Late last night I awoke in a dream 昨天深夜我醒来的梦

To the sound of a voice that was almost a scream, oh oh oh 到语音的声音几乎是尖叫，哦，哦，哦

From out of the city and out of the street 从出城和出街

Out where the wind hits the cold concrete, oh oh oh 哪里出了风打冷混凝土，哦，哦，哦，

   

It's cold outside, darkness, your enemy 外面很冷，黑暗中，你的敌人

No place to hide, the voice said this to me 无处藏身，那声音说这样对我

   

In your doorways I have shivered 在你的门口我打了个哆嗦

In your alleys I have gone to ground 在您的小巷我已经到地

I will be delivered 我将交付

Someday I will be mercy bound 总有一天，我会怜悯绑定

   

I dreamed again it was West LA 我又梦见它是西洛杉矶

On a crowded street on a hot summer day, she was alone 在一个炎热的夏天，拥挤的街道，她独自一人

Three months late and beginning to show 三个月末，开始显现

In a midriff blouse she would soon outgrow 在腹部的上衣，她很快就会长大

She had no one to call and no way home 她有没有人打电话回家没办法

   

And in my mind I knew I'd seen myself 在我的心目中，我知道我会看到自己

But in our blindness, always seems like someone else 但在我们的盲目性，似乎总是喜欢别人

   

There I was a rag a bone 在那里，我是一块抹布骨

A remnant in your lost and found 在你失落，发现了残

I was for once truly alone 我是一次真正的孤独

Longing to be mercy bound 渴望得到怜悯绑定

   

And I knew that I would wander as a child 我知道我会流浪的孩子

In the forest 'til they found me 在森林里，直到他们找到我

And I called out to them but I could not penetrate 我叫了他们，但我无法穿透

The silence all around me 沉默都在我身边

   

And when I wake I know you'll comfort me 而当我醒来，我知道你会安慰我

And I won't sleep again for an eternity 我不会再睡一个永恒

   

But others lie awake at night 但也有人躺在夜不能寐

In desperation more profound 无奈之下更深刻

And the coming of the morning light 晨光和未来

Will not see them mercy bound 不会看到他们的怜悯界

   

And some will never dream again 有的还会不会再做梦

From sleeping on the ground 从席地

   

Just longing to belong 只是向往属于

Dying to be mercy bound 渴望被怜悯的约束

Please don't stop your dreaming 请不要停止你的梦

Someday we'll all be mercy bound 有一天我们都会怜悯绑定

Someday mercy bound 有一天怜悯界