You know, as a child, he heard tell of the seven mile bridge 你知道，作为一个孩子，他听人说七里桥

That connected on marathon shore 该连接在岸马拉松

Yes, and it was the gateway key west his grandpa 是的，这是通往基韦斯特爷爷

Had told him ten times or more. 曾经告诉过他十次以上。

The stories of some sailors curse on the bridge 一些水手的故事诅咒的桥梁

Where it opens to let the boats through 它会打开，让船只通过

But the natives all laugh at grandpas old stories 但当地人都笑爷爷的老故事

And swear that it just isn't true 并发誓，这恰恰是不正确的

   

Now most of them sail across to miami 现在大多数人横渡到迈阿密

From the edge of the blue water line 从蓝水线的边缘

With crawfish and snappers to sell at the market 随着小龙虾和笛鲷，以在市场上出售

For money to spend on some wine 对于钱用在一些酒

They always cross through at the seven mile bridge 他们总是穿越在七里桥

Except when the moon comes out full 除了当月亮出来全

They're not superstitious they tell you as they are 他们不迷信，他们告诉你，他们是

Repeating that old seaman's rule 重复的老水手的统治

   

Watch out for those outlaws and pirates 提防那些不法分子和海盗

Lord knows that they'll steal you blind 上帝知道，他们会偷你瞎

Don't mess around with those cutthroats and thieves 与割喉和盗贼不要浪费时间

They're robbers and killers of time 他们是强盗和时间杀手

And there's nothing worse than an old sailors curse 还有的比老水手的诅咒更糟糕

On the seven mile bridge where you find 在七里桥，你找到

They're stealing the future and making believe 他们偷的未来，使信

The past is still somewhere behind 该来的还是落后的地方

The seven mile bridge, the seven mile bridge 七里桥，七里桥

   

And he found a woman who'd come here from cuba 他发现谁愿意来这里来自古巴的女人

She gave him a son and a dream 她给了他一个儿子和一个梦想

They lived in a conch house somewhere on stock island 他们住在海螺房子某处股票岛屿

With the seven mile bridge in between 随着与七里桥

Shed spent her nights on the window walk wondering 棚花了她晚上在窗口步行疑惑

If he'd safely pull through the storm 如果他想在暴风雨安全拉

While he spent his money on painted up women 虽然他花了他的钱上涂了女性

And whisky to keep hi blood warm 和威士忌，以保持血液喜温暖

Then he'd gamble on crab races till he was broke 然后，他就赌蟹比赛，直到他被爆出

While she sat up waiting all night 当她坐在等候了一夜

Then felling too guilty to face her and tell her 于是砍伐太内疚面对她，告诉她

He'd look for some bully to fight 他会找一些混混打

   

At the end of the rainbow where the sun always shines 在彩虹的尽头，太阳就永远明媚

Just south of the seven mile bridge 正南七里桥

She waits at the window for signs of his sailboat 她等待的窗口，他的帆船标志

And tries not to worried the kids 并尝试不要担心孩子

She sneaks a few drinks from the bottle she hides 她偷偷喝了几杯酒，从她隐藏了瓶

From a husband that's to tired to think 从丈夫那是累到想

With feelings of guilt she picks up the bottle 有罪恶感，她拿起酒瓶

And pours the remains in the sink 而盆满钵满的遗体在水槽

Now she thinks of the men that stare at her boldly 现在，她认为，在她大胆地盯着男人

They know she's a woman alone 他们知道她是孤独的女人

With fingers that tremble she touches her body 用手指在颤抖，她摸她的身体

And wishes her man would come home 并希望她的男人会回家

   

Now the years pass so quickly for time is a thief 现在，这些年来如此迅速的传递时间是贼

His skin looks like leather by now 他的皮肤看起来像真皮现在

His woman's got fat and lost all her beauty 他的女人的胖了，失去了她所有的美丽

But, lord, she's lived up to her vow 但是，主啊，她没有辜负她的誓言

She looks at her son that's going on twenty 她看着她的儿子是怎么回事20

He's ready to live his own life 他准备过自己的生活

She hopes he can find a sea worthy woman 她希望他能找到一个值得海女

A sailor sure needs a good wife 一个水手肯定需要一个好妻子

Why he's just like his daddy, she thinks as she watches 为什么他就像他的爸爸，她认为她的手表

Him weaving those fish nets all day 他编织的渔网整天

Knowing that some time the seven mile bridge 知道一段时间了七里桥

Will take him and lead him astray 便带他带领他误入歧途

He might return his woman would learn 他可能会返回他的女人会学习

Broke like his daddy and drunk 打破了像他爸爸醉

She wrote down some words on an old piece of sail cloth 她写了一些文字上的一块旧帆布的

Nailed it over his bunk 它钉在他的铺位

Why then, she packed his sea bag and filled up his trunk 那么为什么，她收拾好自己的海上包里装满了他的箱子

His new wife would want it that way 他的新婚妻子想这样说

Just before the old man shook the younger lads hand 老头摇摇年轻小伙子的手就在

These are the words he did say 这是他说的话