I was walking in Savannah past a church decayed and dim 我走在大草原过去教会腐烂和暗淡

when slowly through the window came a plaintive funeral hymn 当慢慢透过窗户传来一个哀怨的挽歌

With my sympathy awakened and a wonder quickly grew, 与我的同情和唤醒一个奇迹迅速成长，

'til I found myself envired in a little colored pew. 直到我发现自己envired在一个小的彩色长椅。

   

Out front a colored couple sat and sorrowed yet a while. 出门前的彩色情侣坐在那里，却留不住了一会儿。

On the altar was a casket and in the casket was a child. 在祭坛上是一个骨灰盒和棺材还是个孩子。

I could picture him while living, curly hair protruding lips, 我可以想象他而生活，卷曲的头发突出的嘴唇，

why I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my hurried southern trips. 为什么我看到或许我急忙南部旅行了一千。

   

Rose a sad, old colored preacher from his little wooden desk 从他的小木桌上涨悲伤，老色传道

with a manner sort of awkward and countenance grotesque. 用的方式排序的尴尬和相貌怪诞。

The simplicity and shrewdness in his Ethiopian face, showed the wisdom and ignorance of a crushed, undying race. 在他的黑人面孔的简单和精明，表现出的粉碎，不死种族的智慧和无知。

   

And he said, "Now don't be weepin' for this pretty bit of clay, 他说， “现在不要weepin ”粘土的这个漂亮一点，

for the little boy who lived there has done gone and run away. 那个小男孩谁住在这里已经做过去了，逃跑。

He was doing very finely and he appreciates your love, 他做的很细，他感谢你的爱，

but his shore 'nough father wanted him in the big house up above. 但他滨“ nough父亲希望他在大房子了上面。

   

The Lord didn't give you that baby, by no hundred thousand miles, 上帝没有给你的宝宝，绝不十万英里，

he just thought you need some sunshine and he lent it for a while. 他只是觉得你需要一些阳光，他借给了一段时间。

And he let you keep and love it til your hearts were bigger grown 他让你继续爱它直到你的心是生长较大

and these silver tears you're shedding now, is just interest on the loan. 而这些白银的眼泪你现在脱落，是对贷款只是兴趣。

   

Just think my poor dear mourners creeping long on sorrow's way, 只是觉得我可怜的亲爱的哀悼长期匍匐在悲伤的方式，

what a blessed picnic this here baby got today. 什么是有福的野餐这个吧，宝贝今天拿到。

Your good fathers and good mothers crowd the little fella round 你的好父亲和好母亲挤在小家伙圆

While the angels tend the garden of the big plantation ground. 而天使往往的大种植地的花园。

   

And his eyes they brightly sparkle at the pretty things he view 他的眼睛明亮地，他们在闪闪发光的漂亮的东西，他查看

but a tear came and he whispered, "I want my parents too". 但眼泪来了，他低声说， “我希望我的父母也” 。

Then the Angel's chief musicians teach that little boy a song 那么天使的首席乐手教小男孩的一首歌

says if only they be faithful, they'll soon be comin' long. 说，只要他们有信仰，他们很快就会坠落长。

   

And so my poor dear mourners let your hearts with Jesus rest 所以，我可怜的亲爱的哀悼，让你们的心与耶稣休息

and don't go to criticizn' the one what knows the best. 不要去criticizn “一个知道什么是最好的。

He has give us many comforts, he's got the right to take away 他给了我们很多的舒适，他有带走的权利

To the Lord be praise and glory, forever, let us pray. 上帝的恩典赞美和荣耀，永恒，让我们祈祷。