Перевод песни
Elton John - Sisters of the Cross

The old gates are always locked

By the daughter of the keys

Sad eyes are fixed on the world

From the balcony

While the six o'clock procession

Take their prayer books to the hall

It's sad to see them shed a tear

Inside the convent walls

Red mountains around them

Keep out those who come

But only birds and wild deer

Share the lives of nuns

For ladies who in kindness

Burn the knowledge they have found

Their knowledge lies inside a hole

Buried in the ground

For the Sisters of the Cross

Seek the shadows they have lost

In the walls where their lives

Are protected by God

But the feeling of love

Is somewhere in your bones

Your body is wasted

When it should have been owned

The Mother of the mission bells

Has lived here all her life

She never felt the hands of man

Touch her in the night

And the canopies that cover her

So cold and so afraid

Thinking holy mothers die

Like spinsters in the grave

To be single in the chapel

Praying knelt down on your knees

Where the corridors are echoing their proud solemnity

And the candle-light against the glass

Plays shadow-chasing tricks

As young girls fall, their eyes in tears

Beside the crucifix