奧巴馬就職典禮英語(yǔ)詩(shī)歌：贊歌獻(xiàn)給這一天

　　下面是學(xué)習(xí)啦小編為大家?guī)?lái)奧巴馬就職典禮英語(yǔ)詩(shī)歌：贊歌獻(xiàn)給這一天，希望大家喜歡!

　　Each day we go about our business,

　　walking past each other, catching each other’s

　　eyes or not, about to speak or speaking.

　　每一天,我們忙于自己的事,

　　彼此擦肩而過(guò),或瞥見(jiàn)對(duì)方

　　或無(wú)視對(duì)方,想說(shuō)話或正在說(shuō)話。

　　All about us is noise. All about us is

　　noise and 1)bramble, thorn and 2)din, each

　　one of our ancestors on our tongues.

　　我們周遭全是噪音。我們周遭全是

　　噪音和荊棘,芒刺和喧囂。我們

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　　Someone is stitching up a hem, 3)darning

　　a hole in a uniform, 4)patching a tire,

　　repairing the things in need of repair.

　　有人在縫褶邊,補(bǔ)

　　制服上的一個(gè)洞,修補(bǔ)一個(gè)輪胎,

　　修補(bǔ)需要修補(bǔ)的東西。

　　Someone is trying to make music somewhere,

　　with a pair of wooden spoons on an 5)oil drum,

　　with 6)cello, 7)boombox, 8)harmonica, voice.

　　有人試著用一對(duì)木勺敲擊油桶,

　　用大提琴、音箱喇叭、口琴和人聲,

　　在某處奏樂(lè)。

　　A woman and her son wait for the bus.

　　A farmer considers the changing sky.

　　A teacher says, Take out your pencils. Begin.

　　一個(gè)女人和她的兒子在等公車;

　　一位農(nóng)夫在細(xì)看變幻的天空;

　　一位老師說(shuō),拿出你們的鉛筆,開(kāi)始。

　　We encounter each other in words, words

　　9)spiny or smooth, whispered or declaimed,

　　words to consider, reconsider.

　　我們彼此在言辭中相遇,帶刺

　　或溫和的言辭,喃喃低語(yǔ)或慷慨陳詞,

　　需要推敲、再推敲的言辭。

　　We cross dirt roads and highways that mark

　　the will of someone and then others, who said

　　I need to see what’s on the other side.

　　我們穿過(guò)泥路和高速公路,它們

　　標(biāo)志著某人和后來(lái)其他一些人的意愿,

　　他們說(shuō),我要看看那一頭會(huì)有什么。

　　I know there’s something better down the road.

　　We need to find a place where we are safe.

　　We walk into that which we cannot yet see.

　　我知道路的前方有更好的東西。

　　我們需要找一個(gè)讓自己安全的地方。

　　我們走進(jìn)還未能看見(jiàn)的地方。

　　10)Say it plain: that many have died for this day.

　　Sing the names of the dead who brought us here,

　　who laid the train tracks, raised the bridges,

　　明白地說(shuō)吧:許多人為了這一天而犧牲。

　　歌唱死者的名字吧,是他們把我們帶到今天,

　　他們鋪設(shè)鐵軌,架起橋梁,

　　picked the cotton and the lettuce, built

　　brick by brick the glittering 11)edifices

　　they would then keep clean and work inside of.

　　采摘棉花和萵苣,一磚一瓦地

　　建造閃光的大廈,

　　接著,他們打掃干凈,在里面工作。

　　Praise song for struggle, praise song for the day.

　　Praise song for every hand-lettered sign,

　　the figuring-it-out at kitchen tables.

　　贊歌獻(xiàn)給奮斗,獻(xiàn)給這一天。

　　贊歌獻(xiàn)給每一塊手寫的口號(hào)牌,

　　獻(xiàn)給在廚房餐桌上思索出來(lái)的妙想。

　　Some live by love thy neighbor as thyself,

　　others by first do no harm or take no more

　　than you need. What if the mightiest word is love?

　　有人活著,愛(ài)人如己,

　　有人以不作惡,或僅取所需為導(dǎo)向

　　假若“愛(ài)”是最強(qiáng)大的一個(gè)字,會(huì)怎樣?

　　Love beyond marital, 12)filial, national,

　　love that casts a widening pool of light,

　　love with no need to 13)pre-empt grievance.

　　愛(ài)超越了婚姻、血緣、民族,

　　愛(ài)投射出的光圈不斷擴(kuò)大,

　　愛(ài)無(wú)需排斥怨尤。

　　In today’s sharp sparkle, this winter air,

　　any thing can be made, any sentence begun.

　　On the brink, on the brim, on the 14)cusp,

　　praise song for walking forward in that light.

　　在今天這耀眼的陽(yáng)光中,在這冬日的空氣里,

　　一切事情皆可造就,任何句子皆可作為開(kāi)場(chǎng)白。

　　在懸崖邊,在河岸邊,在重要關(guān)頭,

　　贊歌獻(xiàn)給在光明中的前進(jìn)。