A ray of hope flickers in the sky,
A tiny star lights up way up high,
All across the land
Dawns a brand-new morn,
This comes to pass
When a child is born.
A silent wish sails the seven seas,
The winds of change
Whisper in the trees,
And the walls of doubt
Crumble tost and torn,
This comes to pass
When a child is born.
A rosy hue settles all around,
You got the feel
You're on solid ground,
For a spell of two no one seems forlorn,
This comes to pass
When a child is born
(And all of this happens,
Because the world is waiting,
Waiting for one child,
Black, white, yellow,
No one knows,
But a child that'll grow up,
And turn tears to laughter,
Hate to love, war to peace,
And everyone
To everyone's neighbor,
And misery and suffering
Will be words to be forgotten
Forever)
It's all a dream, an illusion now,
It must come true
Sometime soon somehow.
All across the land
Dawns a brand-new morn,
This comes to pass
When a child is born.
當壹個孩子來臨時
壹道希望之光，在空中閃耀
壹顆微星照亮了天上的路
橫跨整個大地，開展了壹個嶄新的黎明
這都是因為壹個小孩的誕生
無聲的願望航過七海轉向的風在樹梢呢喃猜忌之墻崩塌傾圮這全是因為壹個小孩的誕生
到處充滿了紅光
妳感覺到了，妳站在堅硬的土地上
在這段期間，似乎沒有人孤單
這全是因為壹個小孩的誕生
這些事情所以發生，
是因為全世界都在等待等待壹個孩子
是黑是白還是黃？
沒有人知道但小孩會長大，
將淚水化為歡笑將仇恨化成愛
戰爭化為和平
使四海成壹家
悲痛與苦難將被遺忘
永遠被遺忘那是壹個夢想
壹個幻象但未來很快就會實現
橫跨整個大地，
開展了壹個嶄新的黎明
這都是因為壹個小孩的誕生
I am your father
You are my little guy
You lie here sleeping
I sit here and cry…
I am your father
You are my growing son
You play in the yard
I sit in the sun…
I am your father
You are my school-aged young man
You learn about life
I do what I can…
I am your father
You’ve become a man
You can’t show tears
I’m older; I can…
I am your father
You’re my half-orphaned little guy
You’ve done well without her
I’m finished now; I’m to die…
You’re my father
I am your grown-up son
You lie there sleeping
Your crying is done.
“我是妳父親”
全詩***六節，前五節均已此行起首，質樸的話中透出了父親的責任心：兒阿，當妳還在搖籃裏安睡，妳母親就不幸去世，父親雖然哭泣，但還是含辛茹苦，讓妳從玩泥巴，到上學讀書，直到長成壹個堂堂的男子漢。
“妳是我父親”
父親辛勞了壹輩子，養育之恩，兒當湧泉相報：爸爸，雖然您曾教我男兒有淚不輕彈，可當您安息之日，兒還是忍不住灑下了滾滾的熱淚。
全詩每節四行，二、四行壓韻，六節只有三個韻腳，交叉重復呈抱韻狀，緊扣詩意。如第壹節押 [ai] ,寫母親辭世，父親獨撫幼子。第五節寫父親完成使命，行將謝世，亦押[ai].二、六節寫逐漸長大成人的兒子，又均押[∧n].三四節均寫父親克盡職守，通押[?n].這種細膩的照應在全詩俯拾即是。如：You lie here sleeping與You lie there sleeping , You’re my school-age young man和You’re my half-orphaned little guy……它們像江水滔滔，壹浪蓋過壹浪，使全詩簡樸工巧，耐人尋味。