On a Christmas cake day one 在一个圣诞蛋糕第一天

Friday in August 周五在八月

In a bookshop in Charing Cross Road 在查林十字街书店

I first set eyes on a girl and at once I did know 我第一次看中了一个女孩，一下子我也知道

   

She had eyes like a poet and hair like a rainbow 她的眼睛像一个诗人，头发像一道彩虹

Reflecting the lights that did glow 反映了灯的发光没

And the sadness she kept in her eyes 和悲伤，她不停地在她眼前

Struck my senses a blow 击中我的感觉当头一棒

   

And so as by chance at the touch of a glance 所以，作为一个偶然的机会在触摸一目了然

We could find ourselves out in the road 我们可以发现我们在路上

With no crush of time to defeat us and no place to go 由于没有暗恋的时间来打败我们，没有地方可去

And I couldn't say how but the coffee bar crowd 我不能说，但如何在咖啡吧的人群

Had appeared through the silence that broke 通过打破沉默已经出现

And she said "Oh my father's a judge in St Albans you know." 她说： “噢，我的父亲在圣奥尔本斯法官，你知道的。 ”

   

"Oh well, then perhaps I could help you “哦，那也许我可以帮你

You know that St. Albans is miles away 你知道，圣奥尔本斯是英里远

And I've got a room in Swiss Cottage in which you could stay 而且我有一个房间的瑞士小屋中，你可以留下来

   

"She laughed "Oh I couldn't do that, “她笑了”哦，我不能这样做，

For I've got to be up in the morning you see. 对于我必须要在你看到早上。

"So I rang up to find out the first morning train she could take “于是我又响了起来，找出了第一天早上的火车，她可以拿

And so in the gloom of a candlelit room 所以，在烛光的房间的黑暗

With spaghetti, two forks and a plate 有了意大利面，两叉和盘子

She said "Oh I really would like to be free and escape." 她说：“哦，我真的想获得自由和逃避。 ”

   

"Oh well if it's like thatYou don't have to go back “哦，好吧，如果是像thatYou没有回去

And you're perfectly welcome to stay" 而我们很欢迎你留下来“

"But I've not finished school yet." she said as she got into bed “但是我还没有毕业呢。”她说，她上了床

   

And so as she slept and the pure morning crept 等她睡着，纯早晨蹑手蹑脚

Through the windows to take her away 透过窗户把她带走

I thought you can't make people be what you want them to be 我还以为你能不能让人成为你想要什么他们是

   

I could see my self nailed to a dormitory tale 我能看到我自己钉在一个宿舍的故事

Of a holiday night's escapade 节日晚上的越轨行为

And just yesterday she had seemed like a woman to me 而就在昨天，她似乎是一个女人给我

   

And so like a child with the sleep in her eyes 所以，就像一个孩子，在她眼中的睡眠

Where the sadness of age had once been 凡年龄的忧伤曾经是

She left on the train with a "See you again" and a smile 她离开了在火车上与一个“再会”和微笑

   

And I couldn't say what I had won or I lost 我不能说我赢了还是我输了

Or even just what I had seen 甚至只是我所看到的

But when I'm alone I just think of her once in awhile. 但是，当我孤单我只是觉得她曾经在一段时间。