Now here's a book full of photographs 现在，这里的书全的照片

That my ancestors made some generations ago 我的祖先有几代以前做

They're wearing the lastest clothes in a nautical way 他们穿的衣服最新的航海方式

The Suez Canal close behind is frozen in time 苏伊士运河紧随其后被冻结在时间

The deck crews star out of a mime 甲板船员明星出默剧

And they seem to be considering me 他们似乎在考虑我

Here on my Egyptian couch 在这里，在我的沙发上埃及

   

O the life on Edwardian steamships 澳爱德华七世时代的轮船的生活

Is measured and slow, while down below 测量和缓慢，而向下跌破

There are fires that shudder and clang and thunder 有火灾的颤栗和铛和雷声

And sweat-caked in smoke, and cauldrons to stoke 和汗水，结块的烟，和大锅斯托克

To send the ship on her way 送船舶在她的途中

Tasting the salt and the spray 品尝盐和喷

And a century later I scan the equator 一个世纪后，我扫描赤道

From my Egyptian couch 从我的埃及沙发

   

And the news every day brings 和讯每天都有

Contains the strangest of things 包含的东西奇怪

But with confident smilesw my forebears decline 但随着信心smilesw我的祖先下降

To gaze into the wings 要凝视翅膀

   

So they look from the photographs 因此，他们看起来与照片

And they're curious now, wondering how we turned out 而且他们很好奇，现在，想知道我们如何横空出世

Let's say like the Chinese adage 比方说，就像中国谚语

We're living our lives in interesting times 我们生活我们生活在有趣的时代