Lyrics: Over The Hills And Far Away

They came for him one winter's night.
Arrested, he was bound.
They said there'd been a robbery,
his pistol had been found.

They marched him to the station house,
he waited for the dawn.
And as they led him to the dock,
he knew that he'd been wronged.
"You stand accused of robbery,"
he heard the bailiff say.
He knew without an alibi,
tomorrow's light would mourn his freedom.

Over the hills and far away,
for ten long years he'll count the days.
Over the mountains and blue seas,
a prisoner's life for him there'll be.

He knew that it would cost him dear,
but yet he dare not say.
Where he had been that fateful night,
a secret it must stay.
He had to fight back tears of rage.
His heartbeat like a drum.
For with the wife of his best friend,
he spent his final night of freedom.

Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will return one day.
Far from the mountains and blue seas,
back in her arms is where he'll be.
Over the hills and far away.

Each night within his prison cell,
he looks out through the bars.
He reads the letters that she wrote.
One day he'll know the taste of freedom.

Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms he swears she'll be.

Over the hills and far away,
he swears he will return one day.
far from the mountains and blue seas,
back in her arms is where he'll be.

Over the hills and far away,
she prays he will return one day.
As sure as the rivers reach the seas,
back in his arms is where she'll be.

ある冬の夜、彼らはやってきた
男は逮捕され、勾留された
強盗事件が起こり、
彼の拳銃が見つかったのだという

警察署へ連行され、
夜明けを待った
被告席に立たされたが、
彼は無実の罪だと知っていた
「被告は強盗の罪により告発され……」
廷吏が告げるのを聞く
彼は分かっていた アリバイなしでは
明日の太陽が彼の自由を照らさないことを

丘を越え 遙か彼方
彼は十年の月日を指折り数えることだろう
山を越え 碧海を越え
これからは虜囚として過ごす日々

大きな代償と知りながら、
彼は言い出せなかった
その運命の夜に過ごした場所は、
語れぬ秘密のまま
彼は感情の涙を懸命にこらえ、
心臓は太鼓のように打ち鳴らされる
彼にとって自由な最後の夜、
親友の妻とともに過ごしていたのだから

丘を越え 遙か彼方
彼はいつの日か戻れる日を誓う
山の彼方から 碧海の彼方から
いつか彼女の腕の中へ戻る日が来る
丘を越え 遙か彼方

毎夜独房の中、
鉄格子越しに外を眺め、
彼女からの手紙を読み耽る
いつの日か彼も自由を味わう日が来るだろう

丘を越え 遙か彼方
彼女は彼がいつか戻る日を祈る
川が海へ還るように
いつか彼の腕の中へ戻る日を誓う

丘を越え 遙か彼方
彼はいつか戻る日を誓う
山の彼方から 碧海の彼方から
いつか彼女の腕の中へ戻る日が来る

丘を越え 遙か彼方
彼女は彼がいつか戻る日を祈る
川が海へ還るように
いつか彼の腕の中へ戻る日が来る