'Twas Joey the Weasel that gave us the wire 何等乔伊说给我们的电线黄鼠狼

They were closing our factory down 他们下来收了我们的工厂

Though we didn't believe him and we called him a liar 虽然我们不相信他，我们称他为骗子

The redundancy letters came round 冗余信恍然

As we read them in silence, I choked back a tear 当我们阅读他们的沉默，我强忍着眼泪

It was hard to believe after twenty-odd years 这是很难相信，经过二十多年

   

Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates 永别了我的同伴，我的朋友和我的同事

Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic 告别了发薪日，在品脱和欢乐氛围

Oh, We gave them our best years now they've paid us back 哦，我们给了他们我们最好的十年，现在他们已经付给我们回

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

Sure as hell 肯定是地狱

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

   

So we said our goodbyes by the factory gates 因此，我们说，我们告别了工厂大门

One cold Friday evening last year 一个寒冷的星期五晚上，去年

And I saw it all there in the eyes of ma mates 我看到这一切在有队友马的眼睛

The anger, the sadness, the fear 愤怒，悲伤，恐惧

Like our fathers before us we worked there with pride 像我们在我们面前，我们的父亲自豪地在那里工作

Now we fought back the bitterness burning inside 现在，我们还击的辛酸里面烧

   

Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates 永别了我的同伴，我的朋友和我的同事

Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic 告别了发薪日，在品脱和欢乐氛围

Oh we gave them our best years now they've paid us back 哦，我们给了他们我们最好的十年，现在他们已经付给我们回

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

Sure as hell 肯定是地狱

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

   

Ah, now Jimmy, said she, 啊，现在吉米，她说，

Give the kids a few bob, 给孩子们几锤，

After all, sure it is Friday night 毕竟，确保它是星期五晚上

But how could I tell her I was out of a job 但是，我怎么能告诉她我失去了工作

From now on things were going to be tight 从现在开始，事情将是紧

How well I remember it cut like a knife 我怎么还记得它切成像一把刀

I was never a day on the dole in my life 我从来没有在我的生活，每天靠政府救济生活

   

Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates 永别了我的同伴，我的朋友和我的同事

Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic 告别了发薪日，在品脱和欢乐氛围

Oh, We gave them our best years now they've paid us back 哦，我们给了他们我们最好的十年，现在他们已经付给我们回

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

Sure as hell 肯定是地狱

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

   

The machines now are silent, the workbenches bare 机器现在都沉默了，光秃秃的工作台

And there's dust on the factory floor 这里面的灰尘在工厂车间

They've boarded the windows and have chained up the gates 他们已经登上了窗户，并已链接了门

And have padlocked the factory door 并已挂锁厂门

Now I'm on the scrap-heap, and I'm thirty-nine 现在，我在废堆，而我39

Just one of the hundreds, shot down in my prime 短短的几百，我主要拍下来

   

Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates 永别了我的同伴，我的朋友和我的同事

Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic 告别了发薪日，在品脱和欢乐氛围

Oh, We gave them our best years now they've paid us back 哦，我们给了他们我们最好的十年，现在他们已经付给我们回

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

Sure as hell 肯定是地狱

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

   

Farewell my companions, my friends and my workmates 永别了我的同伴，我的朋友和我的同事

Farewell to the paydays, the pints and the craic 告别了发薪日，在品脱和欢乐氛围

Oh, We gave them our best years now they've paid us back 哦，我们给了他们我们最好的十年，现在他们已经付给我们回

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子

Sure as hell 肯定是地狱

By making us yesterday's men 通过我们昨天的男子