Let me tell you about this torch I carry 让我告诉你关于这个火炬我扛

It's not much of a career 这不是多大的事业

And it won't make my fortune I fear 它不会让我的财产我担心

But it stays alight and won't be buried 但它保持神采奕奕，不会被埋没

It's brighter year-by-year 这是美好的一年，通过一年

And someday it will surely disappear 有一天它一定会消失

   

When it does I'll know I've laid to rest 当它我就知道我已经安息

The ghost of your unhappiness 你不快乐的幽灵

That flits around from room to room 从房间到另一个房间掠过身边

A widow on a honeymoon 度蜜月寡妇

A shadow on a harvest moon 在收获月球影子

   

So put away this torch you carry 所以收起这个火炬您携带

For it's doing you no good 对于它做你没有任何好处

And surely you know by now that you should 而且你肯定知道现在你应该

And come the day you die or marry 并提出你死的日子或结婚

Will you be understood 你可以理解

When you say that you wanted but never could 当你说你想要的，但从来没有能

   

Turn your back and lay to rest 把你的背部和躺着休息

The ghost of your unhappiness 你不快乐的幽灵

That flits around from room to room 从房间到另一个房间掠过身边

A widow on a honey moon 在蜜月寡妇

A shadow on a harvest moon 在收获月球影子

   

I write these words to make them true, 我写这些话，使他们真正的，

"I've drowned my torch and so should you." “我已经淹没我的火炬，你也应该这样。 ”