Those other years, the dusty years 其他年，尘封多年

We drove the big hers through 我们通过开着她的大

I tried to forget the miles we rode 我试图忘记我们乘坐的里程

And Spanish Johnny too 和西班牙的约翰尼太

He'd sit beside a water ditch when all this herd was in 他会水的水沟旁坐下时，这一切的牛群在

And he'd never harm a child but sing to his mandolin 他从来没有伤害孩子，但唱歌对他的曼陀林

   

The old talk, the old ways, and the dealin' of our game 旧的谈话，老路子，我们的游戏的戏份“

But Spanish Johnny never spoke, but sing a song of Spain 但西班牙约翰尼从不说话，但唱西班牙歌

And his talk with men was vicious talk 和他的谈话与男人是恶性的谈话

When he was drunk on gin 当他喝醉的杜松子酒

Ah, but those were golden things he said to his mandolin 啊，但那些是金色的东西，他对他说：曼陀林

   

We had to stand, we tried to judge, we had to stop him then 我们不得不站，我们试图去判断，我们必须阻止他再

For the hand so gentle to a child had killed so many men 对于手那么温柔了孩子杀害了那么多的男人

He died a hard death long ago before the road come in 他早就死了硬死亡前路进来

And the night before he swung he sung to his mandolin 而前一天晚上，他挥舞，他唱他的曼陀林

   

Well, we carried him out in the mornin' sun 好了，我们抬出去，在清晨的阳光

A man that done no good 有一个人做不好

And we lowered him down in the cold clay 我们降低了他倒在冰冷的泥

Stuck in a cross of wood 卡在木头十字架

And a letter we wrote to his kinfolk 和信，就写信给他的亲属

To tell them where he'd been 要告诉他们，他一直

And we shipped it out to Mexico, along with his mandolin 我们运出来到墨西哥，连同他的曼陀林