The Absentee - Crooked Still
Someone is absent the shepherd said
牧羊人说 有羊走丢了
As over my classbook he bent his head
当他低着头看着我的点名册
For several sundays absent too
有些是在周日走丢的
So tell me teacher what did you do
那就告诉我 老师 你做了什么
I didn't call as perhaps I should
我不走寻常之路
I sent some cards but they did no good
我会扔掉那些烂牌
I never heard
我从未听见她的声音
She never came
她永不会来
So I decided to drop her name
所以我决定划掉她的名字
He answered gravely the fault was mine
他严肃地说 这都是我的责任
Hundred no there were ninety nine
不够一百 这里只有99只羊
One was lost and dark and cold
有一只已经丢在了黑暗寒冷的地方
I sought that sheep that had left the fold
我去寻找那只迷途羔羊
Path was stony
路途崎岖
Edged with thorns
布满荆棘
My feet were wounded bruised and torn
我的脚满是伤痕
I kept on searching not countin' the cost
我不断寻找 不计代价
And overjoyed when I found the lost
当我找到那只丢失的羊 我喜出望外
Thus spoke the shepherd in tender tones
我要温柔地向牧羊人汇报
I looked and lo I was all alone
我单凭一己之力就找到了丢失的羊
But God a vision had sent to me
但是上帝让我看到
To show his will towards the absentee
他也踏上了寻找之路