I thought it'd be better1
For us to leave without [saying] good-bye.
I wouldn't have the heart to see you again ...
But I hear the train whistling,
But I hear the train whistling of the train,
How sad it is, a train whistling in the night ...
I could imagine you alone, abandoned
On the wharf, in the crowd of "goodbyes".
And I hear the train whistling,
And I hear the train whistling,
How sad it is, a train whistling in the night ...
I almost ran toward you, I almost screamed at you,
I could hardly stop myself!
As it's far away that you're going,
As it's far away that you're going,
Will you ever have time to return?
~ ~ ~
I thought it was better
For us to leave without saying good-bye.
But I feel that everything's now over!
And I hear the train whistling
And I hear the train whistling
I'll hear the train whistling all my life ...
I'll hear the train whistling all my life
1. Lit. "worth better"