Old Tige - Jim Reeves (吉姆·里夫斯)

Tige you were faithful faithful to the end

Tige，你一直忠诚

Tige how I miss you you were my best friend

Tige，我多么想你，我最好的朋友

Three years of Army Service done and I was headin' home at last

三年的兵役结束了，我最终回家

I got to thinking bout my dog and things long gone and past

我开始想念我的狗，一切都已成了过去

How old Tige pulled me from the creek when I had no pulse or breath

当我没有了生存的冲动或者呼吸的欲望，年迈的Tige将我从小溪边拉了上来

And how he saved me from the chargin' bull that gored my Dad to death

他从具有攻击性的公牛身边救了我，这只公牛将我父亲攻击至死

As a kid I'd dream of bears and tremble to my toes

作为一个小孩，我曾经梦到大熊，吓得全身颤栗

Till old Tige come up to my bed and nudge me with his nose

直到年迈的Tige到我床边，用鼻子轻轻地挨着我

Then my fears would melt away and Tige would go lie down

直到我的恐惧渐渐消失，Tige才会躺下来

I'd drift on back to sleep without another sound

我又睡着了，无声无息

The big bus stopped I got off - it was awful dark and thick with fog

公交车停下来，我下了车，这是一个可怕的罩着薄雾的夜晚

Then something gently nuzzled me and there stood Tige my dog

我感觉到有什么轻轻地挨着我，然后我看到站在面前的狗

I wondered if my faithful dog had met the bus each day

我想知道，自从我离开，我忠诚的狗是否每天都遇上那辆公交车

And all the dreary winter nights since I'd been away

是否也经历了那些沉闷的冬日黑夜

To have Tige meet me here like this I was I was really glad

让Tige像这样遇见我，我真的会很高兴

'Cause I hadn't needed Tige so much since the day they'd buried Dad

因为，自从埋葬好了父亲，我从没有如此需要Tige

Two long miles still lay ahead but what I didn't know

前方仍有2英里长的路程，但是我并不知道

A giant Dam was being built where the old road used to go

在曾经的老路上建了一个巨大的水坝

I thank the Lord for sending Tige and I followed where he led

感谢上帝送给我一只Tige，它带领我去各种地方

Knowing well without his help that I'd be good as dead

我很清楚，如果没有他的帮助，我会与死去的人无异

Tige inched along this way and that going rough and slow

Tige慢慢地走在这条路上，经历艰难险阻，时快时慢

And I could hear the water lappin' at the ledges far below

我能够听到河水拍打岸边的声音

Then through the mist I saw a light and mother in her chair

在蒙蒙的薄雾中，我看到一缕光，妈妈坐在椅子上

I reached down to pet old Tige but he wasn't there

我伸手去摸年迈的Tige，但是它却不在我身旁

I'm thankful Mom you had old Tige these three lonely years

我感谢妈妈，在这孤独的三年里，你有年迈的Tige陪伴

I owe my life to him tonight I couldn't help my tears

今晚，我感谢Tige给了我生命，我忍不住流下眼泪

You say you wrote me bout the Dam well God was sure with us

你说你在给我信中提到了大坝，是的，上帝与我们同在

I didn't get your letter Mom but old Tige met the bus

我没有收到你的来信，妈妈，年迈的Tige一定遇上了那辆公交车

I hate to tell you son she said but now you've got to know

她说，孩子，我不愿意告诉你，但现在你不得不知道

When you left it broke his heart Tige died three years ago

你的离开深深伤害了Tige，Tige在三年前就已经死了

(You were my best friend)

你是我最好的朋友