The years creep slowly by, lorena, 岁月慢慢爬了，奥，

The snow is on the grass again; 雪是在草地上再次;

The sun's low down the sky, lorena, 太阳的低下来的天空，奥，

The frost gleams where the flowers have been. 冰霜闪烁着那里的花已。

But my heart beats on as warmly now, 但我的心脏跳动作为热情了，

As when the summer days were nigh; 随着夏天的时候日子近了;

The sun can never dip so low, 太阳永远不能沾如此之低，

Or down affections cloudless sky. 或向下的感情万里无云的天空。

   

A hundred months have passed, lorena, 百个月过去了，奥，

Since last I held that hand in mine, 自从去年我握着那只手在我，

And felt the pulse beat fast, lorena, 和感受到脉搏跳动速度快，奥，

Though mine beat faster far than thine. 虽然雷打快远远超过你的。

A hundred months, 'twas flowery may, 一百个月，那时还花月，

When up the hilly slope we climbed, 当我们向上攀登的低丘缓坡，

To watch the dying of the day, 看日出的死，

And hear the distant church bells chime. 并听到远处教堂的钟声。

   

We loved each other then, lorena, 我们彼此相爱，那么，奥，

More than we ever dared to tell; 比我们以往任何时候都不敢告诉;

And what we might have been, lorena, 而我们可能是，奥，

Had but our lovings prospered well. 有，但是我们lovings繁荣很好。

But then, 'tis past, the years are gone, 但后来，却是过去几年都没有了，

I'll not call up their shadowy forms; 我不叫他们的影子形式;

I'll say to them, "lost years, sleep on! 我就对他们说： “失去的岁月，睡觉！

Sleep on! nor heed life's pelting storms." 睡觉！也不理会生活中的急雨风暴。 “

   

The story of that past, lorena, 那过去的故事，奥，

Alas! I care not to repeat, 唉！我关心的不是重复，

The hopes that could not last, lorena, 可能不会持续太久，奥的希望，

They lived, but only lived to cheat. 他们住，但只活到作弊。

I would not cause e'en one regret 我也不会导致得当作一个遗憾

To rankle in your bosom now; 现在激怒你的怀里;

For "if we try, we may forget," 对于“如果我们尝试，我们可能忘了， ”

Were words of thine long years ago. 以前是的你的漫长岁月话。

   

Yes, these were words of thine, lorena, 是的，这些都是你的的话，奥，

They burn within my memory yet; 他们在我的记忆中燃烧之中;

They touched some tender chords, lorena, 他们感动了一些温柔的和弦，奥，

Which thrill and tremble with regret. 这激动和颤抖遗憾。

'twas not thy woman's heart that spoke; 那时还没有说你讲女人的心脏;

Thy heart was always true to me: 你的心脏总是如此对我说：

A duty, stern and pressing, broke 责任，严肃和紧迫，打破了

The tie which linked my soul with thee. 它连接我的灵魂同你的领带。

   

It matters little now, lorena, 现在重要的一点，奥，

The past is in the eternal past; 过去是在永恒的过去;

Our heads will soon lie low, lorena, 我们的头很快就会平躺，奥，

Life's tide is ebbing out so fast. 生活中的潮消退了如此之快。

There is a future! o, thank god! 有一个未来！ O，感谢上帝！

Of life this is so small a part! 这样的生活是如此之小的一部分！

'tis dust to dust beneath the sod; “ TIS尘归尘草皮下方;

But there, up there, 'tis heart to heart. 但是，在那里，却是心脏到心脏。