Why burn poor and lonely under a bowl or under a lampshade 为什么在一个碗或在灯罩烧贫穷和孤独

Or on the shelf beside the bed 或床边的架子上

Where at night you lay turning like a door on its hinges?... 凡在晚上你躺在转向像铰链门吗？ ...

First on your left side, then on your right side... then your left side again. 首先在你的左边，然后在你的右手边......再然后你的左侧。

Why burn poor and lonely? 为什么烧穷人和孤独？

Tell all the stones we're gonna make a building... 告诉所有的石头我们要让建筑...

We'll be cut into shape and set into place 我们将切成形状，并设置到位

Or if you'd rather be a window, I'll gladly be the frame, 或者，如果你宁愿一个窗口，我会很乐意为框架，

Reflecting any kind words, we'll let in all their blame... 反映任何形式的话，我们就会让他们所有的怪...

And ruin our reputation all the same. 和破坏我们的声誉都是一样的。

So never mind our plan making, we'll start living... 所以，不要介意我们的计划制定，我们将开始生活......

Anyway, aren't you unbearably sad? 反正不是你难以忍受的悲伤？

Then why burn so poor and lonely? 那么，为什么烧这么穷和孤独？

   

We'll be like torches! 我们会像火把！

We'll be like torches! 我们会像火把！

We'll be like torches... OH!! 我们会像火把......哦！

We'll be torches together... TORCHES TOGETHER!! 我们将火把在一起...... TORCHES你在一起！

We'll be like torches! 我们会像火把！

We'll be like torches... with whatever respect our tattered dignity demands, 我们会像火把......与任何尊重我们的破烂的尊严的要求，

Torches together... hand in hand. 手电筒在一起......手牵手。

   

Why pluck one string... what good is just one note? 为什么掐一根弦......有什么好只是一个音符？

Oh, one string sounds fine, I guess... but we were once 'one notes', 呵呵，一根弦听起来不错，我想......但我们曾经“我们注意到 ，

We were lonely wheat quietly ground into grain... 我们是孤独的小麦悄悄磨成谷物...

What light and momentary pain! 什么暂至轻的痛苦！

So why the safe distance, this curious look? 那么，为什么安全距离，这个好奇的神色？

Why tear out single pages when you can throw away the book? 为什么撕出一个页面时，你可以扔掉的书吗？

Why pluck one string when you can strum the guitar? 为什么掐一根弦的时候可以弹奏吉他吗？

   

Strum the guitar! 乱弹吉他！

Strum the guitar! 乱弹吉他！

Strum the guitar... with no beginning, with no end. 弹奏吉他......没有开始，没有结束。

Take down the guitar and strum the guitar! 取下来的吉他，弹奏吉他！

Strum the guitar if you're afraid. 乱弹吉他，如果你害怕。

And I'm afraid and everyone's afraid and everyone knows it, 我怕大家都怕，每个人都知道这一点，

But we don't have to be afraid anymore. 但是，我们不必再害怕。

   

You played the flute, but no one was dancing, 您吹奏长笛，但没有人跳舞，

You sang a sad song... but none of us cried. 你唱悲伤的歌......但是没有人哭。

You played the flute, but no one was dancing, 您吹奏长笛，但没有人跳舞，

And you sang a sad song, and none of us cried. 而你唱悲伤的歌，我们都不哭了。

You played the flute, but no one was dancing, 您吹奏长笛，但没有人跳舞，

You sang a sad song... but none of us cried. 你唱悲伤的歌......但是没有人哭。

You played the flute, but no one was dancing, 您吹奏长笛，但没有人跳舞，

And you sang a sad song... you sang such a sad song. 而你唱悲伤的歌......你唱这么悲伤的歌。