I dreamed a dream in time gone by, and hope was high and life

我曾做過一個夢，當時我抱持著希望

worth living.

而人生也仍光明

I dreamed that love would never die.

我曾夢想，愛永不死

I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

也曾夢想，神的慈悲

But the tigers come at night, with their

但惡虎在夜裡襲來

voices soft as thunder.

伴隨著他們如雷霆的吼聲

I had a dream my life would be so different from this hell

我曾有一個與我生存的地獄

I'm living.

截然不同的夢

So different now from what it seemed.

那個夢如今看來是如此分明

Oh, life has killed a dream I dreamed.

喔，人生已扼殺了我的夢