歌词
On the first day of January,
在1892年
Eighteen ninety-two,
1月的第一天
They opened Ellis Island.
他们开放了埃利斯岛
And they let the people through.
并让人们通过
And first to cross the threshold.
第一个通过这希望与泪水之岛
Of that isle of hope and tears,
的门槛的人
Was Annie Moore from Ireland
是来自爱尔兰的安妮·莫尔
Who was all of fifteen years.
她只有15岁
Isle of hope, isle of tears,
希望之岛，泪水之岛
Isle of freedom, isle of fears,
自由之岛，恐惧之岛
But it's not the isle you left behind.
但这不是你留在身后的那座岛
That isle of hunger, isle of pain,
那座饥荒之岛，苦难之岛
Isle you'll never see again
那座你再也看不见的岛
But the isle of home is always on your mind.
但那家的岛屿却永远留在你心中。
In a little bag she carried
她的小小的包裹里
All her past and history,
装着她全部的过去与历史
And her dreams for the future
还有在这自由之地上
In the land of liberty.
对未来的梦想。
And courage is the passport
当你的熟悉的世界离你而去时
When your old world disappears
勇气就是那通行证
But there's no future in the past
过去里没有未来
When you're fifteen years
当你年少时
Isle of hope, isle of tears,
希望之岛，泪水之岛
Isle of freedom, isle of fears,
自由之岛，恐惧之岛
But it's not the isle you left behind.
但这不是你留在身后的那座岛
That isle of hunger, isle of pain,
那座饥荒之岛，苦难之岛
Isle you'll never see again
那座你再也看不见的岛
But the isle of home is always on your mind.
但那家的岛屿却永远留在你心中。
When they closed down Ellis Island
当1943年
In nineteen forty-three,
他们关闭埃利斯岛时
Seventeen million people 1700
万人
Had come there for sanctuary.
已来到此寻求圣所
And in springtime when I came here
当我在春天来到这儿
And I stepped onto it's piers,
站在它的码头上
I thought of how it must have been
我想起了它的过去
When you're fifteen years.
当你年少时
Isle of hope, isle of tears,
希望之岛，泪水之岛
Isle of freedom, isle of fears,
自由之岛，恐惧之岛
But it's not the isle you left behind.
但这不是你留在身后的那座岛
That isle of hunger, isle of pain,
那座饥荒之岛，苦难之岛
Isle you'll never see again
那座你再也看不见的岛
But the isle of home is always on your mind.
但那家的岛屿却永远留在你心中
Isle of hope, isle of tears,
希望之岛，泪水之岛
Isle of freedom, isle of fears,
自由之岛，恐惧之岛
But it's not the isle you left behind.
但这不是你留在身后的那座岛
That isle of hunger, isle of pain,
那座饥荒之岛，苦难之岛
Isle you'll never see again
那座你再也看不见的岛
But the isle of home is always on your mind.
但那家的岛屿却永远留在你心中
The isle of home is always on your mind.
家的岛屿却永远留在你心中。
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