演讲原文:
我有一个梦想
(中)
I have a dream.
(英)
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.”
(中)
我梦想有一天,这个会站起来,实现其信条的真谛:“我们认为这些真理是不言而喻的,人人生而平等。”
(英)
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.
(中)
我梦想有一天,在佐治亚州的红色山丘上,曾经的儿子和曾经主的儿子能够坐在兄弟的餐桌旁。
(英)
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
(中)
我梦想有一天,密西西比州——一个在非正义和的酷热中煎熬的州,将变成自由与正义的绿洲。
(英)
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.
(中)
我梦想有一天,我的四个孩子将在一个不以他们的肤色,而以他们的品格来评价他们的中生活。
(英)
I have a dream today!
(中)
今天,我有一个梦想!
(英)
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.
(中)
我梦想有一天,在阿拉巴马州——在那里,的者,嘴唇上还挂着干涉和否决的字眼——在那里,黑人男孩和女孩能够和白人男孩和白人女孩携手,成为兄弟姐妹。
(英)
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.”
(中)
我梦想有一天,每个山谷都将升高,每个山丘和山峰都将降低,崎岖的地方将变得平坦,弯曲的地方将变得笔直;“的荣耀将显现,都将一同看见。”
(英)
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!”
(中)
这将是一个日子,当上帝所有的孩子——黑人、白人、、新、和浸信会——能够携手,唱着古老的黑人灵歌的歌词:“终于自由了!终于自由了!感谢全能的上帝,我们终于自由了!”
背景故事:
1963年,正处于运动的浪潮中。马丁·路德·金是运动的之一,他倡导非抗议,反对。为了争取黑人平等,他了“华盛顿工作与自由”,并在会上发表了这篇著名的演讲。
这篇演讲对当时的社会产生了深远的影响,推动了法案的颁布,为黑人争取了平等。马丁·路德·金的梦想成为了美权运动的重要标志,也成为了世界范围内反对和追求平等的重要象征。