In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky 在肯塔基州东部的深暗色的山丘

That's the place where I trace my bloodline 这就是我追寻我的血统的地方

And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone 而且它的存在，我读了一处山坡墓碑

You will never leave Harlan alive 你将永远不会离开哈兰活着

   

Oh, my granddad's dad walked down 哦，我的爷爷的爸爸走下

Katahrins Mountain Katahrins山

And he asked Tillie Helton to be his bride 他问蒂莉赫尔顿成为他的新娘

Said, won't you walk with me out of the mouth 说，你会不会跟我走了嘴

Of this holler 这叫喊的

Or we'll never leave Harlan alive 或者，我们永远不会离开哈兰活着

   

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning 当太阳升起约早上十点

And the sun goes down about three in the day 和太阳下山约三在当天

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking 而你用什么苦酿喝的是填写你的杯子

And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away 而你花你的生活只是想着如何脱身“

   

No one ever knew there was coal in them mountains 没有人知道有煤在其中山

'Til a man from the Northeast arrived 直到来自东北的一名男子来到

Waving hundred dollar bills he said I'll pay ya for your minerals 挥舞着百元大钞，他说我会付你，为了你的矿物

But he never left Harlan alive 但他从来没有离开哈兰活着

   

Granny sold out cheap and they moved out west 老太卖完了便宜，他们搬到了西

Of Pineville 的派恩维尔

To a farm where big Richland River winds 到农场，大丽晶河风

I bet they danced them a jig, laughed and sang a new song 我敢打赌，他们跳舞他们的夹具，又笑又唱新曲

Who said we'd never leave Harlan alive 是谁说过，我们从来没有离开哈兰活着

   

But the times got hard and tobacco wasn't selling 但时代变得困难和烟草是不卖

And ole granddad knew what he'd do to survive 和OLE爷爷知道他会做什么来生存

He went and dug for Harlan coal 他去了，挖煤炭哈伦

And sent the money back to granny 并派钱还给老太

But he never left Harlan alive 但他从来没有离开哈兰活着

   

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning 当太阳升起约早上十点

And the sun goes down about three in the day 和太阳下山约三在当天

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking 而你用什么苦酿喝的是填写你的杯子

And you spend your life just thinkin' of how to get away 而你花你的生活只是想着如何脱身“

   

Where the sun comes up about ten in the morning 当太阳升起约早上十点

And the sun goes down about three in the day 和太阳下山约三在当天

And you fill your cup with whatever bitter brew you're drinking 而你用什么苦酿喝的是填写你的杯子

And you spend your life digging coal from the bottom of your grave 而你花你的生活，从你的坟墓底部挖煤

   

In the deep dark hills of eastern Kentucky 在肯塔基州东部的深暗色的山丘

That's the place where I trace my bloodline 这就是我追寻我的血统的地方

And it's there I read on a hillside gravestone 而且它的存在，我读了一处山坡墓碑

You will never leave Harlan alive 你将永远不会离开哈兰活着