When Alexander met Emma 当亚历山大会见了艾玛

The first day she came to New York 第一天，她来到纽约

Sachs's Cafe in Manhattan 萨克斯的咖啡馆在曼哈顿

Coffee and cigarettes and talk 咖啡和香烟和谈话

Sun beating down on the East Side 太阳晒在东边

Introductions are made in the haze 介绍在阴霾做

Emma, meet Alexander - 艾玛，满足亚历山大 -

Emma just smiles as she says: 艾玛只是微笑，她说：

   

"Take my hand. I'll take yours. “握住我的手，我就买你的。

Save my life. I'll save yours." 救我的命。我会救你的。 “

   

Life stretches loudly before her 生命绵延大声地在她面前

From the Bowery to old Suffolk Street 从包厘街老萨福克街

A five dollar bill in her pocket 在她的口袋里五美元钞票

And a worldful of people to meet 与人worldful满足

Ships rigging up in the Hudson 船舶操纵在哈得逊

Waiting for love to set sail 等待爱情启航

Emma she tells Alexander 艾玛她告诉亚历山大

"I'll be there when you walk from the jail" “我会在那里，当你从监狱里走”

   

"Take my hand. I'll take yours. “握住我的手，我就买你的。

Save my life. I'll save yours." 救我的命。我会救你的。 “

   

Newspaper talk turns to headlines 报纸的谈话变成头条新闻

A love so cemented in fame 一个爱所以凝成的名声

A word to the strike-breaking bosses 一句话罢工破老板

Propaganda in deed and in name 宣传部在行为和名字

Fourteen long years on the island 十四年之久岛上

It's a lifetime of summers to wait 这是夏天等待了一生

And Emma, she meets Alexander 和艾玛，她遇见亚历山大

As they unlock the last prison gate 当他们解开最后一个监狱大门

   

"Take my hand. I'll take yours. “握住我的手，我就买你的。

Save my life. I'll save yours." 救我的命。我会救你的。 “