If I was a simple man, 如果我是一个简单的人，

Would we still walk hand in hand? 我们依然携手同行？

And if I suddenly went blind, 如果我突然失明，

Would you still look in my eyes? 你还会看着我的眼睛？

What happens when I grow old? 当我老去，会发生什么？

And all my stories have been told? 和我所有的故事都被告知？

Will your heart still race for me? 将你的心脏还在比赛对我？

Or will it march to a new beat? 还是会走向一个新的节拍？

If I was a simple man 如果我是一个简单的人

   

If I was a simple man, 如果我是一个简单的人，

I'd own no home, I'd own no land 我自己没有家，我没有自己的土地

Would you still stand by my side? 你还会站在我身边？

And would our flame still burn so bright? 并且将我们的火焰仍在燃烧如此明亮？

   

Sometimes I wonder why, 有时候，我不知道为什么，

I'm so full of these endless rhymes 我是如此充满这些无休止的童谣

About the way I feel inside 关于这样，我内心的感受

I wish I could just get it right 我希望我能得到它的权利

   

If I was a simple man 如果我是一个简单的人

And I could make you understand 我可以让你明白

There'd be no reason to think twice 还会有什么理由要三思而后行

You'd be my sun; you'd be my light 你是我的阳光;你会是我的光

If I was a simple man... 如果我是一个简单的人......

If I was a simple man... 如果我是一个简单的人......

   

Sometimes I wonder why 有时候，我不知道为什么

I'm so full of these endless rhymes 我是如此充满这些无休止的童谣

About the way I feel inside 关于这样，我内心的感受

I wish... 我希望...

Sometimes... [x12] 有时候... [ X12 ]