Black eyed man he took the blame 黑眼睛的人，他把责任推

for the poisoning of the well 对于阱的中毒

They found this shoes by the pulley 他们发现这种鞋的滑轮

They found his fingerprints all over the pail 他们发现他的指纹遍布桶

   

Black eyed man I'm warning you 黑眼睛的男人我警告你

the people around here 周围的人在这里

will not be fooled by a simple line or two 不会通过简单的两行被愚弄

   

Yes your honour I do solemnly swear 是你的荣誉我郑重宣誓

that I saw him late last night, 我看见他昨晚深夜，

dancing barefoot, bathed in light 赤脚跳舞，沐浴在光

and reaching for every star in sight 而深远的视线的每一颗星

Yes I did go to him, 是的，我上了他，

but completely against my will 但完全违背我的意愿

and yes he did things to me 是的，他做事情给我

things of which I dream of still 这事我还梦想

   

Black eyed man I'm warning you 黑眼睛的男人我警告你

what I say is what you'll do 我说的是你会做什么

to hell with love and truth 地狱与爱和真理

   

I always meant to say I'm sorry 我一直想说对不起

for all the things I said and did 所有的事情我说，做

'Sorry,' I feel better now, do you? “对不起， ”我现在感觉好多了，你呢？

But you promised me the sky 不过你答应过我的天空

and fell short a star or two 和达不到一星或二

What else did you expect me to do? 你希望我做什么？

   

Black eyed man he took the blame 黑眼睛的人，他把责任推

for the poisoning of the well 对于阱的中毒

They found his shoes by the pulley 他们发现他的鞋滑轮

They found his fingerprints all over the pail 他们发现他的指纹遍布桶

With a noose around his neck, 用脖子上的绞索，

cicadas trilling everywhere, 蝉颤音无处不在，

he says to the people gathered round him, 他说，以人聚集在他周围，

'it ain't the water that's not right around here' “这不是水，这不是正确的在这里”

   

Black eyed man I'm thirsty dear 黑眼睛的人，我渴了亲爱的

be a love and bring some water here 有一种爱，带来一些水在这里

drawn fresh from the well 取材于新鲜的好