You may write me down in history                                    你可以把我写进历史

With your bitter,twisted lies,                                              用你那尖刻的、撒谎的文字

You may trod me in the very dirt,                                      你可以把我踩进泥地但像尘土，

But still,like dust,I'll rise.                                                     我仍将奋起

Does my sassiness upset you?                                           我的精神抖擞可让你烦恼？

Why are you beset with gloom?                                        为什么你要皱着眉头？

'Cause I walk like I've got oil wells                                    因为我步履矫健

Pumping in my living room.                                              像家有油井用泵抽

Just like moons and like suns,                                           像月亮，像太阳

With the certainty of tides,                                                 浪潮退却亦复涨

Just like hopes springing high,                                          扬的高高像希望

Still I'll rise.                                                                          我仍将奋起

Did you want to see me broken?                                      你可曾想见到我颓丧

Bowed head and lower eyes?                                            俯首低头，目光低垂

Shoulders falling down like teardrops,                             弯着腰身像落泪

Weakened by my soulful cries?                                         弱不禁风，心在哭泣

Does my haughtiness offend you?                                   我的铮铮傲骨可让你厌恶

Don't you take it awful hard                                             别难受，别在乎

'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines                            因为我笑声爽朗

Diggin'in my own backyard.                                             像在自家后院采掘金矿

You may shoot me with your words,                                你可以用言辞向我射击

You may cut me with your eyes,                                       你可以用目光向我砍劈

You may kill me with your hatefulness,                           你可以用仇恨将我击毙

But still,like air,I'll rise.                                                       但像空气，我仍将奋起

Does my sexiness upset you?                                           我的性感迷人可让你烦恼

Does it come as a surprise                                                我的翩翩舞蹈可让你惊奇

That I dance like I've got diamonds                                 因为我舞姿飞扬

At the meeting of my thighs?                                           像我大腿交叉处拥有钻石

Out of the huts of history's shame                                   从历史耻辱的茅舍

I rise                                                                                    我奋起

Up from a past that's rooted in pain                                从失去的苦苦难岁月

I rise                                                                                    我奋起

I'm a black ocean,leaping and wide,                                我是黑色的海洋，水阔浪高

Welling and swelling I bear in the tide.                            汹涌澎湃，领舵弄潮

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear                         把恐怖的黑夜抛在身后

I rise                                                                                    我奋起

Into a daybreak that's wondrously clear                          走向光明灿烂的白昼

I rise                                                                                     我奋起

Bringing the gifts that my ancestor gave,                        带着祖先赐予的力量

I am the dream and the hope of the slave.                      我是努力的梦想和希望

I rise                                                                                     我奋起

I rise                                                                                     我奋起

I rise.                                                                                    我奋起