Say a prayer for the cowboy 做一个祷告的牛仔

His mare's run away 他马的逃跑

And he'll walk til he finds her 他会走直到他发现了她

His darling, his stray 他的宠儿，他的流浪

but the river's in flood 但河流的泛滥

and the roads are awash 与道路满是

and the bridges break up 和桥梁分手

in the panic of loss. 在亏损的恐慌。

And there's nothing to follow 并没有什么跟随

There's nowhere to go 有无处可去

She's gone like the summer 她走了像夏天

gone like the snow 走了像雪

And the crickets are breaking 和蟋蟀被打破

his heart with their song 他的心脏用自己的歌声

as the day caves in 作为天洞穴

and the night is all wrong 而晚上是完全错误的

   

Did he dream, was it she 难道他的梦想，这是她

who went galloping past 谁去飞奔过去

and bent down the fern 弯腰的蕨类植物

broke open the grass 破开草

and printed the mud with 和印有泥

the iron and the gold 铁和金

that he nailed to her feet 他钉在她的石榴裙下

when he was the lord 当他在耶和华

   

And although she goes grazing 虽然她去放牧

a minute away 一分钟路程

he tracks her all night 他跟踪了她一整夜

he tracks her all day 他跟踪她一整天

Oh blind to her presence 呵呵瞎她的存在

except to compare 除了比较

his injury here 他的伤病在这里

with her punishment there 与她的惩罚有

   

Then at home on a branch 然后，在家里的一个分支

in the highest tree 在最高的树

a songbird sings out à鸣禽唱出来

so suddenly 如此突然

Ah the sun is warm 啊，太阳很温暖

and the soft winds ride 和软质风骑

on the willow trees 在柳树

by the river side 在河边

   

Oh the world is sweet 呵呵，世界是甜蜜的

the world is wide 世界宽

and she's there where 而她在那里有

the light and the darkness divide 光明和黑暗鸿沟

and the steam's coming off her 和蒸汽的脱落了

she's huge and she's shy 她是巨大的，她是害羞

and she steps on the moon 她踏上月球

when she paws at the sky 当她哽咽着天空

   

And she comes to his hand 她谈到自己的手

but she's not really tame 但她没有真正驯服

She longs to be lost 她渴望被丢失

he longs for the same 他渴望同

and she'll bolt and she'll plunge 她会用螺栓，她会暴跌

through the first open pass 通过第一开传

to roll and to feed 翻来翻去喂

in the sweet mountain grass 在甜美的山草

   

Or she'll make a break 或者，她会成为一个突破

for the high plateau 对于高原

where there's nothing above 那里的上面什么

and there's nothing below 而且也没有下文

and it's time for the burden 和它的时间负担

it's time for the whip 它的时候了皮鞭

Will she walk through the flame 她会通过火焰走

Can he shoot from the hip 他可以从臀部拍

   

So he binds himself 于是，他结合自己

to the galloping mare 在奔腾的马

and she binds herself 她结合自己

to the rider there 向骑车者那里

and there is no space 并且没有空间

but there's left and right 但有左，右

and there is no time 并且没有时间

but there's day and night 但有一天一夜

   

And he leans on her neck 他斜靠在她的脖子

and he whispers low 他低声低

"Whither thou goest “无论你行走

I will go" 我要走了“

And they turn as one 他们把为一体

and they head for the plain 他们前往平原

No need for the whip 不需要鞭状

Ah, no need for the rein 啊，没有必要的缰绳

   

Now the clasp of this union 这个联盟现在的扣

who fastens it tight? 谁扣紧紧？

Who snaps it asunder 谁四分五裂捕捉它

the very next night 在第二天晚上

Some say the rider 有人说，骑车人

Some say the mare 有人说，马

Or that love's like the smoke 或者说，爱情就像烟

beyond all repair 超越一切维修

   

But my darling says 但是，亲爱的说

"Leonard, just let it go by “伦纳德，就随它去了

That old silhouette 老剪影

on the great western sky" 在伟大的西天“

So I pick out a tune 所以，我挑了一首曲子

and they move right along 他们向右移动沿

and they're gone like the smoke 和他们走一样的烟

and they're gone like this song 和他们走了喜欢这首歌