Your father sailed on the Murmansk run 你父亲航行摩尔曼斯克运行

To guide the flocks of the ships home one by one 由一个引导船舶家之一成群

Grey beneath the Arctic sun 北极的阳光下灰

Or the glow of Northern Lights 或北极光的光芒

   

I see you have his photograph 我看你有他的照片

His eyes are watching for dangers fore or aft 他的眼睛在观看了危险的前或后

Trading days beneath the sun 在太阳下个交易日

For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run 对于摩尔曼斯克运行的寒冷和寒冷的夜晚

   

He never did come home to you 他从来没有回家给你

It's long forgotten, a childhood dream or two 它早已被人遗忘，儿时的梦想，两个

But something of the cold got through 可是，我的感冒过了

And it lingers in your eyes 它萦绕在你的眼睛

   

On days like these you hear the wind 在这样的日子里，你听见风

And feel the chill of the ice floes closing in 和感受到浮冰逼进的寒意

Trading days beneath the sun 在太阳下个交易日

For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run 对于摩尔曼斯克运行的寒冷和寒冷的夜晚

   

Save our souls, river of darkness over me 拯救我们的灵魂，黑暗的河流过我

Save our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea 拯救我们的灵魂，失去了对黑暗的未知海域

   

Now you hide yourself from view 现在你从视图中隐藏自己

You seem to find it an easy thing to do 你似乎发现这是一个容易的事

Trading days beneath the sun 在太阳下个交易日

For the cold and wintry nights of the Murmansk run 对于摩尔曼斯克运行的寒冷和寒冷的夜晚

   

Save our souls, river of darkness over me 拯救我们的灵魂，黑暗的河流过我

Save our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea 拯救我们的灵魂，失去了对黑暗的未知海域

   

Well you wake up in the morning on Hester street 那么你在海丝特街早上醒来

And run to the factory, You can't afford to be late 并运行到工厂，你不能迟到

Working every morning, every evening, every day 工作每天早晨，每一个晚上，每一天

For your money, Yet there's nothing to save 你的钱，但是没有什么可以拯救

   

Watching your life pass by the window 窗边看着你的生活通

Feeling it all run through your hands 感觉它通过你的手都跑

Counting the thousands behind in the lines 数着成千上万的敌后

Waiting time for their chance 等待时间他们的机会

   

From Ellis Island, day after day 从埃利斯岛，日复一日

From Ellis Island, dreams slip away 从埃利斯岛，梦想溜走

   

Meanwhile from the market come the cries 同时从市场来的呼喊

Of every tongue and every nation 万口，每一个国家的

Refugeless refugees Refugeless难民

Faces from the endless plains of Russia 来自俄罗斯的无边的平原上面临

Blonde Norwegian, dark Croatian 金发碧眼的挪威，克罗地亚黑

Songs in sad minor keys 在悲伤的小调歌曲

Feeling the heat inside the fumace 摸着炉子内部的热量

Trying to make that break away 试图做出割舍

Reaching their hands for a grip 到达其手中握

On the edge just to slip back again 在边缘刚溜回来了

   

From Ellis Island, day after day 从埃利斯岛，日复一日

From Ellis Island, dreams slip away 从埃利斯岛，梦想溜走

   

Ah well I've heard it said 不错啊，我听人说

If you just use your head 如果你只是用你的头

You can make your fortune here 你可以让你的财富在这里

One lucky break and that's all it would take 一个幸运的突破，这一切将采取

   

But it never seems to be near 但它似乎永远不会靠近

Another day, another ship pulls into harbor 另一天，另一艘船驶进港湾

And the crowd spills down the gangway 而众人倒洒在舷梯

Clutching their suitcases tight 捂着自己的行李箱紧

   

Blinking in the sunlight at the door of the new world 在新的世界的大门闪烁在阳光下

They hold the handrail 他们紧握扶手

With all the post thrown behind 所有岗位抛出背后

Caught in between now and forever 从现在到永远陷入

Wondering just what lies ahead 只是不知道是什么样的未来

Each one is waiting and hoping 每一个正在等待和希望

The door will be open to them 门会向他们开放

   

On Ellis Island, day after day 在埃利斯岛，一天又一天

On Ellis Island, time slips away 在埃利斯岛，时间溜走

   

From Ellis Island, day after day 从埃利斯岛，日复一日

From Ellis Island, dreams slip away 从埃利斯岛，梦想溜走

   

Save our souls, river of darkness over me 拯救我们的灵魂，黑暗的河流过我

Save our souls, lost on the dark uncharted sea 拯救我们的灵魂，失去了对黑暗的未知海域