Her letters gave me purpose, 她的信给了我的目的，

Her letters gave me pride 她的信给了我的骄傲

Armies far across the ocean 远在大洋彼岸的军队

Guns and letters by our side 枪支和信件在我们身边

It was someone else's homeland 这是别人的家园

It was someone else's war 这是别人的战争

But at the line of the 38th parallel 但在三八线的行

It was her I fought them for 这是她我打他们

   

Her victory garden grew from weeds and from stone 从杂草和石头从她的胜利花园成长

I smelled those flowers in my sleep 我在睡觉闻到那些花儿

The day I left as we were standing alone 我离开了，因为我们是独自站在这一天

She swore to me those dreams would keep 她发誓对我那些梦想将保持

   

And the bells of St. James were ringing 与圣雅各福群的钟声响起

The bells of St. James were ringing down 圣雅各福群的钟声敲响了下来

Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound 起重那些归去来兮的眼睛

   

I don't remember when those words changed 我不记得这些话改变

Like Kansas summer turns to fall 像堪萨斯夏天变成秋天

But she quit talking 'bout the future 但她不要说话回合的未来

Never mentioned dreams at all 从来没有提过的梦想可言

   

I don't blame my enemies and I don't blame my wife 我不怪我的敌人，我不怪我的妻子

For love fires that fleeted long ago 对于爱火，很久以前，借以消磨

But when she wrote me about this change in her life 但是，当她给我写了这个变化，她的生活

There was just one thing I had to know 只是有一件事我必须知道

   

And the bells of St. James were ringing 与圣雅各福群的钟声响起

The bells of St. James were ringing down 圣雅各福群的钟声敲响了下来

Lifting the eyes of those homeward bound 起重那些归去来兮的眼睛