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点击复制My father came from Japan in 1905
我的父亲是在1905年的时候
He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan
从日本迁徙过来的,那时候他只有15岁
He he he worked until he was able to buy this patch
他一直努力工作直到能够买这块小土地
And build a store
实际上是建个杂货店
Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream
让我来告诉你这个与梦一样的故事
I don't know why I have to tell it but I know what it means
我也不知道为什么要说，但我知道它一定意味着什么
Close your eyes just picture the scene
闭上你的眼睛，跟我一起描绘这幅画面吧
As I paint it for you it was World War II
那是在第二次世界大战
When this man named Kenji woke up
有一个叫做KENJI的男人
Ken was not a soldier
他并非是一名士兵
He was just a man with a family who owned a store in LA
他只是一名普通人，拥有一个幸福的家庭，并且在洛杉机开了一家小店
That day he crawled out of bed like he always did
这天，他像往常一样从床上爬起来
Bacon and eggs with wife and kids
为他的妻儿准备好了熏肉和鸡蛋
He lived on the second floor of a little store he ran
然后从楼上下来到自己的小店里边
He moved to LA from Japan
他从日本搬到洛杉机
They called him 'Immigrant '
美国人称他为：移民
In Japanese he'd say he was called Esay
日本人称他为：ISSEI
That meant 'First Generation In The United States '
这个名称的含义是：在美国的第一代人
When everyone was afraid of the Germans afraid of the Japs
那段时候，每个人都在恐惧着德国人，恐惧着日本人
But most of all afraid of a homeland attack
但是最恐惧的是对本土的袭击
And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat
在那个早晨，当KENJI出门踩在门外的垫子上的时候
His world went black 'cause
他整个世界被黑暗铺满
Right there front page news
因为在那张报纸的头版赫然写着
Three weeks before 1942
1942年前的三个礼拜
Pearl Harbour's Been Bombed And The Japs Are Comin'
日本人空袭珍珠港
Pictures of soldiers dyin' and runnin'
旁边的图片上是一群死亡和逃跑的士兵
Ken knew what it would lead to
KEN知道这意味着什么
Just like he guessed the President said
就像他意料的那样，总统命令：
The evil Japanese in our home country will be locked away
我们要把在我们国家的这些邪恶的日本鬼子关起来
They gave Ken a couple of days
他们给KEN几天的时间
To get his whole life packed in two bags
只给了他两个口袋让他带上自己生活的全部
Just two bags couldn't even pack his clothes
仅仅两个口袋连衣服都装不完
Some folks didn't even have a suitcase to pack anything in
一些人甚至都没有一个手提箱来装任何东西
So two trash bags was all they gave them
两个破口袋就是他们所给的全部
When the kids asked mum Where are we goin'
孩子们问他们的妈妈：我们要去哪里？
Nobody even knew what to say to them
但是没人知道怎么去回答可怜的孩子
Ken didn't wanna lie he said The US is lookin' for spies
KEN也不想对他的孩子撒谎，他说：美国人在找间谍
So we have to live in a place called Mandinar
所以我们到一个新的地方去住，叫做Manzanar
Where a lot of Japanese people are
很多的日本人都在那里住
Stop it don't look at the gunmen
别去招惹那些枪手
You don't wanna get the soldiers wonderin'
你不会想引起他们怀疑
If you gonna run or not
你究竟是否想逃跑
'Cause if you run then you might get shot
你跑的会比子弹快吗
Other than that try not to think about it
除此之外,就不要去想它了
Try not to worry 'bout it bein' so crowded
尽量不要去抱怨这一切的烦恼
Someday we'll get out someday someday
总有一天我们就会出去了，总有一天,总有一天
As soon as war broke out
战争爆发以后
The G I came and they just come to the house and
FBI闯进他们的房子里边
You have to come
你留下
All the Japanese have to go
所有日本人都出去
They took Mr Lee
就这样他们带走了Li先生
People didn't understand
人们都不理解
Why did they have to take him
为什么把他抓走
Because he's an innocent labourer
他只是一个无辜的工人啊!
So now they're in a town with soldiers surroundin' them
就这样人们被大兵们看守在一个镇子上
Every day every night look down at them
不分白天黑夜的监视着
From watch towers up on the wall
从墙上的瞭望塔
Ken couldn't really hate them at all
但是KEN并不真正的恨这些士兵
They were just doin' their job and
他们也只是做自己份内的工作
He wasn't gonna make any problems
而且他也不会惹麻烦的
He had a little garden with vegetables and fruits that
他有一个种满果蔬的园子
He gave to the troops in a basket his wife made
把它们放在他妻子做的篮子里,送给军队
But in the back of his mind he wanted his families life saved
但是在他的心里,他只是希望他家人的生命能得到安全
Prisoners of war in their own damn country
自己国家的人却成了战争的俘虏
What for
什么道理？
Time passed in the prison town
时间一天天过去了
He wanted them to live it down when they were free
他期盼着得到自由的那天
The only way out was joinin' the army
唯一的出路是加入军队
And supposedly some men went out for the army signed on
一些人加入了军队
And ended up flyin' to Japan with a bomb
带着炸弹回到了日本
That 15 kilotonne blast put an end to the war pretty fast
1.5亿吨的爆炸力使离战争结束不远了.
Two cities were blown to bits the end of the war came quick
两个城市消失了，战争很快结束了
Ken got out big hopes of a normal life with his kids and his wife
KEN出狱后满怀着期望能够和妻儿团聚了
But when they got back to their home
但是当他们回到他们以前的家的时候
What they saw made them feel so alone
他所看到的一切让他们感到孤独无助
These people had trashed every room
把窗户和门也砸的稀烂
Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors
把窗户和门也砸的稀烂
Written on the walls and the floor
并且在墙上写道：
Japs not welcome anymore
日本人再也不受欢迎了
And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside
KENJI怔在了门外，那两个口袋从他手里滑落
He looked at his wife without words to say
他看着他的妻子,说不出一句话
She looked back at him wiped the tears away
她悄悄转过身,抹去眼泪
And said Someday we'll be okay someday
伤心地说:总有一天会好起来,总有一天
Now the names have been changed but the story's true
现在故事的主人翁换了，但是故事是真实的
My family was locked up back in '42
我的家庭曾经在1942年的时候被关押起来
My family was there it was dark and damp
他们被关在的那个阴暗潮湿的地方
And they called it an internment camp
现在我们称之为 ：集中营
When we first got back from camp uhh
当我们第一次从那出来的时候
It was pretty pretty bad
真的 那真的很糟糕
I I remember my husband said
我记得我丈夫说过
Are we gonna stay 'til last
我们一定能撑到出去的时候的
Then my husband died before they close the
但我丈夫在集中营关闭之前就已经死了
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