Passing Afternoon - Iron

Passing Afternoon - Iron/Wine

There are times that walk from you like some passing afternoon
曾经很多次经过你身旁就像消磨而过的午后
Summer warmed the open window of her honeymoon
夏日很暖和 打开她的蜜月之窗
And she chose a yard to burn but the ground remembers her
她选了一个院子去燃烧 但是大地记住了她
Wooden spoons her children stir her Bougainvillea blooms
她的孩子用木勺搅动着叶子花
There are things that drift away like our endless numbered days
有些东西慢慢散去就像我们无尽的日子
Autumn blew the quilt right off the perfect bed she made
秋日的风正好吹起她床上的棉被
And she's chosen to believe in the hymns her mother sings
她选择相信她妈妈唱的赞美诗
Sunday pulls its children from the piles of fallen leaves
星期日把它的孩子从成堆的落叶中拉出来
There are sailing ships that pass all our bodies in the grass
有航行的船只在草丛中经过我们的身体
Springtime calls her children 'till she let's them go at last
秋天呼唤着她的孩子直到她最后放走他们
And she's chosen where to be though she's lost her wedding ring
她选择去哪 尽管她丢失了结婚戒指
Somewhere near her misplaced jar of Bougainvillea seeds
一个接近她放错叶子花瓶罐的地方
There are things we can't recall blind as night that finds us all
有些事情我们无法回忆 像夜晚一样盲目找寻我们
Winter tucks her children in her fragile china dolls
冬日卷起她的孩子 她脆弱的中国娃娃
But my hands remember hers rolling 'round the shaded ferns
但是我的手记住了她 蕨类植物一直在蔓延
Naked arms her secrets still like songs I'd never learned
光着臂膀 她的秘密就像我学不会的歌
There are names across the sea only now I do believe
有些名声越过大海 现在只有我相信
Sometimes with the windows closed she'll sit and think of me
有时 窗户紧闭 她会坐着想起我
But she'll mend his tattered clothes and they'll kiss as if they know
但是她会修补他破烂的衣服 如果他们知道他们可以接吻
A baby sleeps in all our bones so scared to be alone
一个宝宝在我怀里睡着了 如此害怕一个人呆着