《Pomp and Circumstance Marches》的歌詞如下：
I hear those marches up above
With Trumpet sound and trombone
When majestic youth with strong disease
Drove many an enemy to bungle.
Those Marches give the young man pride
In life and work they are sublime
In melody and words delight
With a swinging melody divine.
You can hear them at a football match
You can hear them in a country lane
But, dear me, the world's in love with Pompey's march
As much as one old undergraduate is in beer.
Up on your feet and stand tall then, ye young men all
Forget your aches and pains and every care that's there
For we're bound to win or else to die
Forget about the end of term and things like that.
And when you've done your best and failed, then you'll be dead
And when you've lost your youth, you'll find it hard to get.
But if you've done your best and failed by the skin of your teeth
You'll still be better off than if you'd done nothing at all.
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這些畢業進行曲在上空響起，
伴隨著小號和長號的旋律，當壯年青年滿懷雄心，卻又備受疾病折磨，驅使他們無數敵人畏縮時。
這些進行曲賦予青年人的自豪感，他們不僅是生活中的詩歌，也帶著音樂的狂歡，帶有一首輕鬆愉快的旋律。
在足球比賽中你可能會聽到他們，在鄉間小道上你可能會聽到他們，但，天哪，世界都愛龐皮奧的進行曲，就像某個老大學生沉迷於啤酒一樣。
所以站起來吧，年輕人們，站起來展現你們的英姿！別在意那些疼痛和擔憂。我們會勝利或者光榮逝去！在經歷後或許你仍會覺得不易，但在時間逝去後你會更加清醒，然而即便沒有一帆風順你也會比你從未嘗試過要好得多。