My grandfather's clock was too large for the shelf,
我爷爷的大钟表太大了，在架子上放不下，
So it stood ninety years on the floor.
所以就放在地上，一放就是九十年。
It was taller by far than the old man himself,
这个大钟比爷爷还要高，
Though it weighed(1) not a pennyweight(2) more.
尽管它并不太重
It was bought on the morn,
在一个早晨购买了它，
Of the day that he was born,
爷爷出生的那一天，
And was always his treasure(3) and pride.
他一直珍爱着这个大钟，并因此而骄傲。
But it stopped short never to go again,
但是大钟突然停了下来，不再运转，
When the old man died.
当老人去世的时候。
Ninety years without slumbering(4),
九十年来，这个大钟从未停止转动，
Tick, tock(5), tick, tock,
嘀嗒，嘀嗒，
His life seconds numbering,
记录他人生中一个个难忘的时刻，
Tick, tock, tick, tock,
嘀嗒，嘀嗒，
It stopped short never to go again,
大钟从未停止转动，
When the old man died.
直到老人去世的时候。
