death 死亡

has been your lover 一直是你的爱人

he has brought you 他已经给你带来了

the edges of your life 你的生命的边缘

and now you are looking over 现在你正在寻找在

and all we can say is 而我们能说的是

it's gonna be all right 它会没事的

and I am looking forward 我很期待

to looking back on these days 要回顾这些天

when on every corner 在每一个角落时，

someone holds a sign 有人认为一个标志

that says I'm homeless 是说我无家可归

I'm hungry and 我饿了，

I have AIDS 我有艾滋病

   

how will they define our generation 他们将如何定义我们这一代

in the coming decades 在未来几十年

who will tell the story 谁都会讲故事

and what will they say? 并且他们会怎么说？

will they say the victims 他们会说，遇难者

were thought of as criminals 被认为是罪犯

while the guilty sat on high 而犯坐在高

deciding their fate 在决定他们的命运

ticking off statistics in their spare time 滴答掉在课余时间统计

tell me, 告诉我，

which is the crime? 这是犯罪？

   

may you never test positive 也许你从来没有试验阳性

pregnancy 怀孕

HIV 艾滋病

may you never be the receptacle of blame 也许你永远不会怪插座

may you never be the scapegoat 也许你永远不会成为替罪羊

for a whole 整整

world full of shame 世界充满耻辱

may you never be fighting for your life 也许你永远不会争取你的生活

and at the same time 并且在同一时间

have to fight for your name 有你的名字打

   

there are too few who open both eyes 太少谁开双眼

we sit back in our easy chairs 我们坐下来在我们的安乐椅

and we try to sympathize 我们尽量体谅

whether from the point of a needle or 无论从针点或

the edge of our beds 我们的床的边缘

we too, like too many others, 我们也一样，太多的人，

could be dead 可能是死了

our actions 我们的行动

will define us 将决定我们

before a single definition can be said 一个单一的定义，可以说前

yeah, so what if god is testing us 是啊，还等什么，如果上帝正考验我们

what if that's true 如果这是真的

what are you going to do 你会怎样做

what is the answer 答案是什么

to you 给你