[verse 1] [诗歌1 ]

Picture the morning, taste and devour, 图片上午，味道和吞噬，

we rise early, pace up the hour 我们起得早，起来踱步小时

Streets is rustling, hustling they heart out 街道是沙沙，他们忙乱了心脏

you can't have the sweet with no sour 你不能有甜蜜，没有酸味

   

Spices, herbs, sweets and the flour 香料，药材，糖果和面粉

she came out precisely the hour 她出来正好小时

Clouds disappear, the sun shows the power 云彩消失，太阳显示了电源

no chance of a probably shower 没有机会的可能淋浴

   

I feel in love with my neighbor's daughter 我觉得爱我的邻居的女儿

I wanted to protect and support her 我要保护和支持她

Nevermind, I'm just 12 and a quarter 没关系，我只是12和四分之一

I had dreams beyond our border 我有梦想超出了我们的边界

   

[bridge] [桥]

Is it true when they say all you need is just love? (Is it true?) 这是真的时，他们说你需要的仅仅是爱情吗？ （是真的吗？ ）

What about those who have loved, 那么那些谁爱，

only to find that it's taken away? 才发现，它带走了？

   

And why do they say that the children have rights to be free? (To be free) 而为什么他们说，孩子有权利获得自由？ （是免费的）

What about those who I've known, 怎么样的，我知道是谁，

whose memories still lives inside of me? 他的记忆还住在我心里？

   

[chorus] [合唱]

Fatima, 法蒂玛，

what did the young man say, 没有什么年轻人说，

before he stole you away, 之前，他偷了你走，

on that fateful day? (Fatima) 在那个决定命运的一天呢？ （法蒂玛）

   

Fatima, 法蒂玛，

did he know your name, 他才知道你的名字，

or the plans we made, 或者计划，我们提出，

to go to New York City? (Fatima) 去纽约？ （法蒂玛）

   

[verse 2] [诗歌2]

After school, we studied the lessons, 放学后，我们研究的经验教训，

I asked God to slow down the seconds, 我问上帝减缓秒，

He does the opposite, that's what I'm guessin', 他则正好相反，这就是我guessin ，

I better chill and count my own blessings 我最好的寒意，并计算自己的祝福

   

Fatima, Fatima 法蒂玛，法蒂玛

What is the matter? 什么事？

How come you ain't come up the ladder? 你怎么不来了梯子？

So we can be like there is no tomorrow, 因此，我们可以像没有明天，

Damn, you gon make me wait 'til tomorrow 妈的，你坤让我等待，直到明天

   

She spoke Arabic and Swahili, 她讲阿拉伯语和斯瓦希里语，

She'd say "Upendo, Anta Habibi." 她说：“ Upendo ，安踏比比。 ”

You so bright, you sound like my TV, 你如此明亮，你听起来像我的电视，

then one day, she never came to meet me 后来有一天，她再也没和我见面

   

[bridge] [桥]

   

[chorus x2] [合唱x ]

   

[verse 3] [诗歌3 ]

If beauty was in the eyes of beholder, 如果说美貌是仁者见仁，

how come everyone hushed when she walked by? 怎么来的大家都安静，当她走过来？

How come girls would look just to scold her? 怎么来的女孩看起来只是骂她？

How come the angel wanted to hold her? 怎么会天使要抱她？

   

Fatima, Fatima, 法蒂玛，法蒂玛，

I'm in America, 我在美国，

I make rhymes and I make em delicate, 我做押韵和我做EM细腻，

You would have liked the parks in Connecticut, 你会喜欢在康涅狄格州的公园，

You would have said I'm working to hard again. 你会说，我努力再努力。

   

Damn you shooter, damn you the building, 你这该死的射手，你这该死的建设，

Whose walls hid the blood she was spillin'? 其墙壁藏血，她spillin “？

Damn you country, so good at killin', 你这该死的国家，在杀人那么好“ ，

damn you feelin' for persevering. 该死的，你感觉的锲而不舍。

   

[bridge] [桥]

   

[chorus II x2] [合唱II X2 ]

Fatima, 法蒂玛，

what did the gunman say, 没有什么枪手说，

before he took you away, 之前，他夺走你的心，

on that fateful day? (Fatima) 在那个决定命运的一天呢？ （法蒂玛）

   

Fatima, 法蒂玛，

did he know your name, 他才知道你的名字，

or the plans we made, 或者计划，我们提出，

to go to New York City? (Fatima) 去纽约？ （法蒂玛）