in this dark 但他能留在这个黑暗的多久

That allows us all to hide 这使我们所有人隐藏

   

Is there a wrong so great in life 是否有错误如此之大，在生活中

That it undoes every good we've ever done 它解开每一个良好的，我们做过

Is there an act so good it would undo all our wrongs 有一种行为这么好，将取消所有的错

Every single one? 每一个人？

   

And in putting his whole 而在把他的整个

Life into this gesture 生活到这个手势

Would failing make it 会失败使

Any lesser? 任何小？

   

Then through the window he thought he saw 然后，透过窗户，他以为自己看到了

In the falling snow so near 在飘落的雪花那么近

The outline of his son's mother's face 儿子的母亲的脸的轮廓

But then it disappeared 但随后就消失

   

It was only there for a second 这只是有一秒钟

And a second's not long, but yet 和第二不长，但尚未

It was enough to cause that man 这是足以引起人类

To take that very first step 要采取第一步

   

And that step was followed by another 与该步骤之后，接着由另一

In that room still lit so dim 在那个房间里还亮着昏暗等等

And before he realized how far he had gone 和他认识之前多远，他已经走了

His son was directly in front of him 他的儿子是直接在他面前

   

Then the father noticed on the windowsill 这时父亲发现窗台上

An old photo that he long ago had seen 一张老照片，他很久以前曾见过

It was a picture of him and his wife 这是他和他的妻子的照片

When they were both about nineteen 当他们都约19

   

It was leaning against a folder 它靠在一个文件夹

That said "property of the deceased" 这就是说“死者的财产”

And underneath was his wife's name 而下面是他妻子的名字

And the date it had been released 和日期，它已被释放

   

It was obviously her personal possessions 这显然是她的个人财产

That had been given to his son 这已经给他的儿子

Because since he had left them all behind 因为既然他已经离开了他们一切的背后

The child was the only one 这孩子是唯一一个

   

His son must have always kept it with him 他的儿子必须始终保持其与他

For the folder was weathered and torn 对于该文件夹被风化和蹂躏

And he must have gazed at that picture countless times 他一定是盯着那张照片无数次

For it was also all tattered and worn 它也是所有的破烂和陈旧

   

Then his son noticed him standing there 然后，他的儿子发现他站在那里

And from his task looked up 而从他的任务抬头

And then looked at the picture beside him 然后看着他旁边的图片

And that one look, was enough 而这一眼，就足以

   

He recognized it was his father 他承认这是他的父亲

That was now standing there 这是现在站在那里

And gave him a smile of pure love and forgiveness 并给了他纯粹的爱与宽恕的微笑

And of the past, he did not care 过去的同时，他也没在意

   

He did not care where he had been 他不在乎，他曾

The whys, the wheres, the hows 该个为什么，在哪来的怎么样了

He only cared that his father was there 他只关心他的父亲在那里

Standing by him now 他现在站立

   

Then the father turned and walked across the room 这时父亲转过身来，在房间里走了

Which by now had lost its distance 它现在已经失去了它的距离

And went to the nearest incubator 并前往最近的孵化器

And picked up a trembling infant 拿起一只颤抖的婴儿

   

And with the child within his arms 而随着他的手臂内的孩子

He returned to his son 他回到了他的儿子

And all the pain within his soul 和所有他的灵魂之痛

At that moment was undone 在那一刻被撤消

   

And he sat in the rocking chair beside him 他在摇椅坐在他身边

With the life he had retrieved 随着生活，他曾检索

And side-by-side together 和侧方一起

They rocked all through that christmas eve 他们震撼了所有通过平安夜

   

[O' COME ALL YE FAITHFUL] [ O来全叶诚]

   

[Instrumental] [器乐]