Always this winter child, 总是这个冬天的孩子，

December's sun sits low against the sky 十二月的阳光坐镇低对着天空

Cold light on frozen fields, 冷光源的冷冻领域，

The cattle in their stable lowing. 在稳定的降脂牛。

   

When two walked this winter road, 当两个走过这个冬天的道路，

Ten thousand miles seemed nothing to us then, 万里似乎没有给我们，然后，

Now one walks with heavy tread 现在，人们走路时沉重的脚步

The space between their footsteps slowing 他们的脚步放缓之间的空间

   

All day the snow did fall, 一整天的雪的确下降，

What's left of the day is close drawn in, 什么是走的那天是接近绘制，

I speak your name as if you'd answer me, 我说你的名字，就好像你回答我，

But the silence of the snow is deafening 但雪的沉默是震耳欲聋

   

How well do I recall our arguments, 以及如何我记得我们的论据，

Our logic owed no debts or recompense, 我们的逻辑欠任何债务或报酬，

Philosophy and faith were ghosts 哲学与信仰是鬼

That we would chase until 我们会追，直到

The gates of heaven were broken 天堂之门被打破

   

But something makes me turn, I don't know, 但有些事让我转，我不知道，

To see another's footsteps there in the snow, 看到别人的脚步没有在雪地里，

I smile to myself and then I wonder why it is 我笑着对自己说，然后我不知道为什么它是

You only cross my mind in winter 你只过我的脑海冬季