For whom the bells toll 对他们来说，钟声收费

When sentenced to die 当被判死

The stuttering rifles 口吃步枪

Will stifle the cry 会扼杀哭

The monstrous anger 滔天的怒火

The fear's rapid rattle 恐惧的快速拨浪鼓

A desert inferno 沙漠地狱

Kids dying like cattle 儿童死于像牛

   

Don't tell me 不要告诉我

We're not prepared 目前我们还不准备

I've seen today's marine 我已经看到了今天的海洋

He's eighteen and he's eager 他是18 ，他是渴望

He can be quite mean 他可以很平均

   

No mock'ries for them 没有mockries他们

No prayers or bells 没有祷告或铃铛

The demented choirs 痴呆症患者合唱团

The wailing of shells 炮弹尖啸

The boys holding candles 手持蜡烛的男生

On untraveled roads 在untraveled道路

The fear spreads like fire 恐惧蔓延像火

As shrapnel explodes 由于爆炸的弹片

   

I think it's wrong 我认为这是错误的

To conscript our youth 征召我们的青春

Against their will 违背自己的意愿

When plenty of our citizenry 当我们的许多公民

Really like to kill 真的很喜欢杀人

   

What sign posts will lead 什么标志杆会导致

To armageddon's fires 到世界末日的火灾

What bugles will call them 什么军号会打电话给他们

From crowded grey shires 从拥挤的灰色郡

The women sit quiet 女子坐静

With death on their minds 死亡在他们的头脑

A slow dusk descending 缓慢下降的黄昏

The drawing of blinds 百叶窗的绘制

   

Make the hunters all line up 让猎人都排队

It's their idea of fun 这是有趣的想法

And let those be forgiven 让那些被原谅

Who never owned a gun 从来没有谁拥有一支枪

Was it him or me 这是他还是我

Or the wailing of the dead 或者死人哭

The laughing soldiers 该笑的战士

Cast their lots 投了很多

And you can cut the dread 而且你可以削减的恐惧