老牌黑人歌手Roberta Flac的首次翻唱，让该曲得以走红，Roberta也因此捧走了1973年度三项格莱美大奖；此后，Al B. Sure!凭借“Killing me softly…”获1989年度R&B男歌手最佳新人奖；1996年，嘻哈“流浪三人组”The Fugees的成功翻唱再次让“Killing me softly…”风靡英美……
中国歌手中，邓丽君、黄莺莺和李宇春也都曾演绎过“Killing me softly with his song”。
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song, Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
I heard he sang a good song,
I heard he had a style,
And so I came to see him and listen for a while.
And there he was this young boy,
A stranger to my eyes
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song, Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
I felt all flushed with fever,
Embarrassed by the crowd,
I felt he found my letters and read each one out loud,
I prayed that he would finish,
But he just kept right on
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
He sang if he knew me,
In all my dark despair,
And then he looked right through me
As if I wasn't there.
And he just kept on singing
Singing clear and strong
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song, Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
Strumming my pain with his fingers, Singing my life with his words, Killing me softly with his song, Killing me softly with his song, Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
He was strumming my pain,
Here he was singing my life,
Killing me softly with his song,
Killing me softly with his song,
Telling my whole life with his words,
Killing me softly with his song.
我听之我见：
英文歌词
Killing me softly with his song,
