When I was young it all seemed like a game 当我年轻的时候这一切似乎是一场游戏

Living here brought no sense of shame 住在这里带来了不要脸

But now I'm older I've come to understand 但是现在我长大，我终于明白

Once we had houses 一旦我们有房子

Once we had land 一旦我们有土地

They rained down bullets on us as our homes collapsed 他们如雨点般落下的子弹在我们为我们的家园倒塌

We lay beneath the rubble terrified 我们躺在害怕的废墟下

   

Hoping.. Dare we dream? 希望..我们敢于梦想？

We gave up waiting 我们放弃了等待

For us, to dream is still a dream 对于我们来说，梦想依旧是梦想

   

When I woke up, the house was broken stones 当我醒来的时候，房子被打破石头

We suddenly had nothing 我们突然有了什么

And nothing's changed 而且也没什么改变

   

We live, eight people, in this overcrowded heat 我们住，八人，在这个拥挤的热量

Factory-farmed animals living in our own sweat 工厂化养殖的动物生活在我们自己的汗水

Living like this is all my baby brother ever knew 这样的生活是我所有的小兄弟所知道

The world does nothing. What can we do? 世界上什么都不做。我们可以做些什么？

   

We will kick the ball 我们会踢球

We will skip the rope 我们将跳过绳

We will play outside. Be careful 我们在外面玩。当心

We will paint and draw. We will say our prayers 我们将油漆和借鉴。我们会说，我们的祷告

   

Outside the pitiless sun bleaches the broken streets 外界无情的太阳漂白破街道

The darkness drops in the evening like an iron door 黑暗下降到了晚上像一个铁门

The men play cards under torchlight 该男子在火炬打牌

The women stay inside 妇女留在里面

Hell can erupt in a moment day or night 地狱可以在一刹那间白天或晚上爆发

   

You ask for trouble if you stray too close to the wall 你问的问题，如果你迷失太靠近墙壁

My father died ..feeding the birds 我的父亲去世了..feeding鸟

Mum goes in front of me to check for soldiers 妈妈去在我的面前来检查士兵

   

For every hot-head stone ten come back 对于每一个热头石10回来

For every hot-head stone a hundred come back 对于每一个热头石百回来

For every rocket fired the drones come back 对于每一个火箭发射的无人驾驶飞机回来

   

For thirteen years the roads have all been closed 十三年的道路已经全部封闭

We're isolated. We're denied medical supplies 我们是孤立的。我们得不到医疗用品

Fuel and work are scarce. They build houses on our farms 燃油和工作是稀缺的。他们建造的房子在我们的农场

The old men weep. The young men take up arms. 旧人哭。年轻人拿起武器。

   

We're packed like chickens in this town of block cement 我们在这个城市的水泥块像鸡装

I get headache from the diesel. When it rains, the sewers too 我得到头疼的柴油。下雨的时候，下水道太

I had no idea what martyrdom meant 我不知道是什么意思殉教

Until my older brother.. my older brother 直到我的哥哥..我的哥哥

I'm sorry. I can't continue. 对不起。我无法继续下去。

   

You sow the wind, you reap the whirlwind, it is said 你种的是风，你收的是暴风，据说

When people know they have no future 当人们知道他们有没有未来

Can we blame them if we cannot tame them? 我们能责怪他们，如果我们不能驯服它们？

And when their hopes and dreams are broken 而当他们的希望和梦想都碎

And they feel they might as well be dead 而且他们觉得自己还不如死了

As they go, will we forgive them 当他们走了，我们会原谅他们

If they take us with them? 如果他们把我们和他们？

   

Stay close 贴近

Stay home 留在家里

Stay calm 保持冷静

Have faith 有信心

   

With the love of our family we can rise above anything 与我们一家人的爱，我们可以超越任何

Someday surely someone must help us 有一天肯定会有人要帮我们

With the love of our family we can rise above anything 与我们一家人的爱，我们可以超越任何

Someday surely someone must help us 有一天肯定会有人要帮我们

Even now we will go to school 即使是现在，我们将去上学

Even now we will dream to dream 即使是现在，我们将梦想梦想

Someday surely someone must help us 有一天肯定会有人要帮我们

   

Nothing's ever simple - that's for sure 什么是有史以来简单 - 这是肯定的

There are grieving mothers on both sides of the wire 有上线的两侧悲伤的母亲

And everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright 每个人都应该得到一个机会去感受未来也许会是光明的

But any way you look at it - whichever point of view 但无论如何，你看它 - 无论观点

For us to have to live like this 对我们来说，有这样生活

It just ain't right 这是完全正确的

It just ain't right 这是完全正确的

It just ain't right 这是完全正确的

   

We all want peace and freedom that's for sure 我们都希望和平和自由这是肯定的

But peace won't come from standing on our necks 但和平不会来自站在我们的脖子

Everyone deserves a chance to feel the future just might be bright 每个人都应该有机会去感受未来也许会是光明的

But any way you look at this - whichever point of view 但无论如何，你看看这个 - 无论观点

For us to have to live like this 对我们来说，有这样生活

It just ain't right 这是完全正确的

It just ain't right 这是完全正确的

It just ain't right 这是完全正确的

   

It's like a nightmare rose up slouching towards Bethlehem 这就像一场噩梦起来无精打采地走向伯利恒

Like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land 就像一场噩梦，从这个小片土地涨起来

Slouching towards Bethlehem 无精打采地走向伯利恒

   

It's like a nightmare rose up from this small strip of land 这就像一场噩梦，从这个小片土地涨起来

Slouching towards Bethlehem 无精打采地走向伯利恒

   

Stay close 贴近

Stay home 留在家里

Have faith 有信心

   

I can't know what twist of history did this to me 我不知道是什么扭曲的历史这样对我

It's like a nightmare 这就像一场噩梦

   

With the love of our family 与我们一家人的爱

We can rise above anything 我们可以超越任何

Some day surely someone must help us... 有一天肯定会有人要帮我们...