This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one 这是八姐妹的传说，先驱是有名的

It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm 这事发生在二十年前，虽然海面很平静

It was 1987 and winter nearly gone 这是1987年的冬天近了

On that Friday running late with rolling off and rolling on 上周五迟到了滚落和滚动

   

Trucks and cars were sleeping door by door and side by side 卡车和轿车采用的门，并排睡门

Someone had to close the back door 有人不得不关闭后门

That day it must have slipped his mind 那一天，它一定是下滑了主意

He was fast asleep in his cabin, tired from cleaning out the hall 他正在熟睡中的他的小屋，累清理大厅

While passengers were eating, indulging duty-free-for-all 虽然乘客吃的时候，沉迷免税换所有

   

Herald of Free Enterprise 自由企业先驱

Herald of Free Enterprise 自由企业先驱

Herald of Free Enterprise 自由企业先驱

In just ninety seconds, right down to the wire 在短短90秒，一直到线

   

Sailing with the doors wide open so the waves kept pouring in 帆船与大开大阖，以便海浪不停地浇在

As they passed the Outer Mole the disaster could begin 当他们经过外鼹鼠的灾难可能开始

An a hundred yards from the shore right outside a Belgian port 在一百码距离岸边外面比利时端口

The lights went out the ship turned around and fell to starboard 灯灭了船掉头下跌至右舷

Then nothing but silence, silence and the cold 然后，只是沉默，沉默，冷

Herald and her sisters just never fit the mold 先驱和她的姐妹只是没有适应模具

   

Two months later she was refloated a final one-way trip exchange 两个月后，她被浮起的最终单程交流

Pensioned off into the Third World 了退休金关进第三世界

Where they named her Flushing Range 在那里，他们给她取名法拉盛范围

And in '88 she broke in two, probably because of guilt 而在88年，她打破了，可能是因为内疚两种，

Pride and Spirit changed their names 傲慢与精神改变了他们的名字

They were all doomed since they were built 他们都注定了，因为他们建

   

This is the legend of eight sisters, Herald was the famous one 这是八姐妹的传说，先驱是有名的

It happened twenty years ago although the sea was calm 这事发生在二十年前，虽然海面很平静

I was just a boy then, holding daddy's hand 我只是一个小男孩，然后，拿着爸爸的手

Watching on tv how Herald's time came to an end 看电视是如何报道的时候嘎然而止