O light the candle, John Ø点燃蜡烛，约翰

The daylight has almost gone 白天几乎已经消失了

The birds have sung their last 该鸟唱他们的最后

The bells call all to mass 钟声呼吁所有大众

   

Sit here by my side 在我身边，坐在这里

For the night is very long 在晚上很长

There's something I must tell 有件事情我必须告诉

Before I pass along 在我传递下去

   

I joined the brotherhood 我加入了兄弟会

My books were all to me 我的书是我的全部

I scribed the words of God í划线神的话

And much of history 和许多历史

   

Many a year was I 许多年被我

Perched out upon the sea 从栖息在海上

The waves would wash my tears, 海浪将洗我的眼泪，

The wind, my memory 风，我的记忆

   

I'd hear the ocean breathe 我听到大海的呼吸

Exhale upon the shore 呼气岸上

I knew the tempest's blood 我知道暴风雨的血

Its wrath I would endure 它的愤怒，我忍

   

And so the years went by 这样一来，岁月的流逝

Within my rocky cell 在我的岩石单元

With only a mouse or bird 只用鼠标或鸟

My friend; I loved them well 我的朋友;我爱得好

   

And so it came to pass 等过了

I'd come here to Romani 我来这里罗姆

And many a year it took 和许多年花

Till I arrived here with thee 直到我来到这里与你同在

   

On dusty roads I walked 在尘土飞扬的道路我走

And over mountains high 而在山高

Through rivers running deep 通过运行深的河流

Beneath the endless sky 下方的无尽的天空

   

Beneath these jasmine flowers 下面这些茉莉花

Amidst these cypress trees 面对这些柏树

I give you now my books 我给你，现在我的书

And all their mysteries 和他们所有的奥秘

   

Now take the hourglass 现在采取的沙漏

And turn it on its head 并把它发挥得淋漓尽致

For when the sands are still 因为当沙子仍然

'Tis then you'll find me dead “提斯那么你会发现我死了

   

O light the candle, John Ø点燃蜡烛，约翰

The daylight is almost gone 白天几乎没有了

The birds have sung their last 该鸟唱他们的最后

The bells call all to mass 钟声呼吁所有大众