There's a saltwater film 有一个盐水膜

on the jar of your ashes 在你的骨灰罐

I threw them to sea 我给了他们出海

but a gust blew them backwards 但一阵风吹起他们倒退

and the sting in my eyes 在我眼中的刺

which you then inflicted 你再造成

was par for the course 是意料之中的事

just as when you were living 就像当你的生活

   

It's no stretch to say 这已经不是什么夸张地说

you were not quite a father 你是不是相当的父亲

but a donor of seeds 但种子的捐助

to a poor single mother 一个贫穷的单身母亲

that would raise us alone 这将提高我们而去

we never saw the money 我们从来没有见过的钱

that went down your throat 那去了你的喉咙

through the hole in your belly 通过在你的腹部的洞

   

Thirteen years old 十三岁

in the suburbs of Denver 在丹佛郊区

standing in line 排队

for Thanksgiving dinner 感恩节晚餐

at the Catholic church 在天主教

the servers wore crosses 服务器戴着十字架

to shield from the sufferance 从吞声屏蔽

plaguing the others 困扰着其他

   

Styrofoam plates, cafeteria tables 保丽龙板，食堂表

charity reeks of cheap wine and pity 慈善恶臭的廉价酒和怜悯

and I'm thinking of you 而我在想你

I do every year 每年我都会做

   

When we count all our blessings 当我们指望所有的祝福

And wonder what we're doing here. 而且不知道我们在这里做。

   

You're a disgrace 你真丢人

to the concept of family 到家庭的概念

the priest won't divulge 牧师不会泄露

that fact in his homily 在他的讲道事实

and I'll stand up and scream 我会站起来尖叫

if the mourning remain quiet 如果丧保持安静

you can deck out a lie 你可以从甲板谎言

in a suit but I won't buy it 西装，但我不会买它

I won't join in the procession 我不会参加游行

that's speaking their peace 该公司说他们的平安

using five-dollar words 采用五元的话

while praising his integrity 同时赞扬他的诚信

and just 'cause he's gone 而只是因为他走了

it doesn't change the fact 它不改变的事实

he was a bastard in life 他在生活中的私生子

thus a bastard in death 因此，在死亡的私生子