Light the candle, John 點燃蠟燭吧，約翰 The daylight has almost gone 白日將盡 The birds have sung their last 鳥兒已唱響暮歌 The bells call all to mass 彌撒的鐘聲已敲響 Sit here by my side 坐在我身旁 For the night is very long 因為黑夜很長 There's something I must tell 我必須告訴你一些事情 Before I pass along 很久很久以前 I joined the brotherhood 我加入了兄弟會 My books were all to me 書本都交給了我
I scribed the words of God 我寫下神的話語 And much of history 以及許多歷史 Many a year was I 許多許多年 Perched out upon the sea 我棲息在海上 The waves would wash my tears, 海浪沖刷我的淚水 The wind, my memory 風吹走我的記憶 I'd hear the ocean breathe 我聽見大海的呼吸 Exhale upon the shore 呼出在海岸上 I knew the tempest's blood 我熟悉暴風雨的血 Its wrath I would endure 我會忍受他的憤怒 And so the years went by 如此年復一年 Within my rocky cell 在我麻木的細胞里 With only a mouse or bird
伴著老鼠或者鳥兒 My friend; I loved them well 我的朋友們，我真的很愛他們 And so it came to pass 他來了 I'd come here to Roman 來了一位羅馬人 And many a year it took 許多年過去 Till I arrived here with thee 直到我和你來到這裡 On dusty roads I walked 我走在滿是塵埃的道路上 And over mountains high 越過高山 Through rivers running deep 穿過急流 Beneath the endless sky 在無盡的天空下 Beneath these jasmine flowers 在茉莉花叢中 Amidst these cypress trees
在柏樹的懷抱里 I give you now my books 如今我給你我的書 And all their mysteries 以及所有的秘密 Now take the hourglass 請拿起沙漏 And turn it on its head 將它打開 For when the sands are still 當沙子還在流動 Just then you'll find me dead 你會發現我已逝去 O light the candle, John 喔，點燃蠟燭吧 The daylight is almost gone 白夜將盡 The birds have sung their last 鳥兒唱著暮歌 The bells call all to mass 彌撒的鐘聲已響起
