It’s four in the morning, the end of december 现在是凌晨四点，十二月已然尾声

I’m writing you now just to see if you’re better 此刻正在给你写信，想知道你过的好不好

New york is cold, but I like where I’m living 纽约的冬天很冷，但我喜欢我住的地方

There’s music on clinton street all through the evening. 因为我住的克林顿街，彻夜都响着音乐......



I hear that you’re building your little house deep in the desert 我听说你在荒漠深处建造着自己的小屋

You’re living for nothing now, I hope you’re keeping some kind of record.

－－你现在真的一无所求了吗，希望你能有所眷恋......


Yes, and jane came by with a lock of your hair 是的，简回来了，带着一束你的头发

She said that you gave it to her 她说那是你送给她的

That night that you planned to go clear 在你决定把事情理清的那天晚上送给她的

Did you ever go clear? 真的把所有事情都理清了吗



Ah, the last time we saw you you looked so much older 上次我们见你时，你看起来苍老多了

Your famous blue raincoat was torn at the shoulder 你那件出了名的蓝雨衣，连肩部也残破了



You’d been to the station to meet every train 以前，你常去车站，等遍了每一趟火车

And you came home without lili marlene 但是你心中的那位莉莉．玛莲始终没有出现



And you treated my woman to a flake of your life 你还把我的女人Jane，当作你生命中的一段插曲

And when she came back she was nobody’s wife. 当她从你那里回来时，依然是独身一人......


Well I see you there with the rose in your teeth 我想像着，你嘴里衔着玫瑰的样子，专门窃取爱情

One more thin gypsy thief 又是一个手法并不高明的吉普赛小偷（轻佻的偷心浪子）......



Well I see jane’s awake 噢，简现在还醒着

She sends her regards. 她让我代她向你问好



And what can I tell you my brother, my killer 可我还能说些什么呢，我的兄弟，我的情敌

What can I possibly say? 我还能再说些什么呢？

I guess that I miss you, I guess I forgive you 或许说说思念你，或许说说谅解你

I’m glad you stood in my way. 说说我很高兴，你曾经走入我的生命......


If you ever come by here, for jane or for me 如果你以后来作客，看看简，或是我

Your enemy is sleeping, and his woman is free.

我要让你知道，我对你的敌意已然沉睡，那个曾经放不下的女人，也可以放下了


Yes, and thanks, for the trouble you took from her eyes 其实，我要感谢你，是你拂去了她眼中的烦恼

I thought it was there for good so I never tried. 而我，以为那些问题天生如此，而并没有真正地理解她


And jane came by with a lock of your hair 然而简还是回来了，带着一束你的头发

She said that you gave it to her 她说那是你送她的

That night that you planned to go clear 在你决定把一切事情理清的那天晚上