[Intro:] [简介： ]

   

Last night or the night before that (I won't say which night) 昨晚还是以前那个晚上（我不会说哪个夜）

A seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman) 我的一个朋友水手（我不会说哪个海员）

Walked up to a big old building (I won't say which building) 走到一个大的老建筑（我不会说这楼）

And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs) 而就不会走上楼梯（不是说哪个楼梯）

If there had not have been two girls 如果没过两个女孩

   

(Leaving out the names of those two girls) （留出了那两个女孩的名字）

   

I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room) 我记得一扇门，一个大长房（我不知道哪个房间）

I remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug) 我记得有一个深蓝色的地毯（但我不能说哪个地毯）

A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems) 一个女孩记下了一本诗集（不是诗这本书说的）的

As she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head) 当她读到我把我的头（我不能分辨出哪头）

Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap) 倒在她的腿上（我可以提一下圈）

   

[Spoken:] [口语： ]

   

My seaman buddy and his girl moved off 我的好友水手和他的女孩感动了

After a couple of pages, and there I was 经过几个页面，有我在

All night long, laying and listening 一整夜，铺设和听

And forgetting the poems 与遗忘的诗

And as well as I could recall 而且还有我记得

Or my seaman buddy could recollect 还是我的水手好友可以回忆

The girl had told us that she was a niece of Walt Whitman 女孩告诉我们，她是惠特曼的侄女

But not which niece 但没有哪侄女

And it takes a night and a girl 它需要一个晚上和一个女孩

And a book of this kind 而一本这样的

A long long time to find its way back 很长很长的时间来找到自己的方式回

   

[Harmonica solo over verse chords] [口琴独奏了诗歌和弦]

   

Last night or the night before that (I won't say which night) 昨晚还是以前那个晚上（我不会说哪个夜）

A seaman friend of mine (I'll not say which seaman) 我的一个朋友水手（我不会说哪个海员）

Walked up to a big old building (I won't say which building) 走到一个大的老建筑（我不会说这楼）

And would not have walked up the stairs (not to say which stairs) 而就不会走上楼梯（不是说哪个楼梯）

If there had not have been two girls 如果没过两个女孩

(Leaving out the names of those two girls) （留出了那两个女孩的名字）

   

Yes, I recall a door, a big long room (I'll not tell which room) 是的，我记得一扇门，一个大长房（我不知道哪个房间）

I remember a deep blue rug (but I can't say which rug) 我记得有一个深蓝色的地毯（但我不能说哪个地毯）

A girl took down a book of poems (not to say which book of poems) 一个女孩记下了一本诗集（不是诗这本书说的）的

As she read I laid my head (and I can't tell which head) 当她读到我把我的头（我不能分辨出哪头）

Down in her lap (and I can mention which lap) 倒在她的腿上（我可以提一下圈）

   

[Fade out: guitar solo over verse] [淡出：吉他独奏在诗歌]