In the beginning 在开始时

Back in nineteen fifty five 早在一九五五年

Man didn't know 'bout a rock 'n' roll show 男人不知道什么'摇滚'N '滚秀

And all that jive 和所有的牛仔舞

The white man had the schmaltz 白人有伤感

The black man had the blues 黑衣男子有蓝调

No one knew what they was gonna do 没有人知道他们是怎么做

But Tschaikovsky had the news 但柴可夫斯基有消息

He said let there be sound 他说，让有声

There was sound 有声

Let there be light 要有光

There was light 就有了光

Let there be drums 要有鼓

There was drums 有鼓

Let there be guitar 要有吉他

There was guitar 有吉他

Let there be rock 要有摇滚

And it came to pass 和它来传递

That rock 'n' roll was born 岩石摇滚乐诞生

All across the land every rockin' band 所有的这片土地上的每摇滚“乐队

Was blowin' up a storm 是吹响了风暴

And the guitar man got famous 和吉他的人得到了著名

The business man got rich 该业务的人发了财

And in every bar there was a superstar 而在每一个栏出现了一个超级巨星

With a seven year itch 有七年之痒

There was fifteen million fingers 有1500万的手指

Learnin' how to play 设计学习“怎么玩

And you could hear the fingers pickin' 而且你能听到手指捡'

And this is what they had to say 而这就是他们说的话

Let there be light 要有光

Sound 声音

Drums 鼓

Guitar 吉他

Let there be rock 要有摇滚

One night in the club called the shakin' hand 在俱乐部一晚叫了颤抖的手

There was a 42 decibel rockin' band 有一个42分贝的摇滚“乐队

And the music was good and the music was loud 而音乐是好的，音乐是响亮

And the singer turned and he said to the crowd 和歌手转身又对众人说：

Let there be rock 要有摇滚