Pearls

There is a woman in Somalia
索马里有个女人
Scraping for pearls by the roadside
她在路边捡寻珍珠碎片
There is a force stronger than nature
有一种比自然更加强大的力量
Keeps her will alive
使她意志从不屈服
That is how she lives her life
她就这样活着
She is dying to survive
渴求着生存
I don’t know what she’s made of
不知是什么锻造了她
But I would like to be that brain
我只想像她一样坚强
She cries to the heavens above
她仰头大声地哭泣
There’s a stone in my heart
使我的心沉重不已
She lives a life she didn’t choose
她过着别无选择的生活
And it hurts like brand new shoes
日日忍受着煎熬与伤痛
Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes
是啊 切身的煎熬
And it hurts like brand new shoes
切肤的伤痛
There is a woman in Rwanda
卢旺达有个女人
The sun shows her no mercy
阳光对她从不留情
The same sky we lay under
同样生活在这片天空下
It burns her to the bone
她却被曝晒至死
Long is afternoon shadows
午后的影子拉得好长
It’s gonna take her to get home
仿佛要把她带回去
Each gray carefully wrapped up
黯淡的光束慢慢聚合照在
Pearls for her little girl
女人为她的孩子捡来的珍珠上
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
仁慈的上帝啊 发点慈悲吧
She cries to the heavens above
她仰头大声地哭泣
There’s a stone in my heart
使我的心沉重不已
She lives a life she didn’t choose
她过着别无选择的生活
And it hurts like brand new shoes
日日忍受着切肤伤痛
Yes, it hurts like brand new shoes
是啊 切身的煎熬
And it hurts like brand new shoes
切肤的伤痛
There was a womanin Somalia
索马里有个女人
There was a woman in Rwanda
卢旺达有个女人
There was a woman in Tibet
西藏有个女人
There is a woman in a Congo
刚果有个女人
And she hurts like brand new shoes
她们在忍受着煎熬与疼痛
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
仁慈的上帝啊
Hallelujah, Hallelujah
发发慈悲吧