Viktor was born in the spring of '44 尤出生于44春

And never saw his father anymore ，从来没有见过他的父亲了

A child of sacrifice, a child of war 一个孩子牺牲，战争的孩子

Another son who never had a father after Leningrad 另一个儿子，谁没有过父亲后，列宁格勒

   

Went off to school and learned to serve the state 去了学校，学会了服务于国家

Followed the rules and drank his vodka straight 遵循的规则，喝他的伏特加直

The only way to live was drown the hate 生活的唯一途径是被淹死的仇恨

A Russian life was very sad 俄罗斯的生活很伤心

And such was life in Leningrad 而这样的生活是在列宁格勒

   

I was born in '49 我出生在49

A cold war kid in McCarthy time 在麦卡锡时间冷战小子

Stop 'em all at the 38th Parallel 停止时间都在三八线

Blast those yellow reds to hell 爆炸的黄红色地狱

And cold war kids were hard to kill 与冷战时期的孩子们很难杀死

Under their desks in an air raid drill 在他们的空袭演练课

Haven't they heard we won the war 没有他们听到我们赢得了战争

What do they keep on fighting for? 什么是他们继续争取？

   

Viktor was sent to some Red Army town 维克托被送到一些红军镇

Served out his time, became a circus clown 担任了他的时间，就成了马戏团的小丑

The greatest happiness he'd ever found 他从未发现的最大的幸福

Was making Russian children glad 为使俄罗斯儿童高兴

And children lived in Leningrad 和孩子住在列宁格勒

   

But children lived in Levittown 但是，孩子们住在莱维敦

And hid in the shelters underground 而在庇护所藏地下

Until the Soviets turned their ships around 直到苏联转头船只

And tore the Cuban missiles down 并且撕毁了古巴导弹下跌

And in that bright October sun 在那明亮的阳光十月

We knew our childhood days were done 我们知道我们的童年日子做

And I watched my friends go off to war 我看着我的朋友去上战场

What do they keep on fighting for? 什么是他们继续争取？

   

And so my child and I came to this place 所以，我的孩子，我来到这个地方

To meet him eye to eye and face to face 为了满足他的看法，并面对面

He made my daughter laugh, then we embraced 他让我的女儿笑了，然后我们拥抱

We never knew what friends we had 我们从来不知道我们有什么样的朋友

Until we came to Leningrad 直到我们来到列宁格勒