Salt of the Earth

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