It was almost Christmas time 这几乎是圣诞节

And there I stood in another line 还有我站在另一条线

Trying to buy that last gift or two 试图购买这最后的礼物或两个

Not really in the Christmas mood 没有真正的圣诞气氛

And standing right in front of me was a 而站在我的面前是一个

Little boy waiting anxiously 小男孩焦急地等待着

Pacing around like little boys do 走来走去像小男生

And in his hands he held 而在他的手中

A pair of shoes 一双鞋

   

His clothes were worn and old 他的衣服穿老

He was dirty from head to toe 他从头到脚脏

And when it came his time to pay 而当它来到他的时候要

I couldn't believe what I heard him say 我简直不敢相信我听到他说

   

[Chorus:] [合唱： ]

Sir I wanna buy these shoes 先生我想购买这双鞋子

For my mama. please 对于我的妈妈。请

It's Christmas eve and these shoes are just her size 这是圣诞节前夕，而这双鞋的只是她的大小

Could you hurry sir 你能快点先生

Daddy says there's not much time 爸爸说，没有太多的时间

You see, 你看，

She's been sick for quite a while And I 她已经病了很长一段时间，我

know these shoes will make her smile And I 知道这双鞋会让她微笑，我

Want her to look beautiful 希望她看起来很漂亮

If mama meets Jesus tonight 如果妈妈今晚会见到上帝

   

They counted penny's for what seemed like years then the 他们以一分钱的，而且不知何时几年那么

Cashier said, "Son, there's not enough here." 收银员说： “儿子，有没有足够的了。”

He searched his pockets frantically 他搜查了他的口袋里疯狂

Then he turned and he looked at me and he said 然后，他转过身来，他看着我，他说：

"Mama made Christmas good at our house though “妈妈做的圣诞好我们家虽然

Most years she just did without, Tell me sir, 最年来，她只是做了没有，你告诉我，先生，

What am I gonna do? 我该怎么办？

Some how I gotta buy her these Christmas shoes." 一些如何我得给她买这些圣诞鞋“ 。

   

So I laid the money down 所以，我把钱倒

I just had to help him out 我必须帮助他

And I'll never forget the look on his face when he said, 我永远不会忘记他脸上的表情，他说：

"Mama's gonna look so great." “妈妈的会看起来那么大。 ”

   

[Repeat Chorus] [重复合唱]

   

I knew I'd caught a glimpse of heaven's love as he thanked me and ran out 我知道我会抓住天上的爱的一瞥，他感谢我就跑出来了

I knew that God had sent me that little boy to remind me what Christmas is all about 我知道上帝给我发了那个小男孩，提醒我什么圣诞节是怎么一回事

   

[Repeat Chorus with children] [重复合唱带孩子]

   

[Little girl:] [小女孩： ]

I want her to look beautiful if mama meets Jesus tonight 我想让她看起来很漂亮，如果妈妈今晚会见到上帝