Salt of the Earth

歌词

Salt of the Earth 

世界未被玷污的部分 

Let's drink to the hard working people 

让我们为勤劳工作的人干杯 

Let's drink to the lowly of birth 

让我们为出身底层的人干杯 

Raise your glass to the good and the evil 

举起你的酒杯向着善良和邪恶 

Let's drink to the salt of the earth 

让我们为世界未被玷污的部分干杯 

Say a prayer for the common foot soldier 

念祷文 为了普通的士兵 

Spare a thought for his back breaking work 

想一想 他们回来后的工作 

Say a prayer for his wife and his children 

念祷文 为了他的妻子和孩子 

Who burn the fires and who still till the earth 

她燃烧了激情而他们还将在这里耕作 

And when I search a faceless crowd 

当我找到一群无名的人 

A swirling mass of gray and 

大部分是混乱的脸色苍白的 

Black and white 

黑人和白人 

They don't look real to me 

他们不认真的看我 

In fact, they look so strange 

事实上 他们很冷漠 

Raise your glass to the hard working people 

举起你的酒杯为了艰苦劳动的人 

Let's drink to the uncounted heads 

让我们为数不清的硬币干杯 

Let's think of the wavering millions 

让我们为飘摇的几百万人思考 

Who need leading but get gamblers instead 

那些需要领导而不是赌博的人 

Spare a thought for the stay-at-home voter 

想想那些呆在家里的选民 

Empty eyes gaze at strange beauty shows 

空洞的眼睛注视着奇怪的选美节目 

And a parade of the gray suited grafters 

一次阴沉的游行正适合那些贪婪的人 

A choice of cancer or polio 

让他们选择是得癌症还是小儿麻痹 

And when I look in the faceless crowd 

当我顺势看着那群人 

A swirling mass of grays and 

他们大部分是混乱和脸色苍白的 

Black and white 

黑人和白人 

They don't look real to me 

他们不真正的期待我 

Or don't they look so strange 

或者他们已经不抱希望 

Let's drink to the hard working people 

让我们为了艰辛劳动的人干杯 

Let's think of the lowly of birth 

让我们为了出身的底层思考 

Spare a thought for the rag taggy people 

想一想那些衣衫褴褛的人民 

Let's drink to the salt of the earth 

让我们为了世界未被玷污的部分干杯 

Let's drink to the hard working people 

让我们为了努力工作的人干杯 

Let's drink to the salt of the earth 

让我们为了社会的中坚干杯 

Let's drink to the two thousand million 

让我们为了两千万人民干杯 

Let's think of the humble of birth 

让我们为了出身卑微的人思考