Where were you when the sky cracked open? 你在哪里的时候，天裂了开来？

Heading for shelter and barely coping 标题住房和勉强应付

Thinking you could ride the storm out, 思考你可以坐暴出，

Hoping it would be all right 希望它会没事的

Where were you when they gave the warning? 你在哪里时，他们给了警告？

Hundred fifty-mile winds by morning 一百五十英里的大风，到了早晨

Category four making landfall in the wild grey light 四级登陆野生灰光

Where were you? 当时你在哪里？

   

Where were you in the social order? 凡在社会秩序是你？

The Lower Nine or a hotel in the Quarter 较低的九或季酒店

Which side of the border between rich and poor? 其中富国和穷国之间的边界的一面？

Where were you going to evacuate to? 你在哪里去避难？

Assuming there was any way to 假设有什么办法

Where, if you didn't own a car? 在那里，如果你没有自己的车呢？

Where were you? 当时你在哪里？

   

Where were you when you understood 在那里，当你明白是你

However decent, however good 然而体面，但是好

However hard some people try 但是很难有人尝试

They only barely make it by 他们只勉强使

They're born, and live their entire lives in harm's way 他们是天生的，和生活他们的整个生活伤害的方式

   

Where were you when you heard the stranded, 在那里，当你听到搁浅是你，

The injured and the empty handed 受伤的两手空空

Were running out of food and water at the Superdome? 被用完的食物和水的Superdome服务器？

With the newborn and the elderly 随着新生儿和老年人

Exposed to even more misery 接触到更多的苦难

While those in charge of rescue 而负责救援

Waited for the Guard to come 等待着民警卫队来

And those who left the Convention Center 而那些谁离开了会展中心

Were stopped on the bridge when they tried to enter 被拦在桥上，当他们试图进入

The safety of the west bank, and higher ground 约旦河西岸的安全性和更高的地方

And when the Guard finally did arrive 而当民警卫队终于还是到来

And got to work on about day five 并开始着手约5天

Mainly they were used to keep the looting down 它们主要被用来保持抢下来

Where were you? 当时你在哪里？

   

Where were you when you realized 你在哪里，当你实现

However strong, however wise 但是强大的，然而明智的

However true our leaders appear to be 然而真正的我们的领导人似乎是

When they talk about prosperity 当他们谈论的繁荣

However hard this country strives 但是硬这个国家努力

If property is valued more than lives 如果财产的价值大于生命

How strong will we ever really be? 有多强，我们可能真的会？

How long do we imagine we'll be free? 多久，我们想象我们会免费的吗？

   

We hold the truth self evident: 我们认为真理不言自明：

The photograph of the President 总统的照片

From Air Force One, he views the devastation 从空军一号，他认为造成的破坏

Shaved face, rested eyes 剃脸，眼睛休息

Looking down, he circles twice 低下头，他两次绕

On his way home from his vacation 回家的路上，从他的休假

Where were you, when you got the picture? 你在哪里，当你拿到了吗？

Where were you? 当时你在哪里？

Where were you when the streets filled up with black water? 你在哪里，当街上充满了黑色的水？

   

Where were you when defeat and destruction 你在哪里时失败和毁灭

Reigned in the Crescent 笼罩在新月

Where were you when it blew from every direction 你在哪里，当它从各个方向吹

Where were you when the promise was made 哪里是你的承诺作出时

To return, and rebuild, and restore to its people 返回和重建，并恢复其人

The city that gave us the first American music 这给我们的第一个美国音乐城

True inspiration and the freedom to use it 真正的灵感，用它的自由

Where will we find it again, if we lose it? 我们在哪里找到它，如果我们失去了吗？

And where will we be, if we ever cease to love? 而我们将在哪里可以，如果我们不再爱了？

If we ever cease to love ... 如果我们不再爱...