原文:
I Have a Dream
Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
August 28, 1963
The Great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
My fellow Americans, let me tell you about a dream that I have had.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
This will be the day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Protestants, Catholics and Baptists, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at last!”
Speech in English:
I Have a Dream
Delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.
August 28, 1963
The Great March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom
My fellow Americans, let me tell you about a dream that I have had.
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; “and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.”
This will be the day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Protestants, Catholics and Baptists, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! Free at last! Thank God almighty, we are free at last!”
逐段解读:
第一段:马丁·路德·金以“我有一个梦想”开篇,直接点明了演讲的主题。他提到的是关于一个梦想,这个梦想是实现其信念的真正意义。
第二段:金博士提到的是关于平等的信念,他希望这个能够实现这个信念,让所有人在上帝面前都是平等的。
第三段:金博士描述了他的一个具体梦想,即在一个叫做乔治亚的红山上,前和前主的儿子们能够坐在一起,共同享受兄弟情谊。
第四段:金博士表达了对密西西比州未来的希望,希望这个曾经充满不公和的州能够变成自由和正义的绿洲。
第五段:金博士希望他的四个孩子能够在不以外貌而以性格为标准评判的中生活。
第六段:金博士再次提到他的梦想,强调了这个梦想的重要性。
第七段:金博士将梦想的焦点转向了阿拉巴马州,那里有的者和持有干涉和否认权力的州长。他希望有一天,那里的黑人儿童能够和白人儿童手拉手,成为兄弟姐妹。
第八段:金博士引用了圣经中的一句话,表达了他的愿景,即所有的山谷都将升高,所有的山和山都将降低,崎岖的地方将被填平,弯曲的地方将被拉直。
第九段:金博士描绘了一个愿景,即所有上帝的孩子,无论黑人、白人、、新、还是浸信会,都将能够手拉手,共同唱响古老的黑人灵歌“最后自由了!最后自由了!感谢上帝,我们终于自由了!”
通过这段演讲,马丁·路德·金不仅表达了他对平等的渴望,也激发了一代人对平等和正义的追求。