I'm Peter van der Hold 我是彼得·范德保持

I'm 68 years old 我68岁

I doubt some questions have increased 我怀疑一些问题有所增加

In 42 years of being a priest 42年是一个牧师

I'm at the end of my life 我在我的生命结束

I'm not sure if I'm gonna survive 我不知道如果我要去求生存

I often don't know what to say 我常常不知道该说些什么

When I talk to Him, when I pray 当我跟他说话，当我祈祷

In reply I receive 在回答我收到

Only silence, no relief 只有沉默，没有救济

I've waited in vain for a little advice 我已经空等了一点建议

from that great voice in the ethereal skies 从空灵的天空那么大的声音

   

Once I was revolutionary 有一次，我是革命性的

A devoted mercenary 深情佣兵

A gifted student in God's hands 有天赋的学生在上帝的手中

Now I'm old and sick of his demands 现在我老了，病了他的要求

I tried to be honest and good 我试着诚实和良好的

Did my job the best I could 做我的工作，尽我所能

But I always stayed that average man 但是，我一直住在普通的男人

Right in the spot where I'll began 就在那里，我会开始现货

During the grief with which I've dealt 在与我打过交道的悲痛

Spent three decades since I've felt 花了三十年，因为我觉得

The certainty I so have thought 'bout the existence of the Lord 本人谨此想到什么上帝的存在的必然性

   

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

   

I'll give him to my perish 我给了他我的灭亡

Things I don't have myself but cherish 我没有自己的东西，但珍惜

And namely love and charity 并即爱和慈善

Mostly purpose that's what sets you free 主要用途，这就是给你自由

So I'm where the metaphore 所以我在那里的metaphore

I'm not comforting anymore 我没有再安慰

I think I'm almost done with my search 我想我差不多跟我做搜索

Got old so fast even in my church 如此之快，甚至在我的教会老了

But feels as if I'm kept out 但是感觉好像我拒之门外

Some sort of secret about 某种秘密有关

The meaning of life sometimes 生命的意义有时

Can't fail to notice these are mediocre types 不能不注意到这些平庸的类型

   

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

   

And time has made me good at one thing 而时间已经让我擅长的一件事

And horrible at everything else 而可怕的一切

The blessings of a world divine 世界神圣的祝福

Were always elsewhere and never mine 人总是在别处，从不矿

Oh, I would like to hold someone 哦，我想有人抱

Briefly maybe have some fun 简单地说，也许有一些乐趣

My body's hardly designed 我的身体几乎没有设计

So I'm not really the hugging kind 所以我不是真正的那种拥抱

Not once has it been 没有一次有它被

Someone with a softer skin 有人用柔软的皮肤

Who reached out for me in the middle of the night 谁在半夜伸手给我

'Cause my own lumpy mattress would've turn on the light “因为我自己的波诡云谲的床垫会一直开灯

I think I've been miscast 我想我已经miscast

And the time of saints is passed 和圣人的时间已过

My faith is reclassed but not least 我的信念是重分类，但并非最不重要的

After 42 years of being a priest 42年后成为一名牧师

The church is like a woman 教会是像女人

Thing out of reach like a vision 事出达到像愿景

She glimmers in the distance which I could never quite get 魔光中，我永远无法完全得到的距离

Now I've left you with my regret 现在，我已经离开你了我的遗憾

   

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

   

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

I've seen enough, that's why I know 我已经看够了，这就是为什么我知道

God left this place, long long time ago 神，很久很久以前离开这个地方

   

It's my portion, it's my call... 这是我的一部分，这是我的电话...

It's my portion, it's my call... 这是我的一部分，这是我的电话...