My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,

我祖父的鐘表太大放不到架子上

So it stood ninety years on the floor;

因此它在地板上站立了90年

It was taller by half than the old man himself,

它足有祖父身高的一半還多

Though it weighed not a pennyweight more.

然而它還沒有比一英錢更重

It was bought on the morn of the day that he was born,

它是在祖父出生的早晨買的

And was always his treasure and pride;

而且一直都是他的珍寶和驕傲

But it stopp'd short — never to go again —

但是它不久就停止了——再也沒有走過——

When the old man died.

當老爺子去世后

In watching its pendulum swing to and fro,

看著它擺來擺去

Many hours had he spent while a boy;

祖父度過了他孩童時期的很多時間

And in childhood and manhood the clock seemed to know

鐘表了解祖父的孩童和成年時光

And to share both his grief and his joy.

分享了他的痛苦和歡樂

For it struck twenty-four when he entered at the door,

當他打開門它敲了24點鐘

With a blooming and beautiful bride;

伴著一個妙齡漂亮的新娘

But it stopped short — never to go again —

但是它不久就停止了——再也沒有走過——

When the old man died.

當老爺子去世后

CHORUS:

Ninety years without slumbering

90年從來沒停過

(tick, tock, tick, tock),

踢,踏,踢,踏

His life's seconds numbering,

為他生命的每一秒計時

(tick, tock, tick, tock),

踢,踏,踢,踏

It stopp'd short — never to go again —

但是它不久就停止了——再也沒有走過——

When the old man died.

當老爺子去世后

CHORUS

My grandfather said that of those he could hire,

我祖父說他所雇用的所有人中

Not a servant so faithful he found;

沒有一個是如此忠實的仆人

For it wasted no time, and had but one desire —

它從不浪費時間，只有一個愿望——

At the close of each week to be wound.

每周的結束可以上勁兒

And it kept in its place — not a frown upon its face,

它就在它在的地方——臉上從沒有皺眉

And its hands never hung by its side.

它的手也從來不掐腰

But it stopp'd short — never to go again —

但是它不久就停止了——再也沒有走過——

When the old man died.

當老爺子去世后

CHORUS

It rang an alarm in the dead of the night —

它在他離開的晚上敲響了一下——

An alarm that for years had been dumb;

之前幾年都沒有響過;

And we knew that his spirit was pluming for flight —

我們知道他的靈魂即將飛翔——

That his hour of departure had come.

他離開的時間到了

Still the clock kept the time, with a soft and muffled chime,

時鐘還是在計時，伴隨著輕輕和模糊的鳴響

As we silently stood by his side;

我們靜靜地站在他的身邊

But it stopp'd short — never to go again —

但是它不久就停止了——再也沒有走過——

When the old man died.

當老爺子去世后