歌词与中文翻译
Gone are the days when my heart was young and gay,
年轻快乐的日子已经过去
Gone are my friends from the cotton fields away,
棉花田的伙伴们也都离去
Gone from the earth to a better land I know,
从这尘世去向一个更好的地方
I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe".
我听见他们在轻声呼唤 “老黑乔”
I’m coming, I’m coming, for my head is bending low:
我来了，我来了，我的背已不再挺拔
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe".
我听见他们在轻声呼唤 “老黑乔”
Why do I weep when my heart should feel no pain
为什么流泪，我不应感到忧伤
Why do I sigh that my friends come not again,
为什么叹息，朋友再也不能相见
Grieving for forms now departed long ago.
我为那些早已逝去的人悲痛不已
I hear their gentle voices calling “Old Black Joe”.
我听见他们在轻声呼唤 “老黑乔”
I’m coming, I’m coming, for my head is bending low:
我来了，我来了，我已渐渐老去
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe".
我听见他们在轻声呼唤 “老黑乔”
Where are the hearts once so happy and so free?
那些曾经快乐自由的人都去了哪里
The children so dear that I held upon my knee,
曾被我抱在膝上的爱子
Gone to the shore where my soul has longed to go.
也已经去了我心向往的彼岸
I hear their gentle voices calling "Old Black Joe".
我听见他们在轻声呼唤我
I’m coming, I’m coming, for my head is bending low:
我来了，我来了，我已时日无多
I hear those gentle voices calling, "Old Black Joe"
我听见他们在轻声呼唤 “老黑乔”