The Temple of the King

One day in the year of the fox
在狐年的某一天
Came a time remembered well
一段令人難忘的時光
When the strong young man of the rising sun
當健壯而年輕的朝陽之子
Heard the tolling of the great black bell
聽見那口黑色大鐘的鐘聲響起
One day in the year of the fox
在狐年的某一天
When the bell began to ring
當鐘聲響起
It meant the time had come for one to go
意味著某人已經進入了
To the temple of the king
帝王的宮殿
There in the middle of the circle he stands
他站立在圓圈的中央
Searching seeking
四處搜尋
With just one touch of his trembling hand
只要他那顫動的手一觸摸到
The answer will be found
謎底就會揭曉
Daylight waits while the old man sings
陽光在等候年邁者唱著：
Heaven help me !
'上天，幫幫我！'
And then like the rush of a thousand wings
然後像千百雙羽翼的撲擊般
It shines upon the one
陽光照在他身上
And the day has just begun
這一天才剛開始
One day in the year of the fox
在狐年的某一天
Came a time remembered well
一段令人難忘的時光
When the strong young man of the rising sun
當健壯而年輕的朝陽之子
Heard the tolling of the great black bell
聽見那口黑色大鐘的鐘聲響起
One day in the year of the fox
在狐年的某一天
When the bell began to sing
當鐘聲開始唱著
It meant the time had come for the one to go
意味著某人已經進入了
To the temple of the king
帝王的宮殿
There in the middle of the people he stands
在人群中他站立著
Seeing feeling
觀望著、感受著
With just a wave of the strong right hand hes gone
只有那樣強壯的右手
To the temple of the king
才足以撐起帝王的宮殿
Far from the circle at the edge of the world
遠離世界邊緣的四周
Hes hoping wondering
他企盼著、猶疑著
Thinking back on the stories hes heard of
回想著他聽說過
What hes going to see
且即將面對的故事
There in the middle of a circle it lies
在圓圈的中間寫著
Heaven help me!
'上天，幫幫我！'
Then all could see by the shine in his eyes
然後，從他眼中的光芒可以看出
The answer had been found
謎底已經揭曉
Back with the people in the circle he stands
回到人群中，他在圓圈里站立著
Giving feeling
賜予並感受著
With just one touch of a strong right hand they know
觸摸到那強壯的右手人們才明白
Of the temple and the king
那就是帝王和他的宮殿