Once upon a time I made a lion roar - 很久以前，我做了一个狮子吼 -

he was sleeping in the sunbeams on the old zoo floor. 他睡在老动物园楼阳光。

I had gone to see the park where my papa used to play, 我去看看我在哪里爸爸经常玩的公园，

it's called called Villa Borghese and it's on the way 这就是所谓的所谓的博尔盖塞别墅，它是在途中

to East Africa. 到东非。

   

Down on Grand Comoro Island, where I grew past four, 倒在大科摩罗岛，在那里我长大过去四年，

I could swim and fish and snorkel on the ocean floor, 我可以游泳，钓鱼和浮潜海底，

and the wind laughed, and the wind laughed through the trees as if to say, 风笑了起来，穿过树林，仿佛在说风笑了，

here's a child who'll want the world to go his way 这里的孩子谁就会希望全世界去他的方式

in East Africa, in East Africa. 在东非，东非。

   

Suddenly for me the world turned upside down - 突然，我的世界被颠覆了 -

far from my friends the lions and the dolphins came this awful sound. 远离我的朋友狮子和海豚来到这个可怕的声音。

   

Dark shadows, sounds of thunder raging over me, 黑影，雷鸣的声音汹涌着我，

came this monster called 'A-dre-no-leu-ko-dys-tro-phy' 来到这个怪物叫“A - DRE -NO- LEU- KO- DYS - TRO -PHY ”

Where's my East Africa? 哪里是我的东非？

   

Well they said, they said, they said (the ones who know it all) 嗯，他们说，他们说，他们说（那些谁知道这一切）

they said from now on for you there will be no more standing tall, 他们从现在开始说你不会再有更多的站在高大，

so I took my parents' hands, I lifted my head to say 所以我把我父母的手，我抬起头说

I'll just have to be a hero, there's no other way! 我就必须成为一个英雄，有没有别的办法！

Back to East Africa 回到东非

Back to East Africa 回到东非

Back to East Africa 回到东非

Come with me I'm going back, going back to East Africa. 跟我来，我要回去，回去东非。