Oft in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Fond Mem'ry brings the light
Of other days around me:
The smiles, the tears of boyhood's years,
The words of love then spoken;
The eyes that shone,
Now dimm'd and gone,
The cheerful hearts now broken!
Thus in the stilly night
Ere slumber's chain has bound me,
Sad Mem'ry brings the light
Of other days around me.

 

常常在靜夜裡，
當睡神尚未來臨，
滅孤燈，聽細雨，
憶從前快樂光陰；

同年哀樂依然如昨，
情話綿綿訴衷腸；
眼波流盼，而今暗淡，
歡心已碎剩悲傷。

因此在靜夜裡，
當睡神尚未來臨，
滅孤燈，聽細雨，
從前事化作銷魂。