It's four in the morning, the end of December 这是凌晨四点，十二月底

I'm writing you now just to see if you're better 我在写你现在只是为了看看你最好

New York is cold, but I like where I'm living 纽约是冷的，但我喜欢在那里我生活

There's music on Clinton Street all through the evening. 有音乐克林顿街全线贯通晚上。

I hear that you're building your little house deep in the desert 我听说你正在构建你的小家在沙漠深处

You're living for nothing now, I hope you're keeping some kind of record. 你住在什么现在，我希望你保持某种形式的记录。

   

Yes, and Jane came by with a lock of your hair 是的，珍回来了，带着你的头发一绺

She said that you gave it to her 她说，你给她

That night that you planned to go clear 那天晚上，你打算去明确

Did you ever go clear? 你有没有去清楚了吗？

   

Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older 嗯，我们看到你最后一次，你看这么大年纪了

Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder 著名的蓝雨衣被撕裂的肩

You'd been to the station to meet every train 你到车站，以满足每趟车

And you came home without Lili Marlene 而你回家不莉莉·玛莲

   

And you treated my woman to a flake of your life 而你对待我的女人你的生活片

And when she came back she was nobody's wife. 当她回来的时候，她是谁的妻子。

   

Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth 嗯，我看到你在那里的玫瑰在你的牙齿

One more thin gypsy thief 一个更瘦的吉普赛小偷

Well I see Jane's awake -- 好吧我看到简的清醒 -

   

She sends her regards. 她向你问好。

   

And what can I tell you my brother, my killer 而且我可以告诉你，我的兄弟，我的杀手锏

What can I possibly say? 我能说的可能？

I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you 我想，我想念你，我想我原谅你

I'm glad you stood in my way. 我很高兴你在我的方式站了起来。

   

If you ever come by here, for Jane or for me 如果你来到了这里，简还是我

Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free. 你的敌人是睡着了，他的女人是免费的。

   

Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes 是的，谢谢你，为你的麻烦，从她的眼睛里了

I thought it was there for good so I never tried. 我认为这是没有好，所以我从来没有尝试过。

   

And Jane came by with a lock of your hair 和简回来了，带着你的头发一绺

She said that you gave it to her 她说，你给她

That night that you planned to go clear -- 那天晚上，你打算去明确 -

   

Sincerely, L. Cohen 此致，L ·科恩