Was a child and a newcomer to the ways of the world 还是个孩子和一个初来乍到的人情世故

Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon 眼睛闪亮了如日中天的光

Just to love and to be loved was all he wanted 只是爱与被爱是所有他想要的

By the light of the lonely moon 到了孤独的月光

   

They taught him to capture and tame wild pathos 他们教他捕捉并驯服野生悲怆

Sold him distractions and made every day seem the same 卖给他分心，使每一天似乎是相同的

Caught the Holy Ghost lurking in his cellar and threw Him out 抓住了圣灵潜伏在他的地窖里，并把他赶出去

Leaving just a lonely name 只留下一个孤独的名称

   

Soon they took everything that he lived for 不久，他们夺走了一切，他活了

So he asked them to please take his life too 于是，他问他们讨取他的性命太

They denied him existence but they let him live 他们否认他的存在，但他们让他活

In a lonely room 在一个孤独的房间

   

He would suckle at the bosom of Mother Earth 他会在吮吸大地母亲的怀抱

But his experience poisons that thought 但他的经验毒物认为

He falls prey somehow 他落在猎物莫名其妙

To the silence of the deep-space dark 到深空暗的沉默

Of this lonely blue rock 这个孤独的蓝色石头

   

Now his path is lit only by the light of falling stars 现在，他的路径是由流星的光只亮

The embers fall to scorch and cut his face 余烬落在烧焦，并且将自己的脸

He wants to believe in his unbelief 他要相信他不信

In a lonely place 在一个偏僻的地方

   

But they buried his conscience 但是，他们埋葬了他的良心

Near to the grave of God 接近神的坟墓

Sealed his soul up in a tomb of tears 封他的灵魂在泪水墓

And they scattered his ashes East of Eden someplace 他们把他的骨灰伊甸园之东的某个地方

On a lonely breeze 在一个孤独的风

   

Was a child and a newcomer to the ways of the world 还是个孩子和一个初来乍到的人情世故

Eyes ablaze with the light of high noon 眼睛闪亮了如日中天的光

Just to love and to be loved was all he needed 只是爱与被爱是他所需要的

By the light of the lonely moon 到了孤独的月光

By the light of the lonely moon 到了孤独的月光