Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove 上周日，我们赶紧上车，我们开车

To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home 你提出了在镇，你儿时的家

The trees were just turning, up on the ridge 这些树刚刚转弯，上岭

And this was your valley when you were a kid 这是您的山谷，当你是一个孩子

You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on 你告诉我，你的爸爸曾在铁路上

As we neared the old house where your granny lives on 当我们走近老房子，你的奶奶住在

She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side 她即将90年现在，她的女儿在她身边

Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide 谁往往在心脏的地方，寂寞可以隐藏

   

Raised by the women who are stronger than you know 受谁是比你强认识的女性朋友提出

A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn 内存只有女性的绗缝被可以缝

The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth 线程是由家庭手缝制，从蛾保护

By your mother...and her mother, the weavers of your cloth 通过你的母亲......和她的母亲，你的布织

   

Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932 你的祖母拥有一支枪在1932年

When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too 当日子过得很不好只是无处不在，你说她用太

And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms 和生命，每个人的时间都是自己的手掌内追踪

Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong 她的皮肤可以这样度过，但她的抓地力依然是那么强劲

And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too 我看见你的眼睛属于她太你妈太

A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue 切片弗吉尼亚州的天空，蓝色的清晰的灯罩

   

Raised by the women who are stronger than you know 受谁是比你强认识的女性朋友提出

A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn 内存只有女性的绗缝被可以缝

The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth 线程是由家庭手缝制，从蛾保护

By your mother...and her mother, the weavers of your cloth 通过你的母亲......和她的母亲，你的布织

   

And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same 和一个富有的人，你可能永远不会，他们会爱你一样

They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name 他们已经流传了这么多，你除了你的教名

And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands 和口语不医治你喜欢动手铺设

Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man 属于谁养你一个人的那些

   

Raised by the women who are stronger than you know 受谁是比你强认识的女性朋友提出

A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn 内存只有女性的绗缝被可以缝

The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth 线程是由家庭手缝制，从蛾保护

By your mother...and her mother, the weavers of your cloth 通过你的母亲......和她的母亲，你的布织