I Have An Aged Mother - The Carter Family

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Last night while I lay sleeping

昨晚当我酣然入睡

Last night while in a dream

昨晚在梦里

I saw my dear old mother

我看见我亲爱的老母亲

Down by a rippling stream

在潺潺溪水旁

Don't ask me why I'm weeping

不要问我为何哭泣

Don't ask me why I pray

不要问我为什么祈祷

For I've an aged mother

因为我有一位年迈的母亲

Ten thousand miles away

一万英里之外

A letter here from sister dear

亲爱的姐姐来信了

Come home we're all alone

回到家里我们形单影只

Dear mother's slowly fading

亲爱的母亲渐渐消失

She can't be with us long

她不能和我们在一起太久

Don't ask me why I'm weeping

不要问我为何哭泣

Don't ask me why I pray

不要问我为什么祈祷

I've a dear old mother dying

我亲爱的母亲奄奄一息

Ten thousand miles away

一万英里之外

Well ah-le-ho le-ho-lay

好吧

Well ah-le-ho le-ho-lay

好吧

Out in the cold world

在这冰冷的世界里

Long ways from home

远离家乡

I'm drawing near the old home

我渐渐靠近老家

Dear sister's at the gate

亲爱的姐姐在大门口

She's leading me through the doorway

她领着我穿过门口

Oh brother you've come too late

兄弟你来得太晚了

Oh lead me to the casket

带我去见棺材吧

Throw back the linen so fine

漂亮的亚麻布

That I may kiss her pale white lips

让我亲吻她苍白的唇

For I know they'll never kiss mine

因为我知道他们永远不会吻我

I see the pale moon shining

我看见苍白的月光

On mother's white tombstone

在母亲的白色墓碑上

The rosebuds 'round them twining

玫瑰花蕾缠绕着他们

Are just like me alone

都像我一样孤独

Well ah-le-ho le-ho-lay

好吧

Well ah-le-ho le-ho-lay

好吧

Out in the cold world

在这冰冷的世界里

Left all alone

独自一人