Simoneeminem写给他女儿的一首歌叫《Mockingbird》，由埃米纳姆与易斯·莱斯托填词、谱曲，完整歌词如下：
Yeah
耶
I know sometimes things may not always make sense to you right now
我知道，有些时候，事情并不像你所想
But hey what daddy always tell you
但是，嘿，爸爸怎么告诉你的
Straighten up little soldier
挺起身来，小战士
Stiffen up that upper lip
坚强些
What you crying about
你哭什么
You got me
真是被你打败了
Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad
我知道你想妈妈，我知道当我离开的时候，你也想爸爸
Well I'm gone but I'm trying to give you the life that I never had
但是我在努力，让你过上我没有享受过的生活
I can see you're sad even when you smile even when you laugh
我看得出你很难过，即使在你微笑的时候，即使在你大笑的时候
I can see it in your eyes deep inside you want to cry
从你的眼睛里，我看得出，你的内心想哭
Cuz you're scared I ain't there
因为你感到害怕，可是我不是在这吗
Daddy's with you in your prayers
只要橘颂你希望，爸爸就和你在一起
No more crying wipe them tears
不要再哭了，擦掉眼泪
Daddy's here no more nightmares
爸爸在这里，不再有恶梦
We gon' pull together through it we gon' do it
我们一起渡过难桐伍态关，我们可以的
Laney uncles crazy aint he
Laneys叔叔一定是疯了，是不是
Yeah but he loves you girl and you better know it
但是你要知道 他很爱你
We're all we got in this world
我们都在成长
When it spins when it swirls
当世界旋转的时候，当它快速的旋转 局源
When it whirls when it twirls
当它飞快的旋转，当它极速的旋转
Two little beautiful girls
两个漂亮的小女孩
Lookin' puzzled in a daze
眼花缭乱
I know it's confusing you
我知道这让你们迷惑不解
Daddy's always on the move mamma's always on the news
爸爸总是不在家，妈妈总在新闻上
I try to keep you sheltered from it but somehow it seems
我努力地让你们远离这些，但是好像
The harder that I try to do that the more it backfires on me
我越努力这样做，越事与愿违
All the things growing up his daddy that he had to see
所有的事，我作为爸爸不得不去面对
Daddy don't want you to see but you see just as much as he did
我不想让你了解这些，但是你却知道得很多
We did not plan it to be this way your mother and me
你妈妈和我不是这样计划的
But things have gotten so bad between us
但有些事情使我们之间的感情恶化
I don't see us ever being together ever again
我们已经很久没有
Like we used to be when we was teenagers
像年轻的时候，经常在一起了
But then of course everything always happens for a reason
当然总是事出有因
I guess it was never meant to be
我从没想过会变成现在这样
But it's just something we have no control
有些事是我们不能控制的
over and that's what destiny is
也许这就是命运吧
But no more worries rest your head and go to sleep
但是不用担心，躺下睡觉吧
Maybe one day we'll wake up and this will all just be a dream
也许某天我们醒来，发现这只是一个梦
Now hush little baby don't you cry
嘘，小宝贝，不要哭
Everything's gonna be alright
一切都会好起来
Stiffen that upperlip up little lady i told ya
我告诉过你，要坚强
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸守护着你，度过这个夜晚
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
我知道妈妈现在不在，我们不清楚原因
We feel how we feel inside
我们只有体会内心的感受
It may seem a little crazy pretty baby
这有点疯狂，但是，漂亮的小宝贝
But i promise momma's gon' be alright
我向你保证，妈妈一切安好
It's funny
呵呵，有趣
I remember back one year when daddy had no money
我记得一年前，爸爸没有钱
Mommy wrapped the Christmas presents up
妈妈把圣诞礼物包起来
And stuck 'em under the tree and said some of 'em were from me
挂在树上，说一些是我送的
Cuz daddy couldn't buy 'em
因为爸爸买不起
I'll never forget that Christmas I sat up the whole night crying
我永远不会忘记那个圣诞夜晚，我坐着哭了一整夜
Cuz daddy felt like a bum see daddy had a job
因为爸爸觉得自己就像个乞丐。看，爸爸有工作
But his job was to keep the food on the table for you and mom
但是这工作只够你和妈妈吃上饭
And at the time every house that we lived in
那时候，我们不断地换房子住
Either kept getting broke into and robbed
经常有人闯入抢劫
Or shot up on the block and your mom was saving money for you in a jar
或在街区开枪，妈妈把钱存在罐里
Tryna start a piggy bank for you so you could go to college
一个小猪的存钱罐，为了你将来上大学
Almost had a thousand dollars till someone broke in and stole it
差不多攒到1000美元的时候，一个家伙闯进家里把它偷走
And I know it hurt so bad it broke your momma's heart
我知道妈妈的心都快碎了
And it seemed like everything was just startin' to fall apart
仿佛一切都要完了
Mom and dad was arguin' a lot so momma moved back
爸爸和妈妈开始不断争吵，妈妈搬到
On the Chalmers in the flat one bedroom apartment
一张床的公寓里
And dad moved back to the other side of 8 Mile on Novara
爸爸搬到离Novara 8英里远的地方
And that's when daddy went to California with his CD and met Dr.Dre
后来爸爸带着他的CD去了加州，碰到Dr.Dre
And flew you and momma out to see me
我把你和妈妈接了过来，我们又见面了
But daddy had to work you and momma had to leave me
但是爸爸不得不去工作，你和妈妈不得不离开我
Then you started seeing daddy on the TV and momma didn't like it
不久你就会看到爸爸出现在电视上，可是妈妈不喜欢这样
And you and Laney were to young to understand it
你和Laney太小还无法理解
Papa was a rollin' stone, momma developed a habit
爸爸总是居无定所，妈妈染上了恶习
And it all happened too fast for either one of us to grab it
一切发生得太快，我们无法把握
I'm just sorry you were there and had to witness it first hand
很抱歉，不得不让你们作一次目击证人
Cuz all I ever wanted to do was just make you proud
因为我希望我做的一切，能成为你的骄傲
Now I'm sittin in this empty house just reminiscing
现在我坐在空空的房子里，回忆往事
Lookin' at your baby pictures it just trips me out
看着你们出生的照片，我又想起过去
To see how much you both have grown
看，你们都长这么大了，现在你们是姐妹了
it's almost like you're sisters now
瞧你们多漂亮，爸爸还在这
Wow guess you pretty much are and daddy's still here
我也在对你说，爸爸还在这
Laney I'm talkin' to you too daddy's still here
莱尼我说太爸爸还在这里你
I like the sound of that yeah
我喜欢这音乐
It's got a ring to it don't it
铃声响了吧
Shh momma's only gone for the moment
嘘，妈妈只是离开了一会儿
Now hush little baby don't you cry
嘘，小宝贝，不要哭
Everything's gonna be alright
一切都会好起来
Stiffen that upperlip up little lady i told ya
我告诉过你，要坚强
Daddy's here to hold ya through the night
爸爸守护着你，度过这个夜晚
I know mommy's not here right now and we don't know why
我知道妈妈现在不在，我们不清楚原因
We feel how we feel inside
我们只有体会内心的感受
It may seem a little crazy pretty baby
这有点疯狂，但是，漂亮的小宝贝
But i promise momma's gon' be alright
我向你保证，妈妈一切安好
And if you ask me too
如果你有要求
Daddy's gonna buy you a mockingbird
爸爸给你买只知更鸟
I'mma give you the world
我可以给你全世界
I'mma buy a diamond ring for you
我可以为你买钻戒
I'mma sing for you
我可以为你歌唱
I'll do anything for you to see you smile
我可以做任何事 只要看到你微笑
And if that mockingbird don't sing and that ring don't shine
如果那只知更鸟不再歌唱，戒指不再闪耀
I'mma break that birdies neck
我拧断鸟的脖子
I'd go back to the jewler who sold it to ya
我回到珠宝店让卖我珠宝的人
And make him eat every carat don't fuck with dad (haha)
吃下每一克拉钻石，不要怪爸爸啊（哈哈）
扩展资料：
《Mockingbird》在2005年8月14日，获得第7届青少年选择奖“音乐选择：R&B/嘻哈歌曲”奖项 。2006年2月7日，该首歌获得第48届格莱美奖”最佳说唱表演“奖项的提名。
《Mockingbird》没有浮夸的配器以及电子合成，只是十分简单的钢琴伴奏和鼓点节奏。埃米纳姆的声音一次又一次地轻轻敲击着耳膜，但却像是往听者的心脏中伸出了一只手，将听者的心揉得生疼。听埃米纳姆诉说着自己曾经在圣诞节因为买不起礼物而深深自责乃至整夜流泪。
听他诉说着由于工作的原因，自己只能看着女儿和侄女的照片想象着她们的样子和声音，实在是令人无法不为之动容。
参考资料：mockingbird 百度百科
