In another life 在另一种生活

You and I worked West Virginia coal mines 你和我工作过西弗吉尼亚州煤矿

Side by side 并排

Collecting the black dust like sin 收集黑色粉尘状的罪

The day the main shaft caved in 在主轴塌陷的天

I caught your eye 我抓住你的眼球

As the lantern light guttered out 由于灯会亮槽形出

And the afterdamp swallowed us slowly 而afterdamp吞噬我们慢慢

I gripped your hand 我握着你的手

And caught a glance 并抓住了一个眼神

Of the next time 'round 下一次的轮

   

In another life 在另一种生活

You and I were Red Guards in training 你和我在训练中被红卫兵

Side by side 并排

We marched on Tiananmen 我们继续前进天安门

Turned our own parents in 把我们自己的父母

For hoarding rice 对于囤积大米

And in the Great Leap forward 而在大跃进

We crawled on our bellies and died 我们爬在我们的肚子和死亡

A blood orange sky A型血橙天

Gave a cry 叫了一声

Of next time 'round 下一次的轮

   

In another life 在另一种生活

I was married at thirteen 我结婚13

You were killed at twenty-one 你在21人遇难

On a minor battlefield 在一个小战场

I was buried beside my second stillborn child 我埋葬了我的第二个胎死腹中的孩子身边

My last thought it seemed 我最后想它似乎

A fever dream 发烧梦

   

Now we sink into a summer afternoon 现在，我们陷入一个夏日的午后

Central Park in June 中央公园在六月

Marveling at the bounty our days contain 在惊叹赏金我们的日子包含

And we feel it like the shiver 而我们觉得它像哆嗦

Of a passing train 路过的列车

That other life 其他生活

Deep underground 地下深处

You and I 你和我

Side by side 并排

We are the next time 'round 我们下一次轮