Oh Ellis Island was swarming 哦，埃利斯岛挤满

Like a scene from a costume hall 如从服装大厅的场景

Decked out in the colors in Europe 在欧洲的颜色挂满了

And on fire with the hope of it all 放火烧了这一切的希望

There stood my father's own father stood huddled 里面是我父亲自己的父亲站在挤

With the tired and hungry and scared 由于又累又饿又害怕

Turn of the century pilgrims 本世纪的朝圣者开启

Bound by the dream that they shared 通过他们共同的梦想束缚

They were standing in lines just like cattle 他们站在线就像牛

Poked and prodded and shoved 戳和打了招呼，猛

Some were one desk away from sweet freedom 有些人一桌远离甜蜜的自由

Some were were torn from someone they love 有些人是从人，他们爱撕

Through this sprawling tower of babel 经过通天这个庞大的塔

Came a young man confused and alone 来了一个年轻人迷茫和孤独

Determined and bound for America 确定并前往美国

And carryin' everything that he owned 并坚持下去的一切，他拥有

   

Sometimes when I look in my grandfather's Immigrant Eyes 有时候，我看着爷爷的眼睛移民

I see that day reflected and I can't hold my feelings inside 我看到那一天反射，我不能抱着肚子里吞

I see starting with nothing and working hard all of his life 喔开始什么也没有，努力了一辈子的

So don't take it for granted say grandfather's Immigrant Eyes 所以，不要想当然地说，爷爷的眼睛移民

   

Now he rocks and stares out the window 现在，他的岩石和凝视窗外

But his eyes are still just as clear 但他的眼睛还是一样清晰

As the day he sailed through the harbor 当有一天他通过港口航行

And come ashore on the island of tears 而上岸的眼泪岛

My grandfather's days are numbered 我的祖父的日子屈指可数

But I won' t let his memory die 但我赢得了吨让他的记忆死去

'Cause he gave me the gift of this country 因为他给了我这个国家的礼物

And the look in his Immigrant Eyes 而在他移民的眼神