Mama never had a flower garden 妈妈从来没有一个花圃

'Cause cotton grew right up to our front door 因为棉花生长一直到我们的大门

Daddy never went on a vacation 爸爸从来没有在度假

He died a tired old man at fourty four 他在四十了四人死亡，疲惫的老男人

   

Our neighbors in the big house called us redneck 我们在大房子的邻居打电话给我们乡下人

'Cause we lived in a poor share-croppers shack 因为我们生活在一个贫穷的股份收割机窝棚

The Jacksons down the road were poor like we were 在杰克逊的道路是穷人就像我们

But our skin was white and theirs was black 但是，我们的皮肤是白色的和他们是黑的

   

But I believe the south is gonna rise again 但我相信南面是会再次上升

But not the way we thought it would back then 但没有办法，我们认为这将当年

I mean everybody hand in hand 我的意思是在每个人的手手

I believe the south is gonna rise again 我相信，南面是会再次上升

   

I see wooded parks and big skyscrapers 我看到树木繁茂的公园和大摩天大楼

Where dirty rundown shacks stood once before 哪里脏破旧的棚屋前站了一次

I see sons and daughters of share-croppers 我看到的股份佃农的儿子和女儿

But they're not picking cotton anymore 但他们没有采摘棉花了

   

But more important I see human kindness 但更重要的我看到人性善良

As we forget the bad and keep the good 当我们忘掉你的坏，并保持良好的

A brand new breeze is blowing 'cross the southland 一个全新的风在吹“穿越南国

And I see a brand new kind of brotherhood 而且我看到了一个全新的一种兄弟情谊

   

Yes I believe the south is gonna rise again 是的，我相信，南面是会再次上升

Oh, but not the way we thought it would back then 呵呵，不过没有办法的办法，我们认为这将当年

I mean everybody hand in hand 我的意思是在每个人的手手

I believe the south is gonna rise again 我相信，南面是会再次上升

I believe the south is gonna rise again 我相信，南面是会再次上升

I believe the south is gonna rise again 我相信，南面是会再次上升