I was born a black boy 我出生在一个黑人男孩

My name is Emmett Till 我的名字是埃米特直到

Walked this earth for 14 years 走进这个世界14年

One night I was killed 一天晚上，我被打死

For speaking to a woman 对于说话的女人

Whose skin was white as dough 谁的皮肤白得像面团

That's a sin in Mississippi 这是在密西西比州一种罪过

But how was I to know? 但是，我怎么会知道？

   

I'd come down from Chicago 我从芝加哥回落

To visit with my kin 与我的亲人参观

Up there I was a cheeky kid 在那里我是个厚脸皮的孩子

I guess I'd always been 我想我会一直

But the harm they put upon me 但伤害他们把在我身上

Was too hard for what I'd done 太硬的东西我会做

For I was just a black boy 因为我只是一个黑人男孩

And never hurt no one 永远不要伤害任何人

   

Oh oh oh oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，哦，哦，哦

Oh oh oh oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，哦，哦，哦

   

They took me from my uncle's house 他们把我从我叔叔家

Mose Wright was his name. 摩西·赖特是他的名字。

He'd later stand and, without hesitation 他会后站起来，毫不犹豫地

Point the blame 点怪

At the ones who beat and cut me 在那些谁殴打和砍我

And shot me with a gun 和我开枪了枪

And threw me in the river 并把我在河

Like I was trash when they were done 像我是垃圾的时候做了他们

   

I was sent back to my mother 我送回我的母亲

At least what was left of me 至少什么留给我的

She kept my casket open 她一直在我的棺材打开

For the whole wide world to see 对于整个世界看到

The awful desecration 可怕的亵渎

And the evidence of hate 与恨的证据

You could not recognize me 你可以不认识我

The mutilation was so great 该切割是如此之大

   

There came a cry for justice 里面传来了一声正义

To be finally fulfilled 待终于圆

All because of me, a black boy 我的一切都是因为，一个黑色的小男孩

My name was Emmett Till 我的名字是埃米特直到

   

Oh oh oh oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，哦，哦，哦

Oh oh oh oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，哦，哦，哦

   

Oh oh oh oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，哦，哦，哦

Oh oh oh oh oh oh 哦，哦，哦，哦，哦，哦

   

Oh, but I'd have rather lived 呵呵，但我已经相当生活

Till I was too old to die young 直到我太老了，英年早逝

Not miss all I left behind 不要错过我所留下的

And all that might have come 和所有的可能来

Summer clouds above my head 夏天的云彩上面我的头

The grass beneath my feet 我脚下的草

The warmth of a good woman 一个好女人的温暖

Her kisses soft and sweet 她的吻柔软和甜蜜

   

Perhaps to be a father 也许是父亲

With a black boy of my own 用我自己的黑人男孩

Watch him grow into a kinder world 看着他成长为一个更为友善的世界

Than I had known 比我早知道

Where no child would be murdered 如果没有孩子会被谋杀

For the color of his skin 对于他的肤色

And love would be the only thing 和爱将是唯一

Inside the hearts of men 里面男人的心

   

They say the horror of that night 他们说，那天晚上的恐怖

Is haunting Heaven still 是困扰天堂还是

Where I am one more black boy 凡我多了一个黑色的小男孩

My name is Emmett Till 我的名字是埃米特直到