Les Miserables Original Broadway Cast - Overture / Work Song [tekst, tłumaczenie i interpretacja piosenki]

[Cast]
Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
Look down, look down
You're here until you die

[Prisoner]
The sun is strong
It's hot as Hell below

[Chorus]
Look down, look down
There's twenty years to go

[Prisoner]
I've done no wrong
Sweet Jesus hear my prayer

[Chorus]
Look down, look down
Sweet Jesus doesn't care

[Prisoner]
I know she'll wait
I know that she'll be true

[Chorus]
Look down, look down
They've all forgotten you

[Prisoner]
When I get free you won't see me
Here for dust

[Chorus]
Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye

[Prisoner]
How long oh Lord
Before you let me die?

[Chorus]
Look down, look down
You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down
You're standing in your grave

[Javert]
Now bring me Prisoner 24601
Your time is up
And your parole's begun
You know what that means?

[Jean Valjean]
Yes, it means I'm free

[Javert]
No!
It means you get your yellow ticket-of-leave
You are a thief

[Jean Valjean]
I stole a loaf of bread

[Javert]
You robbed a house!

[Jean Valjean]
I broke a window pane
My sister's child was close to death
And we were starving

[Javert]
And you will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law

[Jean Valjean]
I know the meaning of those nineteen years
A slave of the law

[Javert]
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes 24601

[Jean Valjean]
My name is Jean Valjean!

[Javert]
And I am Javert
Do not forget my name
Do not forget me, 24601