I looked out across 我看着对面

The river today 这条河今天

I saw a city in the fog and an old church tower 我看到在雾中一个城市和一个古老的钟楼

Where the seagulls play 凡海鸥玩

I saw the sad shire horses walking home 我看到了悲伤郡的马走回家

In the sodium light 在钠光

I saw two priests on the ferry 只见两位神父在轮渡

October geese on a cold winter's night 在一个寒冷的冬天的夜晚十月鹅

   

And all this time, the river flowed 而这一切的时候，河水流向

Endlessly to the sea 无休止地向大海

   

Two priests came round our house tonight 两个牧师恍然我们家今晚

One young, one old, to offer prayers for the dying 一位年轻的，一老，提供祈祷奄奄一息

To serve the final rite 为了更好地服务最终仪式

One to learn, one to teach 一个学习，人教

Which was the cold wind blows 这是寒风萧瑟

Fussing and flapping in priestly black 大惊小怪的，扑在祭司的黑

Like a murder of crows 像乌鸦的谋杀

   

And all this time, the river flowed 而这一切的时候，河水流向

Endlessly to the sea 无休止地向大海

If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river 如果我有我的路我会乘船从河

And I'd bury the old man, 而且我埋葬了老人，

I'd bury him at sea 我把他埋葬在海上

   

Blessed are the poor, for they shall inherit the earth 有福的人是穷人，因为他们必承受地土。

Better to be poor than a fat man in the eye of a needle 更好的是穷人比胖子在针眼

And as these words were spoken I swore I hear 随着这些话是讲我发誓我听到

The old man laughing 老头笑了

'What good is a used up world and how could it be “有什么好处是使用起来的世界，怎么可能

Worth having' 值得拥有

   

And all this time the river flowed 而这一切的时间长河中流淌

Endlessly like a silent tear 无休止地像一个无声的泪

And all this time the river flowed 而这一切的时间长河中流淌

Father, if Jesus exists, 父啊，倘若耶稣的存在，

Then how come he never lived here 那么怎么来的，他从来没有住在这里

   

The teachers told us, the Romans built this place 老师告诉我们，罗马人建立了这个地方

They built a wall and a temple, an edge of the empire 他们建立了一堵墙和一个寺庙，帝国的边缘

Garrison town, 驻军镇，

They lived and they died, they prayed to their gods 他们住，他们死了，他们祈求他们的神

But the stone gods did not make a sound 但神石没有作声

And their empire crumbled, 'til all that was left 和他们的帝国崩溃，直到把所有的被留下

Were the stones the workmen found 被发现了工人的石头

   

And all this time the river flowed 而这一切的时间长河中流淌

In the falling light of a northern sun 在北部的太阳的光线下降

If I had my way I'd take a boat from the river 如果我有我的路我会乘船从河

Men go crazy in congregations 男人发疯的教会

But they only get better 但他们只会变得更好

One by one 一个接一个

One by one... 一个接一个......