On the first day of January, 在一月的第一天，

Eighteen ninety-two, 十八92 ，

They opened Ellis Island and they let 他们开了埃利斯岛，他们让

The people through. 人们通过。

And first to cross the threshold 和第一跨过门槛

Of that isle of hope and tears, 希望和泪水的岛，

Was Annie Moore from Ireland 是安妮·摩尔爱尔兰

Who was all of fifteen years. 谁是所有十五年。

   

Isle of hope, isle of tears, 岛的希望，泪水小岛，

Isle of freedom, isle of fears, 岛自由，恐惧岛，

But it's not the isle you left behind. 但它不是你留下的小岛。

That isle of hunger, isle of pain, 这小岛饥饿，痛苦的小岛，

Isle you'll never see again 岛，你将永远不会再看到

But the isle of home is always on your mind. 但家里的小岛总是在你的心中。

   

In a little bag she carried 在一个小袋子，她携带

All her past and history, 她所有的过去和历史，

And her dreams for the future 她对未来的梦想

In the land of liberty. 在自由的土地上。

And courage is the passport 和勇气是护照

When your old world disappears 当你的旧世界消失

But there's no future in the past 但是，在过去没有未来

When you're fifteen years 当你15年

   

Isle of hope, isle of tears, 岛的希望，泪水小岛，

Isle of freedom, isle of fears, 岛自由，恐惧岛，

But it's not the isle you left behind. 但它不是你留下的小岛。

That isle of hunger, isle of pain, 这小岛饥饿，痛苦的小岛，

Isle you'll never see again 岛，你将永远不会再看到

But the isle of home is always on your mind. 但家里的小岛总是在你的心中。

   

When they closed down Ellis Island 当他们关闭了埃利斯岛

In nineteen forty-three, 在一九四三年，

Seventeen million people 十七万人

Had come there for sanctuary. 才去那里的圣所。

And in springtime when I came here 而在春天，当我来到这里

And I stepped onto it's piers, 我踏上它的码头，

I thought of how it must have been 我想如何，它必须有

When you're fifteen years. 当你十五年了。

   

Isle of hope, isle of tears, 岛的希望，泪水小岛，

Isle of freedom, isle of fears, 岛自由，恐惧岛，

But it's not the isle you left behind. 但它不是你留下的小岛。

That isle of hunger, isle of pain, 这小岛饥饿，痛苦的小岛，

Isle you'll never see again 岛，你将永远不会再看到

But the isle of home is always on your mind. 但家里的小岛总是在你的心中。

The isle of home is always on your mind. 家的小岛总是在你的心中。