Oh, these ragged wings 呵呵，这些衣衫褴褛的翅膀

Oh, these papery things 呵呵，这些纸质的东西

Ah but strong am I 阿强，但我是

I can fly and fly 我能飞呀飞

I'm the king, am I 我是国王，我是

Earthly winds I ride for miles and miles 我骑千里尘世的风

   

I've been biding time 我一直在消磨时间

At the over-wintering site 在越冬网站

Where the firs are fine 凡冷杉都很好

And the mountains high 而山高

The winter months we like 在冬季的几个月里，我们喜欢

This habitat for us is perfectly designed 此境对我们来说是完美的设计

   

Lepidopterists are pleased 鳞翅目很高兴

Know it took them years to find me 知道他们花了几年找我

In nineteen seventy-five 在一九七五年

Discovery arrived 发现到

In Mexico the prize 在墨西哥奖

This is where we hide 这是我们隐藏

But still you wonder why 但你还是不知道为什么

We are so dramatically inclined 我们是如此显着倾斜

To live this migratory life 住这迁徙的生活

   

Lives like ours rely 生活像我们这样靠

On seasonal plants which die 季节性植物的死亡

And soil gets too dry 和土壤过于干燥

And sunlight does grow nigh 和阳光做成长近了

We travel 'til we find 我们的旅行，直到我们找到

A host by which our darling hatchlings will survive 主机由我们亲爱的小海龟会存活

   

A green tender shoot 绿色嫩芽

Asclepiads bloom Asclepiads绽放

Fragrant firework 香烟花

Cardenolides usurp Cardenolides篡夺

Aposematics work Aposematics工作

Assiduously we searched 我们刻苦搜索

And though it won't be me 虽然这会不会是我

My progeny will surely see 我的后代一定会看到

Their return to the prairies 他们回到草原