Heard the news from the whispering trees, 闻讯从窃窃私语树，

This is the time when man must be freed, 这是当人必须被释放的时候，

No more burning in vain, 没有更多的燃烧白费，

All we lose we'll have to gain, 所有我们失去了我们必须争取，

   

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children Oh 让孩子做好准备哦

   

Didn't I feed the cattle, 没有我喂了牛，

Didn't I plant the corn, 没有我厂生产的玉米，

Didn't my people before me 之前没有我的人我

Slave for this country, 奴隶这个国家，

   

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children Oh 让孩子做好准备哦

   

My sermon it was billed for freedom, 我的讲道是被标榜为自由，

The good lord said son you're a free man, 好耶说，儿子你是一个自由的人，

I'm gonna talk that freedom talk, 我要谈的自由谈话，

Let me see you walk that freedom walk, 让我看看你走路的自由散步，

   

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children 让孩子做好准备

Get ready children Oh 让孩子做好准备哦

   

When yah gets ready, 当严已经准备好了，

Children please, 儿童请，

A tell yah, à诉说呀，

Got the news from a whispering tree ... 有从树上窃窃私语的消息...