Back through the years 回到了很多年前

I go wonderin' once again 我去迷惘“再次

Back to the seasons of my youth 回到我的青春的季节

I recall a box of rags that someone gave us 我记得一箱碎布，有人给了我们

And how my momma put the rags to use 怎么我的妈妈把碎布使用

There were rags of many colors 有多种颜色的碎布

Every piece was small 每一块很小

And I didn't have a coat 我没有大衣

And it was way down in the fog 而正是在雾一路下滑

Momma sewed the rags together 妈妈缝碎布在一起

Sewin' every piece with love Sewin “每一件与爱情

She made my coat of many colors 她做了我的许多颜色的外套

That I was so proud of 我是如此骄傲

As she sewed, she told a story 当她缝，她讲了一个故事

From the bible, she had read 从圣经，她读过

About a coat of many colors 关于一件彩衣

Joseph wore and then she said 约瑟夫穿，然后她说

Perhaps this coat will bring you 也许这件大衣会给你带来

Good luck and happiness 祝你好运和幸福

And I just couldn't wait to wear it 我只是迫不及待地穿上它

And momma blessed it with a kiss 和妈妈祝福一个吻

   

My coat of many colors 我的许多颜色的外套

That my momma made for me 我妈妈为我做

Made only from rags 只有从碎布制成

But I wore it so proudly 不过，我穿着它，骄傲地

Although we had no money 虽然我们没有钱

I was rich as I could be 我很富有，因为我可能是

In my coat of many colors 在我的许多颜色的外套

My momma made for me 我的妈妈为我做

   

So with patches on my britches 所以，对我的裤子补丁

Holes in both my shoes 在我的两个鞋孔

In my coat of many colors 在我的许多颜色的外套

I hurried off to school 我赶紧去上学

Just to find the others laughing 随便找别人笑

And making fun of me 并嘲笑我

In my coat of many colors 在我的许多颜色的外套

My momma made for me 我的妈妈为我做

   

And oh I couldn't understand it 呵呵我不明白它

For I felt I was rich 因为我觉得我很有钱

And I told them of the love 我告诉他们的爱情

My momma sewed in every stitch 在每一个针脚我的妈妈缝

And I told 'em all the story 我告诉他们所有的故事

Momma told me while she sewed 妈妈告诉我，当她缝

And how my coat of many colors 怎么我的许多颜色的外套

Was worth more than all their clothes 是不是所有值钱的衣服

   

But they didn't understand it 但他们不明白这

And I tried to make them see 我试图让他们看到

That one is only poor 一个是只有可怜的

Only if they choose to be 只有当他们选择成为

Now I know we had no money 现在我知道我们没有钱

But I was rich as I could be 但我很富有，因为我可能是

In my coat of many colors 在我的许多颜色的外套

My momma made for me 我的妈妈为我做

Made just for me 刚才我