On a morning from a Bogart movie 在从鲍嘉的电影一上午

In a country where they turn back time 在一个国家里，他们时光倒流

You go strolling through the crowd like Peter Lorre 你穿过人群像彼得洛漫步

Contemplating a crime 考虑犯罪

   

She comes out of the sun in a silk dress running 她散发出来的太阳在真丝连衣裙运行

Like a watercolor in the rain 喜欢在雨中的水彩画

Don't bother asking for explanations 不要打扰要求解释

She'll just tell you that she came 她就告诉你，她是

   

In the year of the cat 在猫的一年

   

She doesn't give you time for questions 她不给你时间问题

As she locks up your arm in hers 当她锁在她的手臂

And you follow till your sense of which direction 而你跟着，直到你感觉哪个方向

Completely disappears 完全消失

   

By the blue tiled walls near the market stalls 通过附近的街市档位蓝色的瓷砖墙壁

There's a hidden door she leads you to 有一个隐藏的门，她引导你

These days, she says, "I feel my life 这些天来，她说， “我觉得我的生活

Just like a river running through" 就像通过运行一河“

   

The year of the cat 猫的一年

   

Why she looks at you so coolly? 为什么她看着你这么冷静？

And her eyes shine like the moon in the sea 她的眼睛亮得像在海上生明月

She comes in incense and patchouli 她进来的香和广藿香。

So you take her, to find what's waiting inside 所以，你可以带她找什么在等待中

   

The year of the cat 猫的一年

   

Well morning comes and you're still with her 嗯早上来了，你还是跟她

And the bus and the tourists are gone 和公交车和游客都走了

And you've thrown away your choice and lost your ticket 而你扔掉你的选择，失去了你的票

So you have to stay on 所以，你必须留在

   

But the drumbeat strains of the night remain 但晚上的鼓声株留

In the rhythm of the new-born day 在新诞生的那一天的节奏

You know sometime you're bound to leave her 你知道的某个时候你一定要离开她

But for now you're going to stay 但现在你要留

   

In the year of the cat 在猫的一年

Year of the cat 猫年