The poacher and his daughter 偷猎者和他的女儿

throw soft shadows on the water in the night. 扔在水中的夜晚柔和的阴影。

A thin moon slips behind them 薄滑的月亮背后

as they pull the net with no betraying light. 因为他们拉网，没有出卖光。

And later on the coast road, I meet them 后来在海岸路上，我见到他们

and the old man winks a smile. 和老男人眨眼微笑。

And who am I to fast deny the right 我又是谁快否认权

to take a fish once in a while? 在一段时间拿鱼一次？

I walk with them, they wish me luck 我走了他们，他们祝我好运

when I ship out on the Sunday from the kyle. 当我运出上周日的凯尔。

And from the church I hear them singing 从教会我听到他们唱

as the ship moves sadly from the pier. 作为船从码头黯然移动。

Oh, poacher's daughter, Sunday best, 哦，偷猎者的女儿，周日最好的，

two hundred brave souls share the farewell tear. 200勇敢的灵魂共享告别眼泪。

   

There's a house on the hillside, where the drifting sands are born. 有在山坡上，那里的流沙出生的房子。

Lay down and let the slow tide wash me 放下，让海潮慢洗我

back to the land where I came from. 回到我来自土地。

Where the mountain men are kings 这里的山是男性国王

and the sound of the piper counts for everything. 和吹笛的声音计数的一切。

   

Did my tour, did my duty. I did all they asked of me. 难道我的巡演，做我的职责。我所做的一切，他们问我的。

Died in the trenches and at Alamein 死在战壕里，并在阿拉曼

...died in the Falklands on T.V. ......在马岛死亡T.V.

Going back to the mountain kings 让我们再回到山国王

where the sound of the piper counts for everything. 其中吹笛的声音计数的一切。

   

Long generations from the Isles 代龙从三岛

sent to tread the foreign miles 发送到踏国外公里

where the spiral ages meet. 其中螺旋年龄见面。

Felt naked dust beneath their feet. 觉得裸体尘他们脚下。

Future sun called winds to blow 未来的太阳叫风吹

and the past and present hard-eyed crow 与过去和现在就事论事乌鸦

flew hunting high and circling low over blackened plains of Eden. 狩猎飞高，低盘旋在伊甸园熏黑的平原。

   

There's a child and a woman praying for an end to the mystery. 有一儿一女祈祷结束之谜。

Hoping for a word in a letter 在信中希望有个词

fair wind-blown from across the sea 公平风吹来自全国各地的海

to where the mountain men are kings 到山上的男人天王

and the sound of the piper counts for eveything. 和吹笛的声音算个eveything 。

   

There's a house on the hillside, where the drifting sands are born. 有在山坡上，那里的流沙出生的房子。

Lay down and let the slow tide wash me 放下，让海潮慢洗我

back to the land where I came from. 回到我来自土地。

Where the mountain men are kings 这里的山是男性国王

and the sound of the piper counts for everything. 和吹笛的声音计数的一切。

Where the real mountain men are kings 凡真山的男人天王

and the sound of the piper counts for everything. 和吹笛的声音计数的一切。

   

Feel the naked dust beneath my toes 感受裸灰尘下我的脚趾

while the future sun calls winds to blow 而未来的太阳叫风吹

and the past and present black-eyed crow 与过去和现在的黑眼睛的乌鸦

flies hunting high and circling low 狩猎飞高，低盘旋

between dream mountains of our Eden. 我们之间的伊甸园梦山。