Letter Song

I hope your adventures are still misconceived
我希望你的奇遇只是一场误解
And how are you?
你过得怎么样？
Don't say fine
别说“我很好”
I enclose to you a little cheque
我给你附上了一张支票
For your gambling debts
是给你的赌注
And your secret lives
和你的秘密人生

l don't know how you'd write to me
我不知道你会怎样写信给我
But you could try
但是你不妨一试
Send it in the morning with a lick of light
在清晨破晓时分将它投递
Fire it into the dead of night
付之一炬在夜深人静
Oh, you might not recognise me
你可能早已不认得我的面容
When I get back
在你归来之时

Are you still coming last or first?
你是否还如从前一样总是迟到或早到？
Stay out of the middle
还是不愿在中间？
And roll your dice
放手一搏吧
Nothing is the end of the world
没有什么是像世界末日一样可怕
Except the end of the world
除了世界末日本身
So hold your light
所以，紧握你生命中的明灯

Oh, this postcard may beat me home
这封明信片也许会送到家中
May beat me home I know
我深信，会送到家中
Have you tried Montaigne on friendship?
你有读过蒙田论友谊吗（Montaigne:法国作家）
Maybe give it a go
它值得一试

Did England win the world cup?
英国赢了世界杯吗？
We don't get mail or papers here
我们这里可没有报纸和邮件
But that doesn't mean that I'm giving up
但是这不代表我要放弃了
And if you write to me then it might appear
如果你写信给我可能会收到

I don't know how you'd get to me
我不知道你的信件要如何传递
But you could try
但是你不妨一试
Send it with the calling of the evening light
在黄昏时刻将它投递
And fire it into a summer's night
燃烧殆尽在仲夏之夜
Oh you might not recognise me
当我回来的时候
When I get back
你可能认不出我了

Oh, you might not recognise me
oh你可能认不出我了
Oh, you might not recognise me when I get back
当我归来的时候，你可能认不出我了

Oh, you might not recognise me
oh你可能认不出我了
Oh, you might not recognise me when I get back
当我归来的时候，你可能认不出我

What's your latest obsession?
你最近在沉迷于什么呢？
And tell me, how is your mum?
你的母亲可否安好？
And what will your face look like
孩子呀，当我再见到你的时候
When I see you again, my son?
你会是什么模样？