dust to dust

Digging graves is my delight
挖墳是我心所向
Digging graves for you to lie in
挖好墳來給你躺
Digging graves from morn' till night
起早掛晚去挖墳
I earns me living from the dying
我的生計靠死人
Digging graves the whole day long
整天挖墳樂呵呵
And as I dig I sing this song
挖墳時候唱著歌
To anybody that comes along
讓來這的人都清楚
Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
塵歸塵吶土歸土
And thus I sing my song
我於是唱起歌
Rich and poor all come the same
富人窮人都一樣
I'll bury you all there's none has favour
統統給你都埋上
Don't spend your time in seeking gain
別花時間謀利益
No gold from death will ever save you
沒有金子能活你
Mighty men with wealth and riches
有錢有勢大豪強
Beggars too in rags and stitches
乞丐穿著破衣裳
All end up in the wooden britches
蓋進棺材沒商量
Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
塵歸塵吶土歸土
And so my song goes on
我繼續唱著歌
Some we bury with foul diseases
病人死了惡疾葬
Some will die still young and pretty
孩子死時還漂亮
Death will take just who it pleases
當死之人都死盡
For in death there is no pity
死亡之下無憐憫
Mangled men with sightless eyes
瞎眼死人也有過
Babes in arms and maids like wives
嬰兒保姆也無措
Fit or foolish, weak or wise
智與愚啊壯與弱
Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
塵歸塵吶土歸土
And thus my song goes on
我繼續唱著歌
You might be dancing in the street
你或跳舞在街上
You might be gay, you might be grieving
你或歡喜或悲傷
You might be singing a song so sweet
甜美歌謠你在唱
But you'll not cheat death, there's no deceiving
但可別妄想騙死亡
In the street or in the hall
跑外頭或躲裡頭
Whether you skip or whether you crawl
跳著走或爬著走
Death could come any time at all
活人隨時變屍首
Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
塵歸塵吶土歸土
And so I sing my song
我這樣唱著歌
Death come early, death come late
死早的有晚的有
It takes us all, there is no reason
死把我們都帶走
For every purpose under heaven
蒼天之下各端由
To each a time, to each a season
每年每月把命收
A time to love and a time to cry
愛戀之時哭之時
A time to laugh and a time to sigh
歡笑之時嘆之時
A time to be born and a time to die
出生之時死之時
Dust to dust and ashes to ashes
塵歸塵吶土歸土
And thus I end my song
我於是唱完歌