Like a fly batters itself against a window 像飞打者对自己的一个窗口

Time and again and again it senselessly blunders 一次又一次，又一次就痴痴失误

Up and down the length of West Broadway 上下西百老汇的长度

The bag lady wanders 袋的女士徘徊

   

Fifty cents rent goes pretty far 五毛钱的租金去很远

When you live in a subway car 当你生活在一个地铁车厢

One stop's the same as another 一站式的另一个相同

Even son of Sam sees her sleeping, 即使儿子山姆看见她睡觉，

She's not worth the bother 她不值得理会

   

Sorrow, do they ever want to cry 悲伤，做他们永远都想哭

Do they see us pass by 难道他们看我们擦肩而过

Where do they come from (simple answers) 哪里来的（简单的答案）

Do they come falling, 难道他们来不断下降，

Falling from the sky like rain 从如雨天上掉下来

Crawling up the basement drain 爬上地下室漏

Misfits and black sheep 不称职和黑羊

Former brothers, friends of mothers 前兄弟，朋友的母亲

   

There is no yesterday, there is no tomorrow 有没有昨天，没有明天

There is only now and that hardly matters 只有现在这并不重要

No one cares about sad old ladies 没有人关心伤心老太太

With bags full of tatters 随着包包满了支离破碎

   

One day it gets a bit too cold 有一天它变得有点冷

Maybe a little too wet, maybe a little too lonely 也许有点太湿了，也许有点太孤单

Lifelessly she lies amidst her bag world 毫无生气，她就躺在一片她的包世界

But maybe she's only sleeping 但也许她只是睡着了