I am the son of a grassland farmer, western Oklahoma, nineteen forty-three. 我是草原农民的儿子，俄克拉何马州西部，一九四三年。

I always felt grateful to live in the land of the free. 我一直很感激生活在自由的土地上。

I gave up my father to South Korea, the mind of my brother to Vietnam, 我放弃了我的父亲到韩国，我哥哥的心灵越南，

now there's a banker who says I must give up my land. 现在有一个银行家说谁，我必须放弃我的土地。

There are four generations of blood in this topsoil, four generations of love on this farm. 有四代的血液在这个表土，四代的爱情在这个农场。

Before I give up, I would gladly give up my right arm. 在我放弃，我也心甘情愿了我的右手臂。

   

What are we making weapons for? Why keep on feeding the war machine? 什么是我们做武器？为什么要不断喂养的战争机器？

We take it right out of the mouths of our babies, take it away from the hands of the poor, 我们把它的权利我们的宝宝的口中，把它拿走从穷人手中，

tell me, what are we making weapons for? 告诉我，什么是我们做武器？

   

I had a son and my son was a soldier, he was so like my father, he was so much like me. 我有一个儿子，我的儿子是一名军人，他是那么喜欢我的父亲，他太像我了。

To be a good comrade was the best that he dreamed he could be. 要成为一个好同志是最好的，他梦见自己可以。

He gave up his future to revolution, his life to a battle that just can't be won. 他放弃了未来的革命，他的生命的战斗只是不能获胜。

For this is not living, to live at the point of a gun. 对于这不是生活，住在一个炮点。

I remember the nine hundred days of Leningrad, The sound of the dying, the cut of the cold, 我记得900天列宁格勒，奄奄一息的声音，冷的剪裁，

I remember the moments, I prayed I would never grow old. 我记得的时刻，我祈祷我永远不会老去。

   

What are we making weapons for? Why keep on feeding the war machine? 什么是我们做武器？为什么要不断喂养的战争机器？

We take it right out of the mouths of our babies, take it away from the hands of the poor, 我们把它的权利我们的宝宝的口中，把它拿走从穷人手中，

tell me, what are we making weapons for? 告诉我，什么是我们做武器？

   

For the first time in my life I feel like a prisoner, a slave to the ways of the powers that be. 这是第一次在我的生活中，我觉得自己像一个囚犯，奴隶的那是权力的方式。

And I fear for my children, as I fear for the future I see. 我担心我的孩子，我担心将来我看。

Tell me how can it be we're still fighting each other? What does it take for a people to learn? 告诉我怎么能说是我们还是各自为战？怎样才能为人们学习？

If our song is not sung as a chorus, we surely will burn. 如果我们的歌不唱的合唱，我们一定会烧。

   

What are we making weapons for? Why keep on feeding the war machine? 什么是我们做武器？为什么要不断喂养的战争机器？

We take it right out of the mouths of our babies, take it away from the hands of the poor, 我们把它的权利我们的宝宝的口中，把它拿走从穷人手中，

tell me, what are we making weapons for? 告诉我，什么是我们做武器？

   

Have we all forgotten all the lives that we are given, 难道我们都忘了，我们都给予了生命，

all the vows that were taken, saying never again, 所有拍摄的，他说再也不会了誓言，

Now for the first time, this could be the last time. If peace is our vision, let us begin. 现在第一次，这可能是最后一次。如果和平是我们的愿景，让我们开始吧。

   

Have we all forgotten all the lives that we are given, 难道我们都忘了，我们都给予了生命，

all the vows that were taken, saying never again, 所有拍摄的，他说再也不会了誓言，

Now for the first time, this could be the last time. If peace is our vision, let us begin, 现在第一次，这可能是最后一次。如果和平是我们的愿景，让我们开始吧，

let us begin. 让我们开始吧。