That young boy without a name anywhere I'd know his face. 那个小男孩没有名字的任何地方我都能认出他的脸。

In this city the kid's my favorite. 在这个城市里的孩子是我的最爱。

I've seen him. I see him every day. 我见过他。我看他的每一天。

Seen him run outside looking for a place to hide from his father, 看到他跑到外面找地方，从他的父亲隐瞒，

the kid half naked and said to myself "O, what's the matter here?" 孩子半裸，对自己说“啊，有什么事吗？ ”

I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's their kid I stay out of it, 我已经厌倦了每个人都使用的借口，他是他们的孩子，我撇清关系，

but who gave you the right to do this? 但谁给了你这样做的吗？

   

We live on Morgan Street; 我们住在大通街;

just ten feet between and his mother, I never see her, 与他的母亲刚刚丈，我从来没有看到她，

but her screams and cussing, I hear them every day. 但她的尖叫声和咒骂，我听到他们的每一天。

Threats like: "If you don't mind I will beat on your behind," 喜欢的威胁： “如果你不介意的话，我会打你的身后。”

"Slap you, slap you silly." “拍你，拍你傻。 ”

made me say, "O, what's the matter here?" 让我说， “哦，有什么事吗？ ”

I'm tired of the excuses everybody uses, he's your kid, do as you see fit, 我已经厌倦了每个人都使用的借口，他是你的孩子，做你认为合适的，

but get this through that I don't approve of what you did to you own flesh and blood. 但得到这个经过，我不同意你做了什么你自己的血肉。

   

"If you don't sit on this chair straight “如果你没有在这把椅子坐在直

I'll take this belt from around my waist and don't think that I won't use it!" 我要这个带从搂着我的腰，别以为我不会用它！ “

   

Answer me and take your time, 回答我，把你的时间，

what could be the awful crime he could do at such young an age? 这可能是可怕的罪行，他可以做的，在如此年轻的年龄？

If I'm the only witness to your madness offer me some words to balance out what I see and what I hear. 如果我是唯一见证你的疯狂我提供一些话来平衡我所看到的和我听到的。

Oh these cold and lowly things that you do I suppose you do because he belongs to you 哦，那些寒冷和卑贱的事，你做我猜你做，因为他是属于你的

and instead of love and the feel of warmth you've given him these cuts and sores don't heal with time or with age. 并且而不是爱和温暖的感觉，你已经给了他这些伤口和溃疡不随时间或者随着年龄的愈合。

   

And I want to say "What's the Matter here?" 我想说“发生什么事了吗？ ”

But I don't dare say. 但我不敢说。