Lullaby To Erle

mothers have woven a black velvet ocean
母亲们已经编织了一汪黑天鹅绒般的海洋
and spread it between the night and day shores
并把它铺在黑夜与白昼的海岸之间
so that children might sleep gently rocked by the motion
那样孩子们也许就会在海洋的摇晃里安然入睡了
of waves beneath boats built by fathers like yours
这摇晃就如父亲们建造的小船 正随着海浪漂流
with you safe aboard by the shore we will linger
你在船上安然无恙，因为我们会一直在岸边守护着你
and watch as your breathing it fills up the sail
望着你的呼吸逐渐扬起了风帆
you loosen the moorings your grip on our finger
你松开了泊绳，我们紧握的手也被逐渐分开
and leave on the velvet a silvery trail
这依恋在天鹅绒海洋上 留下一条泛着银光的痕迹

我们的心快要碎了，从岸边一路追随着你
along on the shore with our hearts close to broken
直到我们不能到达的地方，就站在那儿看着你逐渐远去
we stand in the wake as you glide from our reach
但我们还是平静下来了，因为想到你的这次航行
calmed by the thought that the voyage you are taking
将会在拂晓之际再次安全回到这海滩上
will bring you at dawning back safe to this beach
我们不能与你一起航行，也不能够指引你
we cannot sail with you, be there to guide you
或者引领你的小船穿过夜晚的黑暗
or pilot your boat through the black of the night
但大海不能留住你，黑暗亦不能隐藏你
but no ocean can keep you, no darkness can hide you
以此远离我们的爱 和永恒的光明
away from pur love and its undying light
我们不能与你一起航行，也不能够指引你

或者引领你的小船穿过夜晚的黑暗
we cannot sail with you, be there to guide you
但大海无法留住你，黑暗亦无法隐藏你
or pilot your boat through the black of the night
无法让你远离我们的爱 和永恒的光明
but no ocean can keep you, no darkness can hide you
away from pur love and its undying light