In the streets around here there was nobody tougher than me, 在街上在这里有没有人比我更强硬，

I was quick with me fists and fast with me footwork as you can plainly see, 我快跟我的拳头，快速与我的步法，你可以清楚地看到，

But while fighting was useful for getting your way, 不过，虽然战斗是让你的方式是有用的，

Among the toughs of the town where you could hold sway, 在这些城市里，你可以当道的恶棍，

There had to be something that was better than this, 必须有一些比这更好的，

I was fifteen years old and I'd never been kissed. 我是15岁，我从来没有亲吻。

   

Well of course she'd ignore me, her friends would all sneer, 嗯，当然她会不理我，她的朋友们都会嗤之以鼻，

At me bloody nose dripping and me cauliflower ear, 我鼻子流血淋漓和我的菜花耳，

For it's hard to convince in a romantic pose, 对于很难在一个浪漫的姿势来说服，

With a lovely black eye and a broken nose, 有了一个可爱的黑色眼睛和鼻子被打破，

Where a girl is attracted to skills more refined, 凡有女孩被吸引到的技能更精，

Than the pugilist's art, and so I inclined, 比拳师的艺术，所以我倾斜，

To take meself serious as a modern romancer, 采取meself严重的现代传奇作家，

And I secretly learnt all the moves of a dancer. 我偷偷的学会了舞蹈的全部动作。

   

Ye swing to the left, ye swing to the right, 叶摆动到左边，你们摆向右侧，

Keep your eyes on your partner, more or less like a fight, 睁大你的眼睛你的伴侣，或多或少像一拼，

Ye just follow the rhythm, and ye keep to the beat, 你们只要跟着节奏，你们要守的节奏，

The important thing's never to look at your feet, 最重要的事情是从来没有看你的脚，

Then a miracle happens, your mind's in a trance, 这时奇迹发生了，你的心在精神恍惚，

Though the strategy's subtle, retreat and advance, 虽然该战略的微妙，退可提前，

It's all about attitude, all in your stance, 这是关于态度，都在你的立场，

Attention to detail, leaving nothing to chance, 注重细节，留下任何机会，

Which explains how the pugilist finally learned how to dance. 这解释了拳师终于学会如何跳舞。

   

Well, I'd waltz with a broomstick and if I was caught, 好吧，我会跳华尔兹用扫帚，如果我被抓住了，

I'd pretend I was sweeping or practicing sport, 我会假装我是扫地还是练体育，

But I really had eyes for your mother ye see, 但我真的有眼睛为你的妈妈，你们看，

Wanting her to acknowledge this new version of me, 希望她承认我的这个新版本，

But now everyone's watching, expecting I'll fail, 但现在大家都在看，希望我会失败，

But there's fire in me belly, there's wind in me sails, 但有火在我肚子里，有风在我的船帆，

I knew it was risky and I was taking a chance, 我知道这是有风险的，我正在一个机会，

I couldn't retreat now, I had to advance. 我不能现在撤退，我不得不提前。

   

So I swing to the left, I swing to the right, 于是我转向了左边，我转向了右翼，

Keep me eyes on me partner, like I would in a fight, 让我的眼睛对我的合作伙伴，就像我会在战斗中，

I just keep to the rhythm and follow the beat, 我只是不停的节奏，并按照节拍，

The important thing's never to look at yr feet, 最重要的事情是从来没有看年脚，

But a miracle's happened, and your mind's in a trance, 但奇迹的事情发生了，你的心在精神恍惚，

They're all laughing and cheering and looking askance, 他们都笑了，欢呼，斜眼看，

On the night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance. 在当晚的拳击手终于学会如何跳舞。

   

It's a three-minute round and you're back in yr corner, 这是一个三分钟的一轮，你又回到岁的角落，

You're licking yr wounds just like little Jack Horner, 你舔伤口年一样，小杰克·霍纳，

Don't let your guard down try a jab with your right, 不要放松警惕试着戳了您的权利，

Or you're losing on points by the end of the night, 或者你是在晚上结束失去的点，

Then a miracle happens, and everyone's screaming, 这时奇迹发生了，大家的尖叫，

You're pinching yourself just in case you're still dreaming, 你捏自己，以防万一你还在做梦，

You've taken the initiative, you've taken your chance, 你采取主动，你采取你的机会，

It's the night when this pugilist finally learned how to dance. 这是晚上，当这个拳师终于学会了​​跳舞。

   

In a bout where the strategist's bridges were burned, 在一个回合当战略家的桥梁被烧毁，

Where it seemed that his fortune had suddenly turned, 它似乎他的财富突然转过身来，

'Twas the night that this scrapper was suddenly dapper, 它是个晚上，这刮板突然短小精悍，

And this poor fellow's heart was still going like the clappers, 而这个可怜的家伙的心脏仍在继续像棒槌，

The night that the pugilist finally learned how to dance. 夜晚的拳师终于学会如何跳舞。