歌词与中文翻译
We three friends of HPL are
吾等乃HPL三友
Howard, Smith, and Bloch from afar
霍华德，史密斯和布洛克自远方而来
Writing letters to our better
同向更优者写信
Learning from HPL
向H.P.L.学习
Oh, mind of wonder, mind of might
噢，奇迹之心智，威能之心智
Mind with keenness ever bright
其心智才思敏捷永远聪慧光辉
Sought precision through revision
修修订订，以求严谨
Teach us how to weirdness write
教会我们书写怪奇
Conan the Barbarian's mine
《蛮王柯南》由我写下
He-Man wielding axes that shine
那人——挥舞战斧熠熠闪光
Inspiration, perspiration
灵感如泉涌，辛劳之果实
Helped by you friend divine
由你相助，神圣之友
Oh, mind of wonder, mind of might
噢，奇迹之心智，强力之心智
Mind immured in endless night
其心智囚于长夜中不知何时旦
Gifted writer, none were brighter
天赋之才，再无胜者
Teach us how to weirdness write
教会我们书写怪奇
I wrote tales of mystic Zothique
我写下佐西克的玄妙传说
Forging worlds strange and unique
锻造的世界奇异无双
Crafting weird tales making book sales
雕琢怪诞故事，举办图书展销
Inspired by your technique
由你之技艺启发而就
Oh mind of wonder, mind of might
噢，奇迹之心智，强力之心智
Often nervous and uptight
这心智时常拘谨保守紧张不安
Correspondent, so despondent
书信不间断，郁沉却难消
Teach us how to weirdness write
教会我们书写怪奇
Sent him stories, I a young lad
向他寄去文稿，那时我还年少
Kind responses made me feel glad
友好的回信让我让心喜
Feeling groovy, wrote a movie:
自觉良好，写了个电影
Psycho turned out not bad
《惊魂记》确实反响不赖
Oh mind of wonder, mind of might
噢，奇迹之心智，强力之心智
Mind obsessed with morbid fright
其心智因病态的恐怖难以安宁
Seldom healthy, never wealthy
疾病缠身，从未富有
Teach us how to weirdness wright
教会我们书写怪奇
He lives on in glorious fame
他在荣光中永世长存
Horror fiction never the same
恐怖文学因他而改变
Genius gleaming, dead but dreaming
天才仍闪耀，已死却做梦
H.P.L. is thy name
H.P.L.即是汝之名号