Once when I was thirty-one 有一次，当我31

I woke in the dead of night 我醒来在夜深人静的时候

And heard the vastness of the snowfall outside 并听取了降雪的浩瀚外

Slipped downstairs in my bare feet 我光着脚下楼溜

Soon forgotten freezing 很快就忘记了冻结

And poured a milk glass full 倒了一杯牛奶全

To wait out the tide 等出潮

   

It's been a decade and one 这是一个十年一

Been a decade and one my friend 已经十年，我的一个朋友

Decade and one 十年一

Since i've 自从我

   

As the white went down 由于白去了

I thought of the child upstairs 我以为孩子上楼

I thought of the god upstairs 我以为神楼上

That I couldn't believe 我简直不敢相信

I thought of the chosen man 我想选择的人

Asleep on his side of the bed 睡在他身边的床

How green becomes wood in the family tree 如何绿色与木家谱

   

Been a decade and one 已经十年一

Been a decade and one so soon 这么快就过了十年，一个

Decade and one 十年一

Since i stood so proud 因为我站在如此骄傲

And so unsure 等不确定

   

Ebony glowing by the window there 乌木泛着窗边有

As always 一如既往

Fingers kissed the keys oh so tenderly 亲吻手指的按键是如此的温柔

Cool ivory returned in kind 实物酷象牙返回

I thought of anger and adulation 我觉得愤怒和阿谀奉承的

And the taste of dreams realized 和梦想的滋味实现

And the waste dreams realized leave behind 并实现了废物的梦想留下

   

Decade and one 十年一

Decade and one 十年一

I said out loud 我说出声来

   

Decade and one 十年一

And I am here 我在这里

And I am here still standing 我在这里还站着