https://youtu.be/_fpffhfSxVo

(這首歌是電影「教父」的插曲，歌詞很符合一位黑手黨首領經營事業面臨種種困境與危機之心境，以及經營黑道事業末路的情節，歌詞一開始就And now, the end is near，And so I face the final curtain…起頭，很是憂傷與省思，其旋律優美，連結電影情節故事更是動人，我感覺這是一首為電影內容而寫的歌。歌詞及翻譯整理如下)

And now, the end is near

現在終點將近

And so I face the final curtain

我要面對最後一幕

My friend, Ill say it clear

朋友，讓我說清楚

Ill state my case, of which Im certain

我會肯定講述我的經歷

Ive lived a life thats full

我過了充實的一生

Ive traveled each and every highway

我經歷過每一段崎嶇之路

And more, much more I did

而更重要的是我做到了

I did it my way

我走自己的路

Regrets, Ive had a few

雖然我有一些些遺憾

But then again, too few to mention

但卻少得不值一提

I did what I had to do

我做了該做的事

And saw it through without exemption

回想起來也不會去改變它

I planned each charted course

我擬定每段路線

Each careful step along the by way

謹慎地跨過每一步

and more, much more than this

而更重要的是

I did it my way

我走自己的路

Yes, there were times, Im sure you knew

是的，我想讓你知道有些時候

When I bit off more than I could chew

我曾背負不能承受之重

But through it all, when there was doubt

但自始至終，就算感到疑慮

I ate it up and spit it out

我還是克服困難戰勝了它

I faced it all and I stood tall

我昂首挺立，勇敢面對

And did it my way

依然我行我的路

Ive loved, Ive laughed and cried

我曾愛過、笑過，也哭過

Ive had my fill;  my share of losing

我曾志得意滿，也曾失敗落寞

And now, as tears subside

現在淚水已乾

I find it all so amusing

往事可以一笑置之

To think I did all that

想到我做過的一切

And may I say - not in a shy way

我會毫不羞怯地說

No, oh no not me

不，我不是這樣

I did it my way

我走自己的路

For what is a man, what has he got?

人究竟是什麼，擁有什麼？

If not himself, then he has naught

除了自己，我們一無所有

To say the things he truly feels

說出心裏真正的感受

And not the words of one who kneels

而不是那卑躬屈膝的言詞

The record shows I took the blows

我曾受過打擊

And did it my way

而仍能我行我素

Yes, it was my way

沒錯，這是我的路

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