Daniel, Daniel and the sacred harp 丹尼尔，丹尼尔和神圣的竖琴

Dancing through the clover 通过三叶草共舞

Daniel, Daniel would you mind 丹尼尔，丹尼尔，你会介意

If I look it over 如果我看一下它，

   

I heard of this famous harp years ago back in my home town 我听到这个著名的竖琴年前回到我的家乡

But I sure never thought old Daniel be the one to come and bring it around 但我肯定从来没有想过老丹尼尔是一个来并把它绕

Tell me Daniel how the harp came into your posession 告诉我怎么丹尼尔竖琴进了你的posession

Are you one of the chosen few who will march in the the procession? 你所选择的几个谁将会在游行队伍行进的一个？

And Daniel said 和丹尼尔说

   

The sacred harp was handed down, from father unto son 神圣的竖琴被流传下来，从父亲对儿子

And me not being related, I could never be the one 而我不是相关的，我永远是那个

So I saved up all my silver, and took it to a man 所以我救了我所有的银子，把它带到一个男人

Who said he could deliver the harp, straight into my hand 是谁说过，他可以提供竖琴，直入我的手

   

Three years I waited patiently 三年来，我耐心地等待着

'Till he returned with the harp from the sea of Galilee 直到他回来从加利利的海边竖琴

He said there is one more thing I must ask 他说，有一件事我要问

But not of personal greed 但不是个人的贪婪

But I wouldn't listen I just grabbed the harp 但我就是不听我只是抓住了竖琴

And said take what you may need 并表示采取什么你可能需要

   

Now Daniel looked quite satisfied, and the harp it seemed to glow 现在，丹尼尔看起来很满意，竖琴似乎焕发

But the price that Daniel had really paid, he did not even know 但价格丹尼尔曾真心付出，他甚至不知道

Back to his brother he took his troubled mind 回到他的弟弟，他带着他的心灵困扰

And he said dear brother I'm in a bind 他说：亲爱的兄弟我在绑定

But the brother would not hear his tale 可是弟弟不听他的故事

He said Old Daniel's gonna land in jail 他说，老丹尼尔在监狱里会土地

So to his father Daniel did run 所以，他的父亲丹尼尔也跑

And he said oh father what have I done 他说，哦，爸爸我做了什么

His father said son you've given in, you know you won your harp 他的父亲说，儿子你给的，你知道你赢了你的竖琴

But you lost in sin. 但是你在罪恶丢失。

   

Then Daniel took the harp and went high on the hill 但以理拿着竖琴，走到高高的山上

And he blew across the meadow like a whippoorwhill 而他对面的草地上吹像whippoorwhill

He played out his heart just the time to pass 他发挥出他的心脏只是时间传递

But as he looked to the ground, he noticed no shadow did he cast 但是，当他看着地上，他发现没有阴影没有他投