I wished I had you in Carrickfergus, 我希望我在卡里克弗格斯拥有了你，

Only for nights in Ballygrand, 只为夜Ballygrand ，

I would swim over the deepest ocean, 我要游过最深的海洋，

The deepest ocean to be by your side. 最深的海洋到你身边。

   

But the sea is wide and I can't swim over 但海宽，我不会游泳了

And neither have I wings to fly. 也不是我所飞翔的翅膀。

I wish I could find me a handy boatman 我希望我能找到我的一个方便的船夫

To ferry me over to my love and die. 渡我过我的爱与死。

   

My childhood days bring back sad reflections 我的童年时光带回伤感感言

Of happy days so long ago. 快乐的日子很久以前。

My boyhood friends and my own relations. 我儿时的朋友和我自己的关系。

Have all passed on now like the melting snow. 都通过了，现在像融化的雪。

   

So I'll spend my days in endless roving, 所以，我会用我的天，无尽的粗纱，

Soft is the grass and my bed is free. 软的是草，我的床是免费的。

Oh to be home now in Carrickfergus, 哦，现在是家中卡里克弗格斯，

On the long road down to the salty sea. 在漫长的道路下到咸咸的大海。

   

And in Kilkenny it is reported 而在基尔肯尼据报道

On marble stones as black as ink, 在大理石的石头漆黑如墨，

With gold and silver I did support her 金银我也支持她

But I'll sing no more now till I get a drink. 但我也不歌唱，现在，直到我喝一杯。

   

For I'm drunk today and I'm rarely sober, 对于我醉了今天，我很少清醒，

A handsome rover from town to town. 阿帅流动站，从城镇到另一个城镇。

Oh but I am sick now and my days are numbered 哦，但我生病了，现在，我的日子屈指可数

So come on ye young men and lay me down. 所以，来吧，你们年轻男子，躺在我失望。