In an old city bar 在老城区的酒吧

That is never too far 这是永远不会太远

From the places that gather 从聚集的地方

The dreams that have been 这一直是梦想

   

In the safety of night 在夜间的安全性

With its old neon light 凭借其老霓虹灯

It beckons to strangers 它昭示着陌生人

And they always come in 他们总是在

   

And the snow it was falling 和雪有人坠落

The neon was calling 霓虹灯在呼唤

The music was low 音乐是低

And the night 而夜间

Christmas Eve 圣诞节前夕

   

And here was the danger 这里是危险的

That even with strangers 即使和陌生人

Inside of this night 在这个夜晚

It's easier to believe 它更容易相信

   

Then the door opened wide 这时，门开了广

And a child came inside 和一个孩子来到内

That no one in the bar 没有人在酒吧

Had seen there before 以前见过有

   

And he asked did we know 他问我们才知道

That outside in the snow 在雪地里那外

That someone was lost 有人丢了

Standing outside our door 我们的门外站着

   

Then the bartender gazed 然后凝视着酒保

Through the smoke and the haze 通过对烟霾

Through the window and ice 透过窗户和冰

To a corner streetlight 一个角落路灯

   

Where standing alone 凡独自站立

By a broken pay phone 通过一个破碎的付费电话

Was a girl the child said 是个女生对孩子说

Could no longer get home 再也不能回家

   

And the snow it was falling 和雪有人坠落

The neon was calling 霓虹灯在呼唤

The bartender turned 酒保转身

And said, not that I care 并说，不是我不在乎

But how would you know this? 但你怎么知道的？

The child said I've noticed 小孩说，我注意到

If one could be home 如果一个人可以回家

They'd be all ready there 他们会准备好一切有

   

Then the bartender came out from behind the bar 于是酒保从吧台后面走了出来

And in all of his life he was never that far 而在所有他的生活，他从来没有那么远

And he did something else that he thought no one saw 和他做别的事情，他认为没有人看见

When he took all the cash from the register draw 当他把所有的现金寄存器抽奖

   

Then he followed the child to the girl cross the street 然后，他跟着孩子的女孩过马路

And we watched from the bar as they started to speak 我们在酒吧看着他们开始说话

Then he called for a cab and he said J.F.K. 然后，他呼吁一辆出租车，他说J.F.K.

Put the girl in the cab and the cab drove away 把女孩在驾驶室和驾驶室把车开走

And we saw in his hand 我们拿在手里看了

That the cash was all gone 该现金都不见了

From the light that she had wished upon 从她在想了光

   

If you want to arrange it 如果你想安排吧

This world you can change it 这个世界里，你可以改变它

If we could somehow make this 如果我们能以某种方式使这个

Christmas thing last 圣诞用品最后

   

By helping a neighbor 通过帮助邻居

Or even a stranger 甚至是陌生人

And to know who needs help 要知道谁需要帮助

You need only just ask 你只需要只问

   

Then he looked for the child 然后，他找孩子

But the child wasn't there 但孩子是不存在

Just the wind and the snow 只是风和雪

Waltzing dreams through the air 通过空气华尔兹梦想

   

So he walked back inside 于是，他走回内

Somehow different I think 有些不同，我认为

For the rest of the night 对于后半夜

No one paid for a drink 没有人支付的饮品

   

And the cynics will say 和愤世嫉俗者会说

That some neighborhood kid 一些邻居孩子

Wandered in on some bums 一些流浪汉在游荡

In the world where they hid 在那里，他们躲在世界

   

But they weren't there 但他们不存在

So they couldn't see 所以他们看不到

By an old neon star 一个古老的霓虹灯明星

On that night, Christmas Eve 那天晚上，平安夜

   

When the snow it was falling 当它被落下的雪

The neon was calling 霓虹灯在呼唤

And in case you should wonder 而在情况下，你应该知道

In case you should care 如果你要关心

   

Why we're on our own 为什么我们在我们自己的

Never went home 永远不要回家了

On that night of all nights 在所有的夜晚，那天晚上

We were already there 我们已经有

   

THEN ALL AT ONCE INSIDE THAT NIGHT 然后，所有的AT一旦进入那个夜晚

HE SAW IT ALL SO CLEAR 他看见了它如此清晰

THE ANSWER THAT HE SOUGHT SO LONG 因为他找这么久的答案

HAD ALWAYS BEEN SO NEAR 一直这么近

   

IT'S EVERY GIFT THAT SOMEONE GIVES 它的每一个礼物，有人给

EXPECTING NOTHING BACK 返回不指望

IT'S EVERY KINDNESS THAT WE DO 它的每恩慈，我们做

EACH SIMPLE LITTLE ACT 每间简单的小法