The name of this tune is Mississippi Goddam 这首曲子的名字是密西西比河该死

And I mean every word of it 我的意思是它的每一个字

   

Alabama's gotten me so upset 阿拉巴马州的得到了我这么难过

Tennessee made me lose my rest 田纳西让我失去了我的安息

And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam 每个人都知道密西西比州该死

   

Alabama's gotten me so upset 阿拉巴马州的得到了我这么难过

Tennessee made me lose my rest 田纳西让我失去了我的安息

And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam 每个人都知道密西西比州该死

   

Can't you see it 你不能看到它

Can't you feel it 难道你不觉得它

It's all in the air 这一切都在空气中

I can't stand the pressure much longer 我无法忍受的压力更长

Somebody say a prayer 有人说，祈祷

   

Alabama's gotten me so upset 阿拉巴马州的得到了我这么难过

Tennessee made me lose my rest 田纳西让我失去了我的安息

And everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam 每个人都知道密西西比州该死

   

This is a show tune 这是一个展示调

But the show hasn't been written for it, yet 但演出并没有被写入了它，但

   

Hound dogs on my trail 猎犬的狗在我的足迹

School children sitting in jail 学校的孩子们坐在监狱

Black cat cross my path 黑猫过我的路

I think every day's gonna be my last 我觉得每一天的会是我的最后一次

   

Lord have mercy on this land of mine 上帝怜悯我的这片土地

We all gonna get it in due time 我们所有的会得到它在适当的时候

I don't belong here 我不属于这里

I don't belong there 我不属于那里

I've even stopped believing in prayer 我什至不再相信祈祷

   

Don't tell me 不要告诉我

I tell you 我告诉你

Me and my people just about due 我和我的人只是因

I've been there so I know 我去过那里，所以我知道

They keep on saying "Go slow!" 他们一直在说“慢行！ ”

   

But that's just the trouble 但是，这仅仅是麻烦

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Washing the windows 洗窗

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Picking the cotton 采摘棉花

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

You're just plain rotten 你只是普通的烂

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

You're too damn lazy 你太他妈的懒

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

The thinking's crazy 思维的疯狂

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Where am I going 我要去哪里

What am I doing 我在做什么

I don't know 我不知道

I don't know 我不知道

   

Just try to do your very best 刚刚尝试做你最好的

Stand up be counted with all the rest 站起来与所有其他计算

For everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam 每个人都知道密西西比州该死

   

I made you thought I was kiddin' 我让你以为我是开玩笑“

   

Picket lines 纠察线

School boy cots 学校的孩子婴儿床

They try to say it's a communist plot 他们试图说这是一个共产主义阴谋

All I want is equality 我要的是平等

for my sister my brother my people and me 我的姐姐哥哥我的人民和我

   

Yes you lied to me all these years 是的，你骗了我这么多年

You told me to wash and clean my ears 你叫我洗，清洗自己的耳朵

And talk real fine just like a lady 与谈真实细腻，就像一个淑女

And you'd stop calling me Sister Sadie 而你别再叫我姐姐塞迪

   

Oh but this whole country is full of lies 哦，不过这整个国家充满谎言

You're all gonna die and die like flies 你们都是会死的死像苍蝇

I don't trust you any more 我不相信你了

You keep on saying "Go slow!" 你一直在说“慢行！ ”

"Go slow!" “慢行！ ”

   

But that's just the trouble 但是，这仅仅是麻烦

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Desegregation 废除种族隔离

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Mass participation 群众参与

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Reunification 统一

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Do things gradually 做事情逐渐

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

But bring more tragedy 但带来更多的悲剧

"do it slow" “它确实慢”

Why don't you see it 你为什么不看看它

Why don't you feel it 你为什么不觉得

I don't know 我不知道

I don't know 我不知道

   

You don't have to live next to me 你不必旁边住我

Just give me my equality 只要给我我平等

Everybody knows about Mississippi 大家都知道密西西比

Everybody knows about Alabama 大家都知道美国阿拉巴马

Everybody knows about Mississippi Goddam 大家都知道密西西比州该死

   

That's it! 就是这样！