Links On The Chain

Come you ranks of labor, come you union core,
你们这些工人领导，你们这些工会核心
And see if you remember the struggles of before,
看看你是否还记得以前的挣扎
When you were standing helpless on the outside of the door
当你无助地站在门外时
And you started building links on the Chain.
你开始在链条上建立联系
On the Chain, you started building links on the Chain.
在链上，你开始在链上建立链接
When the police on the horses were waitin' on demand,
当骑在马上的警察被要求等候时
ridin' through the strike with the pistols in their hands,
他们手里拿着手枪，在罢工中骑着马
Swingin' at the skulls of many a union man,
在许多工会成员的头骨上挥舞
As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain,
当你在链条上再建一个链环时
As you built one more link on the chain.
就像你在链条上又搭了一个链环
Then the army of the fascists tried to put you on the run,
那些法洗斯般的军队追着你跑
but the army of the union, they did what could be done,
但是工会的人群做了他们能做的
Oh, the power of the factory was greater than the gun,
工厂的力量比枪更强大
As you built one more link on the chain, on the chain,
当你在链条上再建一个链环时
As you built one more link on the chain.
就像你在链条上又搭了一个链环
And then in 1954, decisions finally made,
1954年，终于做出了决定
The black man was a-risin' fast and racin' from the shade,
那个黑人在阴暗处是个暴徒
And your union took no stand and your union was betrayed,
你的工会没有立场你的工会被背叛了
As you lost yourself a link on the chain, on the chain,
当你失去了链条上的一环
As you lost yourslef a link on the chain.
就像你失去了链条上的一环
And then there came the boycotts and then the freedom rides,
然后是抵制运动，然后是自由之旅
And forgetting what you stood for, you tried to block the tide,
忘记了你的立场，你试图阻挡潮流
Oh, the automation bosses werre laughin' on the side,
哦，自动化老板们都在一旁笑
As they watched you lose your link on the chain, on the chain,
当他们看到你失去了锁链上的一环
As they watched you lose your link on the chain.
当他们看到你失去了链条上的一环
You know when they block your trucks boys, by layin' on the road,
你知道当他们在路上拦住你的卡车时
All that they are doin' is all that you have showed,
他们所做的一切都是你所展示的
That you gotta strike, you gotta fight to get what you are owed,
你要回击，你要争取得到你应得的
When you're building all your links on the chain, on the chain,
当你在链条上建立所有的链接时
When you're building all your links on the chain.
当你在链条上建立所有的链接时
Amd the man who tries to tell you that they'll take your job away,
那个试图告诉你他们会抢走你工作的人
He's the same man who was scabbin' hard just the other day,
就在前几天，他还是个硬着头皮的人
And your union's not a union till he's thrown out of the way,
你的工会在他被推翻之前还不是工会
And he's chokin' on your links of the chain, of the chain,
他在你的锁链上，在你的锁链上
And he's chokin' on your links of the chain.
他在你的枷锁下窒息而死
For now the times are tellin' you the times are rollin' on,
现在，时代在告诉你，时代在前进
And you're fighting for the same thing, the jobs that will be gone,
你也在为同样的事情奋斗，为了那些将要消失的工作
Now it's only fair to ask you boys, which side are you on?
现在公正地问你们，你们站在哪一边？
As you're buildin' all your links on the chain, on the chain,
当你在链条上建立起所有的联系
As you're buildin' all your links on the chain
当你在链条上建立所有的链接时