I was driving down Ninth Avenue 我被拉低第九大道

As the sky was getting dark 随着天空越来越暗

Didn't have nothin' else to do 没有没什么别的事情可做

So I kept on riding to Battery Park 所以，我一直骑炮台公园

I stepped out in the damp and misty night 我踩在潮湿多雾的夜晚

As the fog was rolling in 由于雾滚滚

Man said, "Last boat leaving tonight 男人说， “最后离开船今晚

Is the boat for Ellis Island" 是船埃利斯岛“

   

As my feet touched solid ground 至于我的脚触及地面固

I felt a chill run down my spine 我感到一阵寒意跑了我的脊椎

I could almost hear the sound 我几乎可以听到的声音

of thousands pushing through the lines 成千上万通过线推

Mothers and bewildered wives 母亲和妻子一脸茫然

that sailed across the raging sea 在横渡汹涌的大海

Others running for their lives 其他人逃命

to the land of opportunity 以充满机遇的土地

Down on Ellis Island 倒在埃利斯岛

   

"What is this strange paradise?" “这是什么奇怪的天堂？ ”

They must've wondered through their cries and moans 他们一定是通过他们的呼喊和呻吟声不知道

After all they've sacrificed 他们已经牺牲了一切后

Their faith, their families, friends and homes 他们的信仰，他们的家人，朋友和家庭

Then on the Inspection Stairs 然后在检查楼梯

They were counted out or counted in 他们算出来的，或在计

Frozen while the inspectors stared 冻结，而检查人员盯着

Down on Ellis Island 倒在埃利斯岛

   

Now me I only stumbled in 现在，我，我只是迷迷糊糊的

Just to wander around that empty hall 只是四处流浪的空荡荡的大厅

Where someone else's fate had been 凡别人的命运已经

Decided in no time at all 决定在任何时候都

And cases filled with hats and clothes 和充满帽子和衣服病例

And the belongings of those who journeyed far 和那些家当谁远航远

They're strange reminders I suppose 他们是陌生的提醒，我想

Of where we're from and who we are 在那里我们离我们是谁

   

But as the boat pulled off the shore 但随着船被拉断岸

I could see the fog was lifting 我能看到的雾解除

And lights I never seen before 和灯光我从来没有见过的

Were shining down on Ellis Island 已于埃利斯岛照耀着

Shining down on Ellis Island 在埃利斯岛照耀着