I have got a minute, just a little minute, 我有一分钟的时间，一点点分钟，

I have only got a minute, just minute, 我也只拿到了一分钟，刚刚分钟，

I have only got a minute that is all the time 我只得到一分钟的时间是所有的时间

I have to sing this tiny minute waltz 我要唱这小小的分钟圆舞曲

It isn't easy but I'll try it 这是不容易，但我会尝试

Than I gotta say goodbye 比我得说再见

But first I take a minute 但首先，我花一分钟

And put in it every note that Chopin wrote 和每一个音符肖邦写的把它

and I shall sing the little minute waltz 我会唱的小分华尔兹

And hope that I can sing with no faults 并希望我可以无故障唱

and though it's difficult 虽然这是困难的

I'll give it every gust of air I got within in my body 我给它的空气我在身体内得到每阵风

Hope that my performance will be very shiny 希望我的表现会非常有光泽

Singing every note will not do wonders for my throat 唱的每一个音符不会为我的喉咙奇迹

I probably will end up hoarse 我可能最终会嘶哑

Of course I will have done it 当然，我会做它

And a will for that I made 而对于我的遗嘱做

That what I want is not the money 这就是我要的不是钱

but the satisfaction that I get 但我得到的满足感

from winning money on this silly kind of bet 从这个愚蠢的一种赌赢钱

Though this kind of solo wasn't his intention 虽然这种单飞的不是他的本意

Chopin isn't here to make an intervention 肖邦是不是在这里做的干预

So with your permission and no intermission 所以，如果你允许的，没有中场休息

I will sing each note that that composer wrote 我要唱的每个需要注意的是作曲家写

as you can hear my trilling isn't very thrilling 你能听到我的颤音是不是很惊险

but no one can say I wasn't very willing 但没有人可以说，我不是很愿意

to attempt a thing that's not been done 尝试是不是已经完成的事情

and just for fun to sing the minute waltz 而只是为了好玩唱分钟圆舞曲

As I sing the seconds fly, oh too soon the minute waltzes by 当我唱秒飞，哦太快按分钟圆舞曲

And now I ask you where am I halfway through the tune 现在我问你，我是半途调

and I'm falling far behind 而我却远远落后

I have less than 30 seconds 我有不到30秒

less than 30 seconds 少于30秒

less than 30 小于30

less than half a minute 不到半分钟

I have less than 30 seconds 我有不到30秒

I have less than half a minute 我有不到半分钟

to complete this little minute waltz 完成这个小小的分钟圆舞曲

And every note that's its score 和每一个音符这就是它的得分

While the sands of time I know are pouring 虽然当时我知道沙倾泻

Let me win my bet and I'll run with the money 让我赢我打赌，我会用这笔钱跑

Down to some drug store whare I will buy a honey 下到一些药妆店whare我会买的蜂蜜

Or a trophy for myself to put upon a shelf to show the world I've won 或一个奖杯为自己放于货架，向世界展示我赢了

Oh the second hand is rushing round the dial 哦秒针轮冲表盘

And though I'd like to end this torture with a smile 虽然我想结束这种折磨微笑

Unless someone knows how to stop the clock 除非有人知道如何停止的时钟

you gonna see me cry before I said goodbye 你会看到之前我说我哭了再见

Eight little measures to complete this song 八个小措施来完成这首歌

But I'm afraid my little lungs will burst before to long if 但是我怕我的小肺会前爆长，如果

Only I can last the scale 只有我能持续的规模

I won't have failed to sing the minute waltz! 我不会不唱分钟圆舞曲！