When you look into a child's face 当你看着孩子的脸

And you're seeing the human race 而你所看到的人类

And the endless possibilities there 与无限的可能性存在

Where so much can come true 哪来那么多可以成真

And you think of the beautiful things 而且你认为美丽的事物

A child can do 一个孩子可以做

   

How long - would the child survive 多久 - 将儿童生存

How long - if it was up to you 多长时间 - 如果它是由你决定

   

When you think about the money spent 当你想到花的钱

On defense by a government 在防守上由政府

And the weapons of destruction we've built 我们已经建立了杀伤性武器

We're so sure that we need 我们非常确信，我们需要

And you think of the millions and millions 和你想的数以百万计

That money could feed 这些钱可以养活

   

How long - can you hear someone crying 多长时间 - 你能听到有人在哭

How long - can you hear someone dying 多长时间 - 你可以听到有人死去

Before you ask yourself why? 在你问自己，为什么？

And how long will we hear people speaking 多久，我们就会听到人们说

About missiles for peace 关于导弹和平

And just let it go by 而就让它过去

How long will they tell us these weapons 他们需要多长时间告诉我们，这些武器

Are keeping us free 是保持我们自由

That's a lie 这是一个谎言

   

If you saw it from a satellite 如果从卫星看到它

With its green and its blue and white 凭借其绿色和蓝色和白色

The beauty of the curve of the earth 地球的曲线的美

And its oceans below 下面及其海洋

You might think it was paradise 你可能会认为它是天堂

If you didn't know 如果你不知道

You might think that it's turning 你可能会认为它的转弯

But it's turning so slow 但它的转向很慢

   

How long - can you hear someone crying 多长时间 - 你能听到有人在哭

How long - can you hear someone dying 多长时间 - 你可以听到有人死去

Before you ask yourself why? 在你问自己，为什么？

And how long will it be 'till we've turned 多久这将是直到我们打开

To the tasks and the skills 到的任务和技能

That we'll have to have learned 那我们就必须学会

If we're going to find our place in the future 如果我们要找到我们的位置在未来

And have something to offer 并拥有自己的贡献

Where this planet's concerned 如果这星球的关注

How long? 多久？