He's five foot two and he's six feet four 他是5英尺，他是6英尺4

He fights with missiles and with spears 他打架导弹和长矛

He's all of thirty-one 他是所有31

And he's only seventeen 而且他还只有17

He's been a soldier for a thousand years 他当过兵一万年

   

He's a Catholic, a Hindu, an atheist, a Jain 他是个天主教徒，印度教徒，无神论者中，耆那教

A Buddhist and a Baptist and a Jew 佛教和浸信会和犹太人

He knows he shouldn't kill 他知道他不应该杀人

But he knows he always will 但他知道，他永远会

Kill you, my friend, for me and me for you 杀了你，我的朋友，我和我的你

   

He's fighting for Canada, he's fighting for France 他的战斗加拿大，他争取法国

He's fighting for the U.S.A. 他争取U.S.A.

He's fighting for the Russians 他争取俄国

And he's fighting for Japan 而且他争取日本

And he thinks, he'll put an end to war that way 他认为，他将制止战争的方法

   

He's fighting for democracy, he's fighting for the Reds 他的争取民主，他的战斗为红色

He says it's for the peace of all 他说，这是对所有的和平

He's the one who must decide 他是一个谁必须决定

Who's to live and who's to die 谁的生活，谁的死

But he never sees the writing on the wall 但他从来没有看到写在墙上

   

But without him how would Hitler have condemned them at Dachau? 但是，如果没有他会怎样希特勒谴责他们在达豪？

Without him Caesar would have stood alone 如果没有他的凯撒会独自站在

He's the one who gives his body 他是一个谁给他的身体

As the weapon of the war 随着战争的武器

And without him all this killing can't go on 没有他这一切的杀戮不能去

   

He's the universal soldier and he really is to blame 他是全民皆兵，他真的是难辞其咎

His orders come from far away no more 他的命令来自遥远不多

They come from him and you, and me 他们来自他和你，和我

And brother, can't you see? 哥，你看不出来？

This is not the way to put an end to war 这不是结束战争的方式