I wrote inside my yearbook 我写我的纪念册里

“To try is to succeed “要尝试是成功的

Fried chicken and the rumba 炸鸡和伦巴

The colors pink and cream” 颜色粉红色和奶油“

   

Ninoy was my first love 尼诺是我的初恋

But he said I was too tall 但他说我太高

A rich girl stole the sweetheart 富家女偷了心上人

Of the Rose of Tacloban 塔克洛班的玫瑰

   

The heart grows slightly colder 的心脏变得稍微偏冷

Necessary to survive 要生存

And money makes it easy 和金钱可以很容易

In many people’s lives 在很多人的生活

   

The sky above protects us 天空之上保护我们

Don’t know what I will become 不知道我会变成

Or what lies beyond tomorrow 或者什么是超越明天

For the Rose of Tacloban 对于塔克洛班的玫瑰

   

Elegant women on a magazine page 优雅的女性杂志页面上

Elegant women, like a paper parade 优雅的女人，像纸一样大游行

I don’t go out dancing, I just stay at home 我不出去跳舞，我只是呆在家里

Cutting out their faces, and replacing them with my own 切割出他们的脸，和我自己取而代之

Cutting out their faces, and replacing them with my own 切割出他们的脸，和我自己取而代之

   

The sky above protects us 天空之上保护我们

Don’t know what I will become 不知道我会变成

Or what lies beyond tomorrow 或者什么是超越明天

For the Rose of Tacloban 对于塔克洛班的玫瑰

What lies beyond tomorrow for the Rose— 什么是超越明天的Rose-

Of Tacloban 的塔克洛班