On a brig loaded with timber headed for the north Maine coast, 在双桅船满载木材的北缅因州海岸的领导，

They took on some rough seas. 他们采取了一些风浪。

The captain and his slave fought back the heavy waves, 船长和他的奴隶奋起反击的大风浪，

But they were threatening to break her up so badly. 但是他们威胁要打破她涨得很厉害。

   

See two days before they left the outer banks, 见他们离开外银行的前两天，

And made good time up to Boston. 并取得了良好的时间了波士顿。

But just north of Essex the sky grew dark, 但埃塞克斯郡的北部天空顿时黑了，

He missed his mark he was making, 他错过了他的标志，他被制作，

And life can change so fast. 而生命可以改变如此之快。

   

The captain had seen many a day, 船长曾见过许多天，

When the winds blew and the waters raged. 当风吹，水炸开了锅。

But it was just a part of the life he made for himself, 但这是他为自己的生命的一部分，

Running the coast of New England. 运行新英格兰海岸。

   

The ship heaved and cracked, 船长叹破获，

Threw the men on their backs as the water came rushing in. 扔的人在他们的背上的水来冲英寸

The captain fought hard yet. 船长奋勇拼搏呢。

He yelled above the splintering wreck, I have done you wrong son. 他大吼以上分裂破坏，我已经做了，你错了儿子。

I should be forsaken for what I have done. 我应该被抛弃了我做了什么。

   

But Ben reached a timber to stay afloat. 但本达到了木材来维持运营。

He grabbed the captain's braided coat. 他抓住船长的编织大衣。

He swam him to the nearest shore. 他他游到最近的岸上。

Dragged him up 'til he couldn't pull no more, 拖他起来，直到他不能拉不动了，

And left him breathin', yeah left him breathin' dry. 离开他的呼吸“ ，是留给他的呼吸了干。

   

The captain said in all my days, 在我所有的日子队长说，

I have never seen anybody save the very person who kept him enslaved. 我从来没有见过任何人保存非常人谁保持他的奴隶。

God dam it Ben, you should have your freedom 神坝这本，你应该有你的自由

For what you have done. 为你做了什么。

   

And I should be forsaken for what I have done. 我应该抛弃对我做了什么。

   

Somewhere off the Maine coast, 地方离缅因州海岸，

At the mouth of the New Meadows River there's an island, 在新斯河河口有一个小岛，

Where a marooned man lived out his life quietly under tied and sky. 凡放逐的人活出他的生命悄然下追平和天空。

Never forgetting when the sea rose up so high. 千万不要忘记，当海水涨起来那么高。

   

The captain said in all my days, 在我所有的日子队长说，

I have never seen anybody save the very person who kept him enslaved. 我从来没有见过任何人保存非常人谁保持他的奴隶。

God dam it Ben, you should have your freedom 神坝这本，你应该有你的自由

For what you have done. 为你做了什么。