Late last night I awoke in a dream 昨天深夜我醒来的梦

To the sound of a voice that was almost a scream 一个说话的声音，这是几乎尖叫

Oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，

From out of the city and out of the street 从出城和出街

Out where the wind hits the cold concrete 哪里出了风打冷混凝土

Oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，

It's cold outside 它的外面冷

Darkness your enemy 黑暗中你的敌人

No place to hide 无处藏身

The voice said this to me 的声音说，这对我

In your doorways I have shivered 在你的门口我打了个哆嗦

In your alleys I have gone to ground 在您的小巷我已经到地

But I will be delivered 不过，我将交付

Someday I will be mercy bound 总有一天，我会怜悯绑定

   

I dreamed again it was west L.A. 我又梦见它是西洛杉矶

On a crowded street on a hot summer day 在一个炎热的夏天，拥挤的街道

She was alone 她独自一人

Three months late and beginning to show 三个月末，开始显现

In a midriff blouse she would soon outgrow 在腹部的上衣，她很快就会长大

She had no one to call 她有没有人打电话

And no way home 没办法回家

And in my mind 而在我的脑海

I knew I'd seen myself 我知道我会看到自己

But in our blindness 但在我们的盲目性

It always seems like someone else 它似乎总是喜欢别人

There I was a rag a bone 在那里，我是一块抹布骨

A remnant in your lost and found 在你失落，发现了残

I was for once truly alone 我是一次真正的孤独

Longing to be mercy bound 渴望得到怜悯绑定

   

And I knew that I would wander as child in the forest 我知道我会徘徊的孩子在森林里

Till they found me 直到他们发现了我

And I called out to them but I could not penetrate the silence 我叫了他们，但我不能穿透寂静

All around me 我周围的一切

   

And when I wake I know you'll comfort me 而当我醒来，我知道你会安慰我

And I won't sleep again for an eternity 我不会再睡一个永恒

But others lie awake at night 但也有人躺在夜不能寐

In desperation more profound 无奈之下更深刻

And the coming of the morning light 晨光和未来

Will not see them mercy bound 不会看到他们的怜悯界

   

And some will never dream again 有的还会不会再做梦

From sleeping on the ground 从席地

Just longing to belong 只是向往属于

And dying to be mercy bound 和死亡是怜悯绑定

Oh please don't stop your dreaming 哦，请不要停止你的梦

Someday we'll all be mercy bound 有一天我们都会怜悯绑定