I Have a Dream （Martin Luther King)
我有一个梦想 （马丁 路德 金）
......I say to you, my friends, so even though we must face thedifficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is adream deeply rooted in the American dream.
……今天，我对你们说，我的朋友们，尽管此时的困难与挫折，我们仍然有个梦，这是深深扎根于美国梦中的梦。
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live outthe true meaning of its creed - we hold these truths to beself-evident, that all men are created equal.
我有一个梦：有一天，这个国家将站起来，并实现它的信条的真正含义：“我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的，即所有的人都生来平等。”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons offormer slaves and sons of former slave-owners will be able to sitdown together at the table of brotherhood.
我有一个梦：有一天，在乔治亚州的红色山丘上，从前奴隶的子孙们和从前奴隶主的子孙们将能像兄弟般地坐在同一桌旁。
I have a dream that one day, even the state of Mississippi, a statesweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat ofoppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom andjustice.
我有一个梦：有一天，甚至密西西比州，一个有着不公正和压迫的热浪袭人的荒漠之州，将改造成自由和公正的绿洲。
I have a dream my four little children will one day live in anation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin butby the content of their character. I have a dream today!
我有一个梦：我的４个小孩将有一天生活在一个国度里，在那里，人们不是从他们的肤色，而是从他们的品格来评价他们。今天我有一个梦想!
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its viciousracists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the wordsof interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabamalittle black boys and black girls will be able to join hands withlittle white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers; I have adream today.
我有一个梦：有一天，阿拉巴马州将变成这样一个地方，那里黑人小男孩、小女孩可以和白人小男孩、小女孩，像兄弟姐妹一样手牵手并肩而行。今天我有一个梦想。
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, everyhill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places shall be madeplain, and the crooked places shall be made straight and the gloryof the Lord will be revealed and all flesh shall see ittogether.
我有一个梦：有一天，每一个峡谷将升高，每一座山丘和高峰被削低，崎岖粗糙的地方改造成平原，弯弯曲曲的地方变得笔直，上帝的荣耀得以展露，全人类都将举目共睹。
This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the Southwith. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain ofdespair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able totransform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautifulsymphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to worktogether, to pray together, to go to jail together, knowing that wewill be free one day.
这是我们的希望，这是信念，带着这个信念我回到南方，怀着这个信念我们将能从绝望之山中开采出一块希望之石。怀着这个信念，我们将能把我们国家的刺耳的不和音，转变成一曲优美动听的兄弟情谊交响曲。怀着这个信念，我们将能工作在一起，祈祷在一起，奋斗在一起，一起赴监狱，一起为自由而挺住。因为我们知道，有一天我们将获自由。
This will be the day when all of God's children will be able tosing with new meaning-"my country 'tis of thee; sweet land ofliberty; of thee I sing; land where my fathers died, land of thepilg rim's pride; from every mountain side, let freedom ring"-and ifAmerica is to be a great nation, this must become true.
将会有一天，那时，所有上帝的孩子们将能以新的含义高唱： 我的祖国， 你是自由的乐土。 我为你歌唱： 我的先辈的安葬之地，让自由的声音， 响彻每一道山岗。
So let freedom ring -- from the prodigious hill tops of NewHampshire, let freedom ring; from the mighty mountains of NewYork.Let freedom ring -- from the heightening Alleghenies ofPennsylvania.
如果说美国是一个伟大的国家，这必须要成真。因此，让自由的声音从新罕布什尔州巨大的山巅响起吧。让自由的声音从纽约州巍巍群山响起吧，让自由的声音从宾夕法尼亚州阿拉根尼高原响起吧！
Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado.
让自由的声音从科罗拉多州冰雪覆盖的落基山脉响起吧！
Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California.
让自由的声音从加利福尼亚婀娜多姿的山峰上响起吧！
But not only that.Let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain ofGeorgia.
但不仅如此，还让自由之声从乔治亚州的石峰上响起吧！
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
让自由之声从田纳西州的观景峰响起吧！
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi, fromevery mountainside, let freedom ring.
让自由之声从密西西比州的每一道山丘响起吧！在每一道山坡上，让自由之声响起吧！
When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from everyvillage and hamlet, from every state and city, we will be able tospeed up that day when all of God's children - black men and whitemen, Jews and Gentiles, Catholics and Protestants - will be able tojoin hands and to sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual,"Free at last, free at last; thank God Almighty, we are free atlast."
当我们让自由之声响彻之时，当我们让它从每一座村庄，从每一个州和每一座城市响起时，我们将能加速这一天的到来，那时，所有上帝的孩子们，黑人和白人，犹太人和异教徒们，基督徒和天主教徒们，将能手挽手，以那古老的黑人圣歌的歌词高唱；“终于自由了！终于自由了！感谢全能的上帝，我们终于自由了！”
======================= I Have a Dream
I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in historyas the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of ournation.
Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow westand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentousdecree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negroslaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. Itcame as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of theircaptivity.
But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. Onehundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippledby the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.One hundred years later, the Negro lives on a lonely island ofpoverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. Onehundred years later, the Negro is still languishing in the cornersof American society and finds himself an exile in his own land. Sowe have come here today to dramatize the shameful condition.
In a sense we’ve come to our nation’s capital to cash a check. Whenthe architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of theConstitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signinga promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. Thisnote was a promise that all men, yes, black men as well as whitemen, would be guaranteed the inalienable rights of life, liberty,and the pursuit of happiness.
It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissorynote insofar as her citizens of color are concerned. Instead ofhonoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro peoplea bad check, a check which has come back marked “insufficientfunds.”
But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. Werefuse to believe that there are “insufficient funds” in the greatvaults of opportunity of this nation. So we’ve come to cash thischeck-a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedomand the security of justice.
I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face thedifficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is adream deeply rooted in the American Dream. I have a dream that oneday this nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of itscreed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men arecreated equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons offormer slaves and the sons of former slave-owners, will they beable to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have adream, that one day even the state of Mississippi, a statesweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat ofoppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom andjustice.
I have a dream, that my four little children will one day live in anation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin butby the content of their character, I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its viciousracists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the wordsof interposition and nullification, one day right down in Alabamalittle black boys and black girls will be able to join hands withlittle white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have adream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, everyhill and mountain shall be made low; the rough places will be madeplain; and the crooked places will be made straight; and the gloryof the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.This is our hope.
So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire.Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedomring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedomring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ringfrom the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that, letfreedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring fromLookout Mountain of Tennessee. Let freedom ring from every hill andmolehill of Mississippi, from every mountainside. Let freedom ringand when this happens, when we allow freedom ring, when we let itring from every village and every hamlet, from every state andevery city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’schildren, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestantsand Catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words ofthe old Negro spiritual, “Free at last, free at last, thank Godalmighty, we are free at last.” 今天，我高兴地同大家一起，参加这次将成为我国历史上为了争取自由而举行的最伟大的示威集会。
100年前，一位伟大的美国人--今天我们就站在他象征性的身影下--签署了《解放宣言》。这项重要法令的颁布，对于千百万灼烤于非正义残焰中的黑奴，犹如带来希望之光的硕大灯塔，恰似结束漫漫长夜禁锢的欢畅黎明。
然而，100年后，黑人依然没有获得自由。100年后，黑人依然悲惨地蹒跚于种族隔离和种族歧视的枷锁之下。100年后，黑人依然生活在物质繁荣翰海的贫困孤岛上。100年后，黑人依然在美国社会中间向隅而泣，依然感到自己在国土家园中流离漂泊。
所以，我们今天来到这里，要把这骇人听闻的情况公诸于众。
从某种意义上说，我们来到国家的首都是为了兑现一张支票。我们共和国的缔造者在拟写宪法和独立宣言的辉煌篇章时，就签署了一张每一个美国人都能继承的期票。这张期票向所有人承诺--不论白人还是黑人--都享有不可让渡的生存权、自由权和追求幸福权。
然而，今天美国显然对她的有色公民拖欠著这张期票。美国没有承兑这笔神圣的债务，而是开始给黑人一张空头支票--一张盖著“资金不足”的印戳被退回的支票。但是，我们决不相信正义的银行会破产。我们决不相信这个国家巨大的机会宝库会资金不足。
因此，我们来兑现这张支票。这张支票将给我们以宝贵的自由和正义的保障。
我们来到这块圣地还为了提醒美国：现在正是万分紧急的时刻。现在不是从容不迫悠然行事或服用渐进主义镇静剂的时候。现在是实现民主诺言的时候。现在是走出幽暗荒凉的种族隔离深谷，踏上种族平等的阳关大道的时候。现在是使我们国家走出种族不平等的流沙，踏上充满手足之情的磐石的时候。现在是使上帝所有孩子真正享有公正的时候。
忽视这一时刻的紧迫性，对于国家将会是致命的。自由平等的朗朗秋日不到来，黑人顺情合理哀怨的酷暑就不会过去。1963年不是一个结束，而是一个开端。
如果国家依然我行我素，那些希望黑人只需出出气就会心满意足的人将大失所望。
在黑人得到公民权之前，美国既不会安宁，也不会平静。反抗的旋风将继续震撼我们国家的基石，直至光辉灿烂的正义之日来临。
但是，对于站在通向正义之宫艰险门槛上的人们，有一些话我必须要说。在我们争取合法地位的过程中，切不要错误行事导致犯罪。我们切不要吞饮仇恨辛酸的苦酒，来解除对于自由的饮渴。
我们应该永远得体地、纪律严明地进行斗争。我们不能容许我们富有创造性的抗议沦为暴力行动。我们应该不断升华到用灵魂力量对付肉体力量的崇高境界。
席卷黑人社会的新的奇迹般的战斗精神，不应导致我们对所有白人的不信任--因为许多白人兄弟已经认识到：他们的命运同我们的命运紧密相连，他们的自由同我们的自由休戚相关。他们今天来到这里参加集会就是明证。
我们不能单独行动。当我们行动时，我们必须保证勇往直前。我们不能后退。有人问热心民权运动的人：“你们什么时候会感到满意？”只要黑人依然是不堪形容的警察暴行恐怖的牺牲品，我们就决不会满意。只要我们在旅途劳顿后，却被公路旁汽车游客旅社和城市旅馆拒之门外，我们就决不会满意。只要黑人的基本活动范围只限于从狭小的黑人居住区到较大的黑人居住区，我们就决不会满意。只要我们的孩子被“仅供白人”的牌子剥夺个性，损毁尊严，我们就决不会满意。只要密西西比州的黑人不能参加选举，纽约州的黑人认为他们与选举毫不相干，我们就决不会满意。不，不，我们不会满意，直至公正似水奔流，正义如泉喷涌。
我并非没有注意到你们有些人历尽艰难困苦来到这里。你们有些人刚刚走出狭小的牢房。有些人来自因追求自由而遭受迫害风暴袭击和警察暴虐狂飙摧残的地区。你们饱经风霜，历尽苦难。继续努力吧，要相信：无辜受苦终得拯救。
回到密西西比去吧；回到亚拉巴马去吧；回到南卡罗来纳去吧；回到佐治亚去吧；回到路易斯安那去吧；回到我们北方城市中的贫民窟和黑人居住区去吧。要知道，这种情况能够而且将会改变。我们切不要在绝望的深渊里沉沦。
朋友们，今天我要对你们说，尽管眼下困难重重，但我依然怀有一个梦。这个梦深深植根于美国梦之中。
我梦想有一天，这个国家将会奋起，实现其立国信条的真谛：“我们认为这些真理不言而喻：人人生而平等。”
我梦想有一天，在佐治亚州的红色山岗上，昔日奴隶的儿子能够同昔日奴隶主的儿子同席而坐，亲如手足。
我梦想有一天，甚至连密西西比州--一个非正义和压迫的热浪逼人的荒漠之州，也会改造成为自由和公正的青青绿洲。
我梦想有一天，我的四个小女儿将生活在一个不是以皮肤的颜色，而是以品格的优劣作为评判标准的国家里。
我今天怀有一个梦。
我梦想有一天，亚拉巴马州会有所改变--尽管该州州长现在仍滔滔不绝地说什么要对联邦法令提出异议和拒绝执行--在那里，黑人儿童能够和白人儿童兄弟姐妹般地携手并行。
我今天怀有一个梦。
我梦想有一天，深谷弥合，高山夷平，歧路化坦途，曲径成通衢，上帝的光华再现，普天下生灵共谒。
这是我们的希望。这是我将带回南方去的信念。有了这个信念，我们就能从绝望之山开采出希望之石。有了这个信念，我们就能把这个国家的嘈杂刺耳的争吵声，变为充满手足之情的悦耳交响曲。有了这个信念，我们就能一同工作，一同祈祷，一同斗争，一同入狱，一同维护自由，因为我们知道，我们终有一天会获得自由。到了这一天，上帝的所有孩子都能以新的含义高唱这首歌：
我的祖国，可爱的自由之邦，我为您歌唱。这是我祖先终老的地方，这是早期移民自豪的地方，让自由之声，响彻每一座山岗。
如果美国要成为伟大的国家，这一点必须实现。因此，让自由之声响彻新罕布什尔州的巍峨高峰！
让自由之声响彻纽约州的崇山峻岭！
让自由之声响彻宾夕法尼亚州的阿勒格尼高峰！
让自由之声响彻科罗拉多州冰雪皑皑的洛基山！
让自由之声响彻加利福尼亚州的婀娜群峰！
不，不仅如此；让自由之声响彻佐治亚州的石山！
让自由之声响彻田纳西州的望山！
让自由之声响彻密西西比州的一座座山峰，一个个土丘！
让自由之声响彻每一个山岗！
当我们让自由之声轰响，当我们让自由之声响彻每一个大村小庄，每一个州府城镇，我们就能加速这一天的到来。那时，上帝的所有孩子，黑人和白人，犹太教徒和非犹太教徒，耶稣教徒和天主教徒，将能携手同唱那首古老的黑人灵歌：“终于自由了！终于自由了！感谢全能的上帝，我们终于自由了！”
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