My father came from Japan in 1905 我的父亲来自日本于1905年

He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan 他15岁时，他从日本移民

He worked until he was able to buy respect and build a store 他的工作，直到他能够买到的尊重，建立专卖店

   

Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream, 让我告诉你这个故事中的梦的形式，

I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means, 我不知道我为什么要告诉它，但我知道这意味着什么，

Close your eyes, just picture the scene, 闭上你的眼睛，只是图片的一幕，

As I paint it for you, it was World War II, 因为我画给你，这是第二次世界大战后，

When this man named Kenji woke up, 当这名男子名叫健次醒来时，

Ken was not a soldier, 肯是不是军人，

He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA, 他只是一个有家庭的男人谁拥有一家商店在洛杉矶，

That day, he crawled out of bed like he always did, 这天，他从床上爬像他往常一样，

Bacon and eggs with wife and kids, 培根和鸡蛋的妻子和孩子，

He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran, 他住在一个小店里，他跑到二楼，

He moved to LA from Japan, 他搬到了洛杉矶，从日本，

They called him 'Immigrant,' 他们称他为“移民”

In Japanese, he'd say he was called "Issei," 在日本，他会说，他被称为“一生”

That meant 'First Generation In The United States,' 这意味着“第一代在美国， ”

When everybody was afraid of the Germans, afraid of the Japs, 当每个人都害怕德国人，害怕日本鬼子的，

But most of all afraid of a homeland attack, 但最重要的恐怕家园的攻击的，

And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat, 而那天早上，当肯出去的门垫，

His world went black 'cause, 他的世界走到黑“的原因，

Right there; front page news, 在那里;头版新闻

Three weeks before 1942, 三个星期前， 1942年，

"Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin'," “珍珠港事件是被轰炸和日本鬼子是今儿 ， ”

Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin', 照片中的士兵快要枯萎和天边，

Ken knew what it would lead to, 肯知道这会导致，

Just like he guessed, the President said, 就像他猜测，总统说，

"The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away," “邪恶的日本人在我们的祖国会被锁起来， ”

They gave Ken, a couple of days, 他们给了肯，一两天，

To get his whole life packed in two bags, 为了得到他的一生装在两个袋子，

Just two bags, couldn't even pack his clothes, 就在两个袋子，甚至无法收拾他的衣服，

Some folks didn't even have a suitcase, to pack anything in, 有些人甚至没有行李箱，收拾的东西，

So two trash bags is all they gave them, 因此， 2垃圾袋都是他们给了他们，

When the kids asked mom "Where are we goin'?" 当孩子问妈妈“那我们要去？ ”

Nobody even knew what to say to them, 甚至没有人知道该对他们说什么，

Ken didn't wanna lie, he said "The US is lookin' for spies, 肯不想要的谎言，他说：“美国正在追寻的间谍，

So we have to live in a place called Manzanar, 因此，我们必须生活在一个叫Manzanar的地方，

Where a lot of Japanese people are," 那里有很多日本人， “

Stop it don't look at the gunmen, 停止不看枪手，

You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin', 你不想让士兵迷惘，

If you gonna run or not, 如果你要去运行与否，

'Cause if you run then you might get shot, 因为如果你运行，那么你可能会出手，

Other than that try not to think about it, 除此之外，尽量不要去想它，

Try not to worry 'bout it; bein' so crowded, 尽量不要担心回合它;贝因那么挤，

Someday we'll get out, someday, someday. 总有一天，我们会离开，有一天，有一天。

   

As soon as war broke out 一旦战争爆发

The F.B.I. came and they just come to the house and 在联邦调查局来了，他们刚走到房子和

"You have to come" “你一定要来”

"All the Japanese have to go" “所有的日本人都去”

They took Mr. Ni 他们把倪先生

People didn't understand 人们不理解

Why did they have to take him? 为什么他们要带他？

Because he's an innocent laborer 因为他是一个无辜的劳动者

   

So now they're in a town with soldiers surroundin' them, 所以他们现在在一个小镇，士兵surroundin 他们，

Every day, every night look down at them, 每一天，每一夜看不起他们，

From watch towers up on the wall, 从了望塔上墙，

Ken couldn't really hate them at all; 肯不能真正恨他们所有;

They were just doin' their job and, 他们刚刚上来的本职工作，并

He wasn't gonna make any problems, 他不是会去做任何问题，

He had a little garden with vegetables and fruits that, 他曾与蔬菜和水果，一个小花园，

He gave to the troops in a basket his wife made, 他给了部队在一个篮子他的妻子，

But in the back of his mind, he wanted his families life saved, 但在他的内心深处，他希望他的家庭生活保存，

Prisoners of war in their own damn country, 战争在自己该死的国战俘，

What for? 做什么的？

Time passed in the prison town, 时间的推移，在监狱镇，

He wondered if they would live it down, if and when they were free, 他不知道是否还会住下来，如果当他们是免费的，

The only way out was joinin' the army, 唯一的出路是人才加盟的军队，

And supposedly, some men went out for the army, signed on, 而据说，有些人出去当兵，签署，

And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb, 并最终飞翔“日本有炸弹，

That 15 kilotonne blast, put an end to the war pretty fast, 这15千吨爆炸，制止战争的非常快，

Two cities were blown to bits; the end of the war came quick, 两个城市都被炸成碎片;战争结束就快，

Ken got out, big hopes of a normal life, with his kids and his wife, 肯拿出，正常的生活大的希望，他的孩子和他的妻子，

But, when they got back to their home, 但是，当他们回到自己的家，

What they saw made them feel so alone, 他们看到让他们如此孤独的感觉是什么，

These people had trashed every room, 这些人都看不上每一个房间，

Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors, 被砸中的窗口和撞坏的门，

Written on the walls and the floor, 写在墙壁和地板上，

"Japs not welcome anymore." “日本鬼子不欢迎了。”

And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside, 和贤治下降两个他的袋子在他的两侧，只是站在外面，

He, looked at his wife without words to say, 他，看着他的妻子无话好说，

She looked back at him wiping tears away, 她回头看着他擦眼泪，

And, said "Someday we'll be OK, someday," 并说：“总有一天，我们会没事的，有一天， ”

Now the names have been changed, but the story's true, 现在的名称已被更改，但故事的真实，

My family was locked up back in '42, 我的家人被关回42 ，

My family was there it was dark and damp, 我的家庭是有它阴暗潮湿，

And they called it an internment camp 他们把它称为一个拘留营

   

When we first got back from camp... uh 当我们第一次从营地回来......呃

It was... pretty... pretty bad 这是...很...很糟糕

   

I, I remember my husband said 我记得我老公说

"Are we gonna stay 'til last?" “我们会留下，直到最后？ ”

Then my husband died before they close the camp. 然后我的丈夫死了，他们关闭了营地。