歌词与中文翻译
How many more must die now
还需要牺牲多少性命
how many must we lose
还需要抛弃多少心灵
until the island people
才能让这岛屿上的人民
their own destiny can choose
能决定属于自己的命运
From immortal Robert Emmit
从不朽的罗伯特·埃米特
to Bobby Sands M.P.
到鲍比·桑兹议员
who was given 30, 000 votes
而在他被囚禁的时候
while in captivity
我们给了他三万张选票
He was a poet and a soldier,
他是个真正的诗人和战士，
he died courageously
他无畏地面对死亡
And we gave him 30, 000 votes
而在他被敌人囚禁的时候
while in captivity
我们给了他三万张选票
Thomas Ashe gave everything in 1917
在1917年，托马斯·阿什为独立献出了一切
The lord mayor of Cork McSweeney died
科克城的市长麦克斯韦尼
for his freedom to obtain
也为了自由而战死
But never one of all our dead died more courageously
但在所有这些为自由而逝去的英雄里
Than young Bobby Sands from Twinbrook
来自Twinbrook的鲍比·桑兹的勇气无人企及
the people's own M.P.
这位人民自己的议员
He was a poet and a soldier,
他是个真正的诗人和战士，
he died courageously
他无畏地面对死亡的深渊
And we gave him 30, 000 votes
而在他被敌人囚禁的时候
while in captivity
我们给了他三万张选票
No more he'll hear the lark's sweet notes upon the Ulster air
他再也听不到阿尔斯特的天空中，那云雀们的甜美歌声了
Or gaze upon the snowflake pure for to calm his deep despair
再也不会为了平息心中的绝望，而凝视窗外洁白的雪花了
Before he went on hunger strike
在他开始那绝食抗议之前
young Bobby did compose
年轻的鲍比写下了诗篇
The Rhythm Of Time, The Weeping Wind and The Sleeping Rose
时间的旋律，微风的啜泣，和那沉睡的玫瑰
He was a poet and a soldier,
他是个真正的诗人和战士，
he died courageously
他无畏地面对死亡的深渊
And we gave him 30, 000 votes
而在他被敌人囚禁的时候
while in captivity
我们给了他三万张选票
Forever we'll remember him
我们将会永远铭记他
the man who died in pain
这位在苦难中牺牲的英雄
That his country North and South might be united once again
而他的国家南北重获统一的理想，也必将会实现
For to mourn him is to organise
我们用组织来悼念他的辞世
and build a movement strong
建立起声势浩大的运动
With ballot box and with armalites
握着投票箱和阿玛莱特（AR-18）
and with music and our songs
奏起我们的音乐和歌谣
He was a poet and a soldier,
他是个真正的诗人和战士，
he died courageously
他无畏地面对死亡的深渊
And we gave him 30, 000 votes
而在他被敌人囚禁的时候
while in captivity
我们给了他三万张选票
Oh the poet and the soldier,
噢，这位真正的诗人和战士
he died courageously
他无畏地面对死亡的深渊
And we gave him 30, 000 votes
而在他被敌人囚禁的时候
while in captivity
我们给了他三万张选票