As the snow flies As the snow flies Cuando la nieve vuela On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' On a cold and gray Chicago mornin' En una mañana fría y gris de Chicago " A poor little baby child is born A poor little baby child is born Un niño pobre bebé que nace In the ghetto In the ghetto En el gueto And his mama cries And his mama cries Y su madre llora 'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need 'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need Porque si hay algo que no es necesario It's another hungry mouth to feed It's another hungry mouth to feed Es otra boca hambrienta para alimentar a In the ghetto In the ghetto En el gueto So people, don't you understand So people, don't you understand The child needs a helping hand The child needs a helping hand Así que la gente, no te entiendo Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day Or he'll grow to be an angry young man some day El niño necesita una mano amiga Take a look at you and me, Take a look at you and me, O que va a crecer para ser un hombre joven enojado algún día Are we too blind to see, Are we too blind to see, Echa un vistazo a ti ya mí, Do we simply turn our heads Do we simply turn our heads ¿Estamos demasiado ciegos para ver, And look the other way And look the other way ¿Es simplemente girar la cabeza Well the world turns Well the world turns Y mirar hacia otro lado And a poor little boy with a runny nose And a poor little boy with a runny nose Plays in the street as the cold wind blows Plays in the street as the cold wind blows Bueno, el mundo gira In the ghetto In the ghetto Y un niño pobre, con una nariz que moquea And his hunger burns And his hunger burns Juega en la calle como el viento frío sopla So he starts to roam the streets at night So he starts to roam the streets at night En el gueto And he learns how to steal And he learns how to steal And he learns how to fight And he learns how to fight Y su hambre arde In the ghetto In the ghetto Así que empieza a vagar por las calles de noche Then one night in desperation Then one night in desperation Y aprende a robar A young man breaks away A young man breaks away Y aprende a luchar He buys a gun, steals a car, He buys a gun, steals a car, En el gueto Tries to run, but he doesn't get far Tries to run, but he doesn't get far And his mama cries And his mama cries Entonces, una noche en la desesperación As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man As a crowd gathers 'round an angry young man Un joven rompe Face down on the street with a gun in his hand Face down on the street with a gun in his hand Se compra un arma, roba un coche, In the ghetto In the ghetto Trata de correr, pero no muy lejos As her young man dies, As her young man dies, Y su madre llora On a cold and gray Chicago mornin', On a cold and gray Chicago mornin', Another little baby child is born Another little baby child is born Como una multitud se reúne "alrededor de un hombre joven enojado In the ghetto In the ghetto Boca abajo en la calle con una pistola en la mano