In the night 在夜间

Was the dark 是黑暗的

In the dark 在黑暗中

Was the dream 是梦

In the dream 在梦中

Was the Child 是儿童

And myself 和我

There unseen 还有看不见的

   

In the book was the word 在这本书的字

In the word there was truth 在字有真相

In the truth there was age 真理有年龄

In the age there was youth 在年龄，青年

   

And I said to the Child 我对孩子说

Do your hands they still bleed 难道你的手，他们仍然流血

After all of this time 毕竟这一次

Do you think there's still need 你觉得还是有需要

But the Child only smiled 但孩子只是笑笑

   

And said not a word 而一句话也没有说

And the snow it came down 和雪就下来

As if it hadn't heard 因为如果没有听说过

   

And all that night the snow came down 和所有一夜的大雪降临

To heal the scars our lives had found 医治我们的生活已经找到了伤疤

And the dreams that lay broken 并奠定了梦想破碎

   

And there upon a bridge of dreams 并且在梦想的桥梁有

Across the night we walked unseen 整个晚上，我们走了看不见的

With no words ever spoken 如果没有的话曾经说过

   

And then on through that night 然后通过那个夜晚

We did walk for a while 我们确实走了一段时间

And our steps turned to blocks 而我们的脚步转身块

And the blocks turned to miles 和块转向英里

   

Then we followed a path 然后，我们沿着这条路

For as far as we could 为了尽可能我们可以

Till we found ourselves there 直到我们发现自己有

In an evergreen woods 在常绿林中

   

There were thousands of candles 有蜡烛十万

Upon every tree 在每一棵树

It was beautiful 这是美丽的

But there was one mystery 但是有一个谜

For with all of those candles 对于与所有这些蜡烛

You must understand 你必须了解

That the only one lit 这是唯一一个亮

Was now in that Child's hand 现在那个孩子的手被

   

And there upon that Christmas scene 而在圣诞节的一幕出现了

The candle wax of melted dreams 熔化的梦想的蜡烛

And the years they had taken 而这些年来，他们已采取

   

And as the snow did gently fall 而作为雪却轻轻落下

He one by one relit them all 他逐个重新点燃它们全部

Till each dream was awakened 直到每一个梦被惊醒

   

And there to that light 还有以光

That young Child showed to me 那个年轻的孩子表现出对我

All the things that he dreamt 所有这一切，他梦见的事

All the things that might be 所有可能的事

How for everything given 如何在给定的一切

That something was gained 这东西是获得

Strike one match in the dark 在黑暗中取得一场比赛

And all the world's not the same 和世界上所有的不一样

   

And then I asked that Child 然后我问那个孩子

Why this night has a star 为什么这个夜晚有一个星

And he said, "So we'd know 他说， “所以我们就知道

That we could see that far" 我们可以看到，远“

And these candles are wed 这些蜡烛结婚

To that distant star's light 为了那遥远恒星的光

And it all came to be 而这一切都走过来的

Upon that long winter's night 在那漫长的冬夜

That long winter's night 这漫长的冬夜

That long winter's night 这漫长的冬夜

That long winter's night 这漫长的冬夜

   

And when I awoke, well the Child he was gone 而当我醒来的时候，以及儿童，他已经走了

But somewhere in my mind 但地方在我心中

I believe he lives on 我相信他住在

And somewhere in my life 而地方在我的生活

Between here and the end 这里和结束

On a long winter's night 在漫长的冬夜

I will dream him again 我会再梦到他

   

THEN SHE NOTICED ON SOME CHRISTMAS CARDS 然后，她注意到了一些圣诞贺卡

A REDDISH PURPLE STAIN 紫红色沾污

WHERE SOMEONE HAD SPILLED SOME CHRISTMAS WINE 如果有人里抛洒一些圣诞红酒

AND THERE IT HAD REMAINED 它就在那里一直保持

   

UNTIL THE HEAT FROM A RADIATOR 直到散热器的热

WHISTLING IN THE AIR 呼啸在空中

HAD CAUSED IT TO EVAPORATE 造成了其蒸发

INTO AN ANGEL'S SHARE 成天使的份额