My mother told me 我的妈妈告诉我

'Fore she passed away 前就过世了

Said son when I'm gone 当我走了儿子说：

Don't forget to pray 不要忘记祈祷

   

'Cause there'll be hard times 因为还会有艰难的时刻

Lord those hard times 主的艰难时刻

Who knows better than I? 谁知道比我更好吗？

   

Well I soon found out 好吧，我很快就发现了

Just what she meant 只是她是什么意思

When I had to pawn my clothes 当我不得不典当我的衣服

Just to pay the rent 只是为了付房租

   

Talkin' 'bout hard times 说话布特艰

Lord those hard times 主的艰难时刻

Who knows better than I? 谁知道比我更好吗？

   

I had a woman 我有一个女人

Who was always around 谁是始终围绕

But when I lost my money 但是，当我失去了我的钱

She put me down 她放我下来

   

Talkin' 'bout hard times 说话布特艰

Hard times 困难时期

Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I? 是啊，是啊，谁知道比我更好吗？

   

Lord, 主啊，

One of these days 某一天

There'll be no more sorrow 再也没有更多的悲伤

When I pass away 当我走了

   

And no more hard times 并没有更多的困难时期

No more hard times 没有更多的困难时期

Yeah, yeah, who knows better than I? 是啊，是啊，谁知道比我更好吗？