The island it is silent now 现在这个岛屿是沉默

But the ghosts still haunt the waves 但鬼仍心有余悸波

And the torch lights up a famished man 而火炬照亮一个饥饿的人

Who fortune could not save 谁的财富也救不了

   

Did you work upon the railroad 你有没有在铁路工作

Did you rid the streets of crime 你有没有摆脱犯罪的街头

Were your dollars from the white house 是你的美元从白宫

Were they from the five and dime 从五毛钱是他们

   

Did the old songs taunt or cheer you 难道老歌嘲讽或者你带来欢乐

And did they still make you cry 并且他们还让你哭泣

Did you count the months and years 难道你指望岁月

Or did your teardrops quickly dry 还是没你的泪珠迅速干燥

   

Ah, No, says he 'twas not to be 啊，不说，他那时还没有被

On a coffin ship I came here 在棺材的船我来到这里

And I never even got so far 而且我从来没有走到这一步

That they could change my name 他们可能会改变我的名字

   

Thousands are sailing 成千上万的航行

Across the Western Ocean 整个西洋

To a land of opportunity 为了一个充满机会的土地

That some of them will never see 其中一些将永远不会看到

Fortune prevailing 当时的财富

Across the Western Ocean 整个西洋

Their bellies full 他们的肚子里全

And their spirits free 和他们的精神自由

They'll break the chains of poverty 他们会打破贫穷的枷锁

And they'll dance 他们会跳舞

   

In Manhattan's desert twilight 在曼哈顿的沙漠暮光之城

In the death of afternoon 在当天下午死亡

We stepped hand in hand on Broadway 我们手手踩在百老汇

Like the first man on the moon 像第一人在月球上

   

And "The Blackbird" broke the silence 与“黑鸟”打破了沉默

As you whistled it so sweet 当你吹罚这么甜

And in Brendan Behan's footsteps 和布伦丹贝汉的脚步

I danced up and down the street í跳舞上下街

   

Then we said goodnight to Broadway 然后我们说晚安百老汇

Giving it our best regards 给我们最好的问候

Tipped our hats to Mister Cohan 我们打翻帽子科恩先生

Dear old Times Square's favourite bard 亲爱的老时代广场的最爱吟游诗人

   

Then we raised a glass to J.F.K. 然后，我们提出了一个玻璃J.F.K.

And a dozen more besides 而除了十几个

When I got back to my empty room 当我回到我的房间

I suppose I must have cried 我想我一定是哭了

   

Thousands are sailing 成千上万的航行

Again across the ocean 同样在大洋彼岸

Where the hand of opportunity 机会在哪里的手

Draws tickets in a lottery 绘制了彩票

Postcards we're mailing 我们邮寄明信片

Of sky-blue skies and oceans 天蓝色的天空和海洋

From rooms the daylight never sees 从房间的日光从来没有看到

Where lights don't glow on Christmas trees 哪里路灯不上圣诞树亮起

But we dance to the music 但是，我们跳舞的音乐

And we dance 我们跳舞

   

Thousands are sailing 成千上万的航行

Across the Western Ocean 整个西洋

Where the hand of opportunity 机会在哪里的手

Draws tickets in a lottery 绘制了彩票

Where e'er we go, we celebrate 凡额尔我们去，我们庆祝

The land that makes us refugees 这让我们的难民土地

From fear of Priests with empty plates 免于恐惧牧师的空板

From guilt and weeping effigies 从内疚哭泣肖像

Now we dance to the music 现在，我们跳舞的音乐

And we dance 我们跳舞