Like faithful oxen through the chalk, 想通过粉笔忠实的牛，

With dragging tails of history walk. 随着历史散步拖着尾巴。

We soon confuse the compass and the cross. 我们很快就混淆了指南针和交叉。

Carefully and cursively we fill our traveling diaries with loss. 仔细cursively我们填写我们的旅行日记与损失。

   

Beneath an angry Bible flood, 下一个愤怒的圣经中的洪水，

Did you and I first learn to love. 难道你和我先学会爱。

In my father's car we came to know. 在我父亲的车，我们才知道。

And shivered in our painted clothes and paired like every animal below. 而颤抖着在我们画的衣服，搭配像下面每一种动物。

   

As heavy as a history book can be, 重如历史书就可以了，

I will carry it with me, oh Lord. 我会带着它和我在一起，哦，上帝。

And maybe when the bitterness has gone, 也许当痛苦已经走了，

There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more. 还会有甜味我们的舌头一次。

   

Barefoot in a rowing boat, 赤脚在划船，

You lose your shoes and freeze your toes. 你失去了你的鞋子，并冻结你的脚趾。

And say I wear my sorrow like a crown. 说我穿我的悲伤像一顶王冠。

And throw your arms around my head, and see it there in gold and red and brown. 扔你搂着我的头，看它有金色和红色和棕色。

   

As heavy as a history book can be, 重如历史书就可以了，

I will carry it with me, oh Lord. 我会带着它和我在一起，哦，上帝。

And maybe when the bitterness has gone, 也许当痛苦已经走了，

There'll be sweetness on our tongues once more. 还会有甜味我们的舌头一次。

   

We'll soon forget our parents' names, 我们会很快忘记父母的姓名，

Like dogs will drive the wolves away. 像狗将带动狼而去。

And weep with fingertips opposed, 并用指尖相对哭泣，

Like a church where nobody congregates. 就像一个教堂里，没有人聚集的。

   

But sweetness sings in the pasture, 但甜度唱的牧场，

We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth. 我们自己扔在地上的摆布。

If sand and salt have the answer, 如果沙子和盐有答案，

Then the act itself will be louder than the word. 那么这一行为本身会比文字更有说服力。

And I'll be on your side [x4] 我会在你身边[ X4 ]

   

But sweetness sings in the pasture, 但甜度唱的牧场，

We throw ourselves on the mercy of the earth. 我们自己扔在地上的摆布。

If sand and salt have the answer, 如果沙子和盐有答案，

Then the act itself will be louder than the word. 那么这一行为本身会比文字更有说服力。

And I'll be on your side [x4] 我会在你身边[ X4 ]