Come to the door, Ma, and unlock the chain 走到门口，马，和解锁链

I was just passin' through and got caught in the rain 我只是passin “通过和被抓住了在雨中

There's nothin' I want, nothin' that you need say 有没什么我想要的，没什么，你需要说

Just let me lie down for a while and then I'll be on my way 只要让我躺了一会，然后我将回到我的路

   

I was no more than a kid when you put me on the Southern Queen 我只不过是一个孩子更多的时候，你把我放在南部皇后

With the police on my back I fled to New Orleans 用在我的背上，警方我逃了新奥尔良

I fought in the dockyards and with the money that I made 我打的造船厂，并与我所做的钱

And the fight was my home and any blood was my trade 而战斗是我的家，所有的血是我的贸易

   

Baton Rouge, Ponchatoula, and La Fayette town 巴吞鲁日， Ponchatoula ，以及拉法叶镇

Well they paid me the moon, Ma, to knock the men down 那么，他们付给我的月亮，马，敲下来的男人

I did what I did, when it come easily 我做了我所做的，当它来之不易

Restraint and mercy were always strangers to me 克制和怜悯总是陌生人给我

   

I fought champion Jack Thompson in a field full of mud 我在一个满是泥土的领域争取冠军杰克·汤普森

Rain poured through the tent to the canvas and mixed with our blood 透过帐篷的帆布大雨倾盆，并与我们的血液混合

In the twelfth, I slipped my tongue over my broken jaw 在第十二，我溜我的舌头在我的颚破

And I stood over him, pounded his blooded body into the floor 我站在了他，他捣烂热血的身体进了楼

   

Well the bell rang and rang, still I kept on 以及铃声响了，响了，还是我一直在

'Til I felt my glove leather slip 'tween his skin and bone “直到我觉得我的手套皮滑二层他的皮肤和骨骼

And the women and the money came fast, in the days I lost track 而妇女和钱从哪里来快，在未来的日子我失去了轨道

The women red, the money green, but the numbers were black 女红，钱青，但其数目是黑人

I fought for the men in their silk suits to lay down their bets 我在她们的丝绸衣服放下赌注的战斗的男人

Well I took my good share, Ma, and I had no regret 好吧，我把我的股份，马云，我没有遗憾

   

I took the fixed staid hombre with Big Diamond Don* 我把固定稳重hombre与大钻石唐*

From high in the rafters I watched myself fall 从高椽子我看着自己跌倒

So he raised his arms, my stomach twisted, and the sky it went black** 于是，他举起双臂，我的胃扭曲，天空也变成了黑色**

I stuffed my bag with their good money, and I never looked back 我塞进我的包里有自己的好钱了，我再也没有回头

Understand me, and Ma, every man plays a game 明白我的意思，马，每个人玩起了

If you know anyone different, then speak out his name 如果你知道任何人不同，那么讲出自己的名字

   

Well Ma, if my voice, now you don't recognize 好马，如果我的声音，现在你不承认

And just open the door and look into your dark eyes 而刚刚打开门，看着你的黑眼睛

I ask of you nothin', not a kiss, not a smile 我问你没什么，不是一个吻，不是笑

Just open the door and let me lie down for a while 刚打开门，让我躺一会

   

Now the grey rain is fallin' and my ring fighting's done 现在的灰雨落下的，我的戒指战斗的完成

So in the work fields and alleys, I take them who'll come 因此，在工作领域和小巷，我带他们谁就会来

If you're a better man than me then just step to the line 如果你是一个更好的人不是我，然后只需一步就行

And show me your money and speak out your crime 并告诉我你的钱，说出你的罪

There's nothin' I want, Ma, nothin' that you need say 有没什么我想要的，麻，没什么，你需要说

Just let me lie down for a while and then I'll be on my way 只要让我躺了一会，然后我将回到我的路

   

Well tonight in the shipyard, a man draws a circle in the dirt 好吧，今晚在船厂，一个人画一个圆圈中的污垢

Like I always do, I move to the centre and I take off my shirt 就像我一直做的，我移动到中央，我脱下我的衬衫

I study him for the cuts, the scars, the pain man no time can erase 我研究了他的伤口，伤痕，痛苦的人任何时候都不能抹去

I move hard to the left and I strike to the face 我谨动议难左，我打在脸上