Under the spreading chestnut tree,
在遮荫的栗树下
I sold you and you sold me.
我出卖你，你出卖我
There lie they, and here lie we.
他们躺在那里，我们躺在这里
Under the spreading chestnut tree.
在遮荫的栗树下

I've never been alone,
我从来都不是孤单一人
it's a comfort to know,
知道这点是一种安慰
leaves a chill in my bones.
在我骨子里留下寒意
The written word is a lie,
纸上所写尽是谎言
and our children are spies,
而我们的孩子是间谍
yet I don't want to die.
但我还不想死去
Proof lies in the words I must write,
证据就躺在我必须写下的文字中
but if I were to fight,
但如果我去斗争
would it be worth my life?
是否值得我付出生命？
They sing what ever they choose,
他们想唱什么就唱什么
only birds and proles do,
只有小鸟和无产者才这样做
why should I not sing to?
为什么我不该歌唱？
what have I to lose?
我还有什么可失去的呢？
unless their price is you.
除非他们的代价是你

Under the spreading chestnut tree,
在遮荫的栗树下
I sold you and you sold me.
我出卖你，你出卖我
There lie they, and here lie we.
他们躺在那里，我们躺在这里
Under the spreading chestnut tree.
在遮荫的栗树下

You are a risk I will take,
你是我愿意承担的风险
for every law I can break,
我会打破每条戒律
proves I am their mistake.
证明我是他们的错误
Beaten and broken apart,
被毒打，被支离破碎
it's a science, an art,
这是一门科学，一门艺术
but they can't break my heart.
但他们进入不了我的内心
We will do whatever they ask,
我们会做他们要求的一切
staying out of their grasp,
要摆脱他们的掌控
was an impossible task.
是项不可能的任务
Their wrong outweighs their right,
他们的罪压倒他们的对
but how can I fight,
但我又如何能够斗争
when they threaten my life?
当他们危及我的生命？
Two and two equal five.
二加二等于五
In the place full of light.
在没有黑暗的地方

Under the spreading chestnut tree,
在遮荫的栗树下
I sold you and you sold me.
我出卖你，你出卖我
There lie they, and here lie we.
他们躺在那里，我们躺在这里
Under the spreading chestnut tree.
在遮荫的栗树下

I sit and waste away,
我坐在那里，虚度光阴
in the corner cafe,
在角落的咖啡馆里
as a song starts to play.
歌曲开始播放
I stare into the eyes so stern,
我凝视着那双严厉的眼睛
and as the bullet enters,
而当子弹穿进脑袋
I will live, I have learned.
我将新生，我已明了

Under the spreading chestnut tree,
在遮荫的栗树下
I sold you and you sold me.
我出卖你，你出卖我
There lie they, and here lie we.
他们躺在那里，我们躺在这里
Under the spreading chestnut tree.
在遮荫的栗树下