While drivin' a herd of cattle out in old Nebraska way 虽然驾乘“从众牛在内布拉斯加州的老办法

Headin' east at Broken Bow one hot September day 航向“东向布罗肯鲍一个炎热的九月天

Tryin' to get to Omaha we hoped to find a buyer 试着去奥马哈，我们希望寻找买家

We never counted in the odds of a western prairie fire 我们从来没有算在了西部草原火灾的可能性

   

A hot south wind was blowin' and the air was gettin' dry 热南风是吹，空气中刚开了干

Somethin' far away was spellin' trouble in the sky 事端远在spellin “麻烦的天空

Comin' closer was a sound that topped the devil's choir 马上就要接近的是，荣登魔鬼的合唱声

Then we knew we had to race a raging prairie fire 然后，我们知道我们必须比赛熊熊的燎原之火

   

When all at once a flame is seen a lickin' at the sky 当所有在一次火焰在天空中看到了lickin

And every heart is quicker and there's fear in every eye 和每一个心脏更快，有恐惧众目

We'd just one chance to get away for there's no place to hide 我们只是一个机会逃脱了没有藏身之地

Gotta reach the river Platte one inch deep and one mile wide 总得达到普拉特河一英寸深的一英里宽

   

The herd is gettin' tired but we've got no time to rest 牛群是刚开了累了，但我们已经没有时间休息

I try to clear the red dust that is gatherin' in my chest 我试着清除红色粉尘gatherin “在我的胸口

From ridin' tail on a thousand head with the weather gettin' dry 从干坐车上万余头随着天气刚开尾巴“

The black cloud in the west is warning ride ride ride 乌云在西部警告搭搭搭

   

The roarin' heat is closer ashes fallin' by our side 该roarin “热更接近于灰掉到了我们的身边

And every breeze is burnin' singin' with its warnin' cry 每微风燃尽的欢唱，其提个醒， 哭

We've got to reach the river but it's still ten miles or more 我们必须到达河流，但它仍然是十英里以上

And close behind us we can hear that wind infernal roar 而跟在我们后面，我们可以听到风地狱吼

   

But fate had other plans for we lost that fatal race 但命运有其他计划，我们失去了那种致命的种族

We lost for neither man nor beast could long keep up the pace 我们失去了对人不可兽可以长紧跟时代步伐

The mighty Platte subdued its rage but none were there to rest 无垠的普拉特制服的愤怒，但没有在那里休息

We did our best to get away but only I am left 我们尽了全力逃脱，但只有我留下

   

Now on the blackened prairie far as the eye can see 现在，在这片烧焦的草原一望无际可以看到

The grim remains are there to show that God rules you and me 严峻的遗体在那里证明上帝掌管你和我

Just one he left to tell the tale just one was his desire 刚一离开，他告诉这个故事只是一个是他的愿望

We lost our herd and thirty men to a raging prairie fire 我们失去了我们的牛群和30男人熊熊燎原