Tennessee River Runs Low

If I were born to be a river
如果我生来是一条河流
If a river is all I'd be
若我是一条河流
I'd tell the giver of all of the rivers
我要告诉所有河流的源头
To make me the Tennessee
带我去往田纳西

多少雨滴落在了窗格上
How many drops of rain roll of how many windowpanes
汇入低洼的山谷，在那里，有像我一样的河流发源于涓涓细流
Down to a valley low where a river like me begins to grow
我唱着悲伤的歌匆匆流动
I sing a mournful song as I rush a ramble along
我深深地埋葬了那些秘密

我把他们藏在鲶鱼蠕动的地方
I bury secrets deep
就算是滚滚浪潮也无法触及我深深埋藏的东西
I keep them down where the catfish creep
在六月的阿拉巴马，我哼着悲伤的曲调
Where the rolling tide can't reach the things that I hide
我唱着忧郁的歌谣
I hum a mournful tune in the Alabama June
即使是田纳西河都被我打动

当天空明亮而洁净
And I sing
当你头顶没有一片云彩

亲爱的，你可以漂浮在明澈之中
Even the Tennessee river runs low
我注定要如此爱你

当暴风雨肆虐
When the sky is bright and clear
当所有的灯光熄灭
Not a cloud above you
只有河流应和我的歌
You can float in knowing, dear
唱那首小调吧
That I was made to love you
把我漆成忧郁的蓝与灰
When the storm is raging
河流呀，快快带我离开
All the light is fading
没漂浮过那些石块和栏杆
The river sings along with me
奔向巍峨的大山
Reaching for that minor key
我就是田纳西呀

看着你在惊涛骇浪里浮沉
Color me blue and gray
我唱起了歌谣
River, carry me fast away
即使是田纳西河都被我打动
Flood all the rocks and grills
即使是田纳西河都被我感染
On for the mighty hill
即使是田纳西河都应声附和
I am the Tennessee
See you down at the stormy sea

And I sing

Even the Tennessee river runs low
The Tennessee river runs low
Even the Tennessee river runs low