Those other years the dusty years 其他年尘封多年

We drove the big herds through 我们开车经过的大牛群

I tried to forget the miles we rode 我试图忘记我们乘坐的里程

And Spanish Johnny too. 和西班牙语约翰尼过。

   

He'd sit beside a water ditch 他会水的水沟旁坐

When all his herd was in 当所有他的羊群在

And he'd never harm a child 他从来没有伤害孩子

But sing to his mandolin. 但是唱他的曼陀林。

   

The old talk, the old ways 旧的谈话，老办法

And the dealing of our game 而我们的游戏交易

Spanish Johnny never spoke 西班牙约翰尼从来不说

But sang a song of Spain. 但唱西班牙歌。

   

And his talk with men was vicious 和他的谈话与人是邪恶的

Talk when he was drunk on gin 说话时，他喝醉了在杜松子酒

Ah, but those were golden things 啊，但那些是金色的东西

He said to his mandolin. 他对他的曼陀铃说。

   

[Instrumental] [器乐]

   

We had to stand, we tried to judge 我们不得不站，我们试图判断

We had to stop him then 我们必须阻止他再

For the hand so gentle to a child 对于手那么温柔了孩子

Had killed so many men. 杀了那么多的人。

   

He died a hard death long ago 他早就死了硬死亡

Before the road come in 前路进来

And the night before he swung 而前一天晚上，他挥舞

He sung to his mandolin. 他唱他的曼陀林。

   

Well, we carried him out in the morning sun 好了，我们抬出去，在清晨的阳光

A man that done no good 有一个人做不好

And we lowered him down in the cold clay 我们降低了他倒在冰冷的泥

Stuck in a cross of wood. 卡在木头十字架。

   

And the letter we wrote to his kinfolk 和信，就写信给他的亲属

To tell them where he'd been 要告诉他们，他一直

And we shipped it out to Mexico 我们运出来到墨西哥

Along with his mandolin... 随着他的曼陀铃...