Late one night when the wind was still
一整个晚上风依旧吹着
Daddy brought the baby to the window sill
爸爸带孩子到窗台上
To see a bit of heaven shoot across the sky
看天堂上的一点点划过天空
The one and only time daddy saw it fly
是一次也是唯一的一次 爸爸看到它飞行
It came from the east just as bright as a torch
它来自东方就如同一个火炬那么亮
The neighbors had a party on their porch
邻居们在门廊举办派队
Daddy rocked the baby  mother said  "Amen"
爸摇着婴儿 妈妈说：阿门
When Halley came to visit in 1910
1910年时　哈雷彗星就来访问这个世上
Now back then Jackson was a real small town
现在回想起来那时杰克逊真是一个小镇
And it’s not every night a comet comes around
并不是每天晚上都会有彗星的
It was almost eighty years since it's last time through
上一次来访已是近80年以来的事了
So I bet your mother would have said amen too
所以,我打赌你妈妈也会说“阿门”的
As it's tailed stretched out like a stardust streak
它延伸出来的尾巴就像星尘纹理一样  
The papers wrote about it every day for a week
报纸上一周内每天都写这件事
You wondered where it’s going and where it’s been
他们想知道和它去了哪以及身在何方
When Halley came to Jackson in 1910
当哈雷彗星在1910年拜访杰克逊时
Now daddy told the baby sleeping in his arms
爸爸告诉婴儿在他的怀抱里睡觉
To dream a little dream of a comet’s charms
做一个小小的关于彗星的魅力的梦
And he made a little wish as she slept so sound
他许了一个小小的愿望希望她睡得非常完美
In 1986 that wish came ‘round
在1986年他的愿望实现了
It came from the east just as bright as a torch
它来自东方,就如同一个火炬
She saw it in the sky from her daddy’s porch
她从她爸爸的门廊看见它在天空上
As heavenly sent as it was back then
就像天堂把它送回来了
When Halley came to Jackson in 1910
当哈雷彗星在1910年拜访杰克逊时
And late one night when the wind was still
一整个晚上风依旧吹着