I hear some distant drumbeat 我听到了一些遥远的鼓声

A heartbeat pulsing low 心跳脉动低

Is it coming from within 这是从内部来

A heartbeat I don't know 心跳，我不知道

A troubled heart knows no peace 陷入困境的心脏是没有和平

A dark and poisoned pool 一个黑暗而中毒游泳池

Of liberty now lost 自由的现在失去

A pawn, an oppressor's tool 一个棋子，一个压迫者的工具

   

Oh my heart be strong 噢，我的心脏要坚强

And guide when eyes grow dim 并引导时，眼睛发花

When ears grow deaf with empty words 当耳朵聋成长与空话

When I know there's life within 当我知道有内生活

   

A gunfire shatters silence à枪声打破沉默

Where birds once sweetly sang 凡鸟曾经甜蜜地唱

A mother cradles a child now dead 一位母亲的摇篮孩子已经死了

Now death where life began 现在死在那里的生活开始

   

From the troubled heart of South Africa 来自南非的困扰心脏

Nicaragua 's festering sore 尼加拉瓜的化脓疮

The turmoil on the streets of china 在中国的街头风暴

Death crying out for more 死亡迫切希望加大

   

A change is slow in coming 改变是姗姗来迟

My eyes can scarcely see 我的眼睛几乎看不清

The rays of hope come streaming 希望的光线流进来

Through the smoke of apathy 通过冷漠的烟

   

But oh my heart be strong 但是，噢，我的心脏要坚强

And guide when eyes grow dim 并引导时，眼睛发花

When ears grow deaf with empty words 当耳朵聋成长与空话

When I know there's life within 当我知道有内生活

   

May the spirit never die 可能的精神永远不死

Though a troubled heart feels pain 虽然陷入困境的心脏感到疼痛

When this long winter is over 当这个漫长的冬天已经过去

It will blossom once again 这将再次绽放