Here's to the State of Mississippi

Here's to the State of Mississippi
為密西西比州乾杯
For underneath her borders, the devil draws no lines
她的疆界之下，連魔鬼不設防
If you drag her muddy rivers, nameless bodies you will find
如果你拖出河流下的泥漿，你會發現無名的屍體
Oh, the fat trees of the forest have hid a thousand crimes
噢，森林裡的大樹隱藏了一千樁罪行
The calendar is lying when it reads the present time
當日曆顯示當前時間時，它正在編造謊言
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And here's to the people of Mississippi
為密西西比人民乾杯
Who say the folks up north, they just don't understand
他們說北方人整天糊里糊塗的
And they tremble in their shadows at the thunder of the Klan
在三K黨的恐嚇中，他們在陰影中顫抖
Oh, the sweating of their souls can't wash the blood from off their hands
哦，他們靈魂的汗水洗不掉手上的血
Oh, they smile and shrug their shoulders at the murder of a man
哦，他們對謀殺一個人的事微笑著聳聳肩
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And here's to the schools of Mississippi
為密西西比的學校乾杯
Where they're teaching all the children that they don't have to care
在那裡，他們教所有的孩子漠不關心
All the rudiments of hatred are present everywhere
仇恨的根鬚肆意蔓延
And every single classroom is a factory of despair
每一間教室都是絕望的流水線
And there's nobody learning such a foreign word as fair
沒有人學過“公平”這個外來詞
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be partof
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And here's to the cops of Mississippi
敬密西西比的警察們
They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door
他們邊嚼著香煙邊鎖牢門
And their bellies bounce inside them when they knock you to the floor
他們把你打倒在地，滿是肥肉的肚子凶狠地跳動
No, they don't like taking prisoners in their private little wars
不，在私人衝突中不開心了就抓你去當俘虜
And behind their broken badges there are murderers and more
在他們破碎的徽章後面，有儈子手和更多的保護傘
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And, here's to the judges of Mississippi
敬密西西比的法官們
Who wear the robe of honor as they crawl into the court
他們邁向法庭時穿著榮譽長袍
They're guarding all the bastions of their phony legal fort
他們守衛著所有那些虛假的法律城堡地入口
Oh, justice is a stranger when the prisoners report
哦，當犯人報告時，正義成了個陌生人
When the black man stands accused the trial is always short
當黑人受到指控時，審判總是很短暫
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And here's to the government of Mississippi
為密西西比的政府乾杯
In the swamp of their bureaucracy they're always bogging down
在官僚主義的泥沼中，人們的日子越來越難
And criminals are posing as the mayors of the towns
罪犯成了代表你我的市代表
And they hope that no one sees the sights and no one hears the sounds
他們也盼望沒有人看見靚麗地風景線，沒有人聽見異見
And the speeches of the governor are the ravings of a clown
州長的發言不過是小丑的胡言亂語
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And here's to the laws of Mississippi
為密西西比的法律乾杯
Congressmen will gather in a circus of delay
國會議員們將聚在一起，像馬戲團一樣混日子
While the Constitution is drowning in an ocean of decay
而憲法正淹沒在腐敗的海洋中
Unwed mothers should be sterilized, I've even heard them say
我甚至聽他們說過，未婚媽媽應該絕育
Yes, corruption can be classic in the Mississippi way
沒錯，腐敗在密西西比司空見慣
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國
And here's to the churches of Mississippi
為密西西比的教堂乾杯
Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust
十字架曾是銀製的，現在卻鏽跡斑斑
And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust
週日早上的佈道迎合了他們表演的慾望
Oh, he fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust
噢，耶穌倒下時，臉埋在泥土裡窒息了
And heaven only knows in which God they can trust
鬼知道他們相信的是哪一個上帝
Oh, here's to the land, You've torn out the heart of
這首歌唱給這塊土地，它撕裂了人們的良心
Mississippi find yourself, another country to be part of
你另找一個國家去吧，密西西比州，你不屬於美國