The Vacant Chair
Tennessee Ernie Ford
The Vacant Chair 歌詞
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
我們會遇見新的戰友,但是我們不應當忘記戰死了兄弟們
There will be one vacant chair
他們應當永遠在我們心中有一席之地
We shall linger to caress him
而且當我們在晚間祈禱時
While we breathe our evening prayer;
都將再次回憶起他們
When a year ago we gathered
一年前他還健在之時
Joy was in his mild blue eye,
他溫柔的藍眼睛中充滿了歡樂
But a golden chord is severed
但是他黃金般耀眼的生命還是逝去了
And our hopes in ruin lie.
然後我們的希望就這樣被毀了
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
我們會遇見新的戰友,但是我們不應當忘記戰死了兄弟們
There will be one vacant chair
他們應當永遠在我們心中有一席之地
We shall linger to caress him
而且當我們在晚間祈禱時
While we breathe our evening prayer.
都將再次回憶起他們
At our fireside, sad and lonely,
我們在爐邊的時候,悲傷和孤獨湧上的時候
Often will the bosom swell ,
常常會哽咽不已
At remembrance of the story
這會是我們將永久銘記的故事
How our noble Willie sell;
我們的高貴的威利
How he strove to bear our banner
他如何努力承擔我們的旗幟
Through the thickest of the fight,
經過最激烈的戰鬥
And uphold our country's honor
並維護我們國家的榮譽
In the strength of manhood's night.
在那彰顯男子氣概的夜晚
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
我們會遇見新的戰友,但是我們不應當忘記戰死了兄弟們
There will be one vacant chair
他們應當永遠在我們心中有一席之地
We shall linger to caress him
而且當我們在晚間祈禱時
While we breathe our evening prayer.
都將再次回憶起他們
True, they tell us wreaths of glory
是的,他們告訴我們,那榮耀的花圈
Ever more will deck his brow,
將會在他頭上堆滿
But this soothes the anguish only
但這只能緩解痛苦
Sweeping o'er our heartstrings now.
只能暫時席捲我們心弦,而沖淡悲傷
Sleep today, Oh early fallen,
安息吧,過早失去生命的朋友們
In thy green and narrow bed,
在那綠茵底下,狹窄的棺材中
Dirges from the pine and cypress,
從松樹和柏樹中
Mingle with the tears we shed.
與我們流下的眼淚,一同長眠
We shall meet, but we shall miss him
我們會遇見新的戰友,但是我們不應當忘記戰死了兄弟們
There will be one vacant chair
他們應當永遠在我們心中有一席之地
We shall linger to caress him
而且當我們在晚間祈禱時
While we breathe our evening prayer.
都將再次回憶起他們.....