Translation of the song 下城 artist Unknown artist (Chinese)

一个充满了歧义的摩登世界

A modern world glutted by ambiguities

穿着不同颜色拖鞋的拾荒老人

Old scavengers in sandals of diverse colors

正高声训斥轮盘桌前的赌徒

Are loudly scolding the gamblers on roulette

一栋栋即将竣工的玻璃大厦

Glass buildings about to be completed

伸出的廊檐下分发报纸的人们

People distributing newspapers under outstretched eaves

决定了官方谣言的最终去向

Upon them depends the destination of official rumors

拾荒人，在寂寞的垃圾筒里

Scavengers, from lonely trash cans

搜捡装着生活尸骨的魔瓶

Are collecting the magic bottles with scraps of life

可乐罐中传来资本家的哄笑声

In the cola cans echo the laughters of capitalists

教堂，圣经，清真寺，古兰经

Churches, the Holy Bible, mosques, Al-Qur'an

在幕后反复演练的传教士们

Missionaries keeping rehearsing behind the curtain

巧妙地曲解了上苍的本意

They misunderstand what God really means

卖二手鞋的小贩，小心翼翼

A secondhand shoe vendor, carefully

擦掉记忆的灰尘，一只苍蝇

Erasing the dirt from memory, a fly

正绕着他卑微的晚餐舞蹈

Waltzing about his humble supper

总统先生的车队征用了道路

The president's limousine fleet takes the roads over for use

这个事件延缓了时代前进的步伐

This event slowed down the pace of era

一座弥漫着沮丧的摩登下城

A modern lower town filled with frustration