I hear the salesman sighing 我听到业务员叹息

The customers aren't buying 客户不买

He said, "they all turned him down 他说， “他们都拒绝了他

It's too much to pay" 这是太多的付出“

   

The gentleman is swearing 绅士是说脏话

While on the curb he's staring 虽然路边，他的凝视

At the bus that passed him by 在总线，通过他的

It blew his day 它自爆他的一天

   

People reacting 市民反应

All of them acting 所有这些行动

Out emotions for a thing 走出情绪的一件事

That passed them by 这通过他们所

   

But what of the people all standing 什么样的人，但所有站

And not understanding 不理解

What emotion to express, to laugh or cry 什么情感表达，该笑还是该哭

Time has passed them by 时间已经过去了他们

   

The hour's come (The hour's come) 小时的到来（时针的到来）

Don't go anywhere (They go nowhere) 不要去任何地方（他们无处可去）

The world shrinks down to the kitchen and den 世界逐渐缩小到厨房和书房

Fleeting memories of what might have been 什么可能是稍纵即逝的记忆

So little time left to prepare 这么短的时间留给做好准备

   

I hear the kids rejoicing 我听到孩子们弹冠相庆

As they go running voicing 当他们去跑步清浊

Their delight in chasing the kite 他们在追风筝的喜悦

That's blown away 这是交口称赞

   

The playwrite stands and mutters 在编剧的立场和喃喃自语

The critics make him shudder 批评让他不寒而栗

All alone, no one applauds 独自一人，没有人鼓掌

The end of his play 他的戏剧的终结

   

People reacting 市民反应

And all of them acting 而所有这些行动

Out emotions for a thing 走出情绪的一件事

That passed them by 这通过他们所

   

But what of the people all standing 什么样的人，但所有站

And not understanding 不理解

What emotion to express, to laugh or cry 什么情感表达，该笑还是该哭

Time has passed them by 时间已经过去了他们