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Cory Booker Addresses the Class of 2013/科里·布克耶鲁大学2013届毕业典礼演讲
Newark mayor Cory Booker, LAW '97, addressed the Yale Class of 2013 during the traditional Class Day speech on May 19th 2013. 新泽西州纽瓦克市市长科里·布克，法97，解决2013耶鲁班在五月十九日2013日的讲话中，传统的课堂。
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英汉双语对照剧本
Class of 2013
2013届毕业生们
All right
很好
I'm a little bit fork length right now
我现在很有些激动
because
因为
it is so good to be back here
很高兴回到这里
but just that these hats have now have been in this weird state
但这些代表自豪和爱国心的帽子
of pride and patriotism
状态有些古怪
as well as dismay that your ascending president here
你们即将上任的校长却很让人沮丧
did not know -- who's a great man and a Stanford man too, I must say
他也是一个很棒的人 一个斯坦福人 我不得不说
did not know that that hat was Boba Fett's hat
他不知道那种帽子是波巴·费特帽
and instead
相反
in a style --
这种样式
in a style that only President Barack Obama could confuse
这种样式只有巴拉克·奥巴马会搞错
It's like a Vulcan mind trick or whatever
这就像是瓦肯人的心灵控制术
that is not Darth Vader's hat
这不是达斯·维达帽
that is Boba Fett for crying out loud
这是波巴·费特帽好不好
Get your star wars rights
星球大战不容搞错
I was nervous. I was here during the time of 11 at this incredible --
我很紧张 我11点来到这个令人难以置信的…
I heard so much about this man
关于这个人我听说了很多
Extraordinary, I want to welcome him. I'm so excited about your presidency
非同一般 我想欢迎他 你能当上校长我真的很激动
Thank you for having me here as well
感谢你今天请我来
I want to say also the hat I see over here
我还要说这边我所看到的帽子
shows you the change of times
向你们展示了时代的变迁
because it was a hat that used to fill me full of enmity and anger
因为这种帽子最初让我充满敌意和愤怒
and I would want people to take it off immediately
我想要别人立刻把它脱下来
Now it fills me a sense of national pride and love
而现在 它让我充满了民族自豪感和爱
and it's a Boston hat for crying out loud
这是波士顿帽 拜托
As a Yankee fan
作为洋基队球迷
I'm very happy
我很高兴
So look, this is incredible for me to be back here
我能回到这里非常不可思议
I was a law student at Yale and many
我曾经是耶鲁的法学院学生
people might think that's what defined my experience with the law school but
很多人认为法学院经历定义了我的人生经历
I probably had one of the greatest Yale experiences imaginable
可以说 我拥有所能拥有的最美妙的耶鲁经历
because for 2 of my years
因为我有两年
I lived with undergraduates in Pierson College
和皮尔逊学院的本科生们住在一起
as a -- yes
作为… 好
and -- yes
而且… 好
The P is for the P in Pierson College
P是皮尔逊学院的首字母
So I just cannot take -- this is an opportunity to say thank you to
所以我必须利用这个机会 感谢
one of the more extraordinary men I've met in my academic journey
我大学生涯中遇到的这位杰出人物
who is the master of Pierson College
也就是皮尔逊学院院长
Harvey Goldblatt. Thank you Harvey
哈维·戈德布拉特 谢谢你 哈维
for your incredible love and decency
谢谢你难以置信的爱和正直品质
Where? There he is. Stand up, Harvey
你在哪 在那里 站起来 哈维
So I have a strange approach to my remarks today
我今天讲话的方式有些奇特
and it has a lot to do with Pierson College
这很大程度上同皮尔逊学院有关
Now I am confident
我敢说
that nobody at Pierson College
皮尔逊学院没有人
knows what I'm about to tell you about Pierson College
会知道接下来关于皮尔逊学院我要讲什么
Pierson College was named for -- this is what you do know --
皮尔逊学院这个名字来自于… 这个你们知道
was named for Abraham Pierson, who was
来自于亚伯拉罕·皮尔逊
the first rector of Yale university
他是首任耶鲁大学校长
known as really the first president of this great college
他以这所伟大学校的首位校长闻名于世
but Pierson
但皮尔逊
Abraham Pierson actually spent his time before he came to Yale
亚伯拉罕·皮尔逊在来到耶鲁之前 一直身处
in Newark, New Jersey
新泽西州纽瓦克市
His father
他父亲
was one of the founders of the great city of Newark
是伟大纽瓦克市的建立者之一
and for me this was a powerful revelation as I began
这对我而言是一个强大的启示 让我明白
to get clarity about what my life purpose was was to join this incredible city
我的人生目的就是要加入到这个不可思议的城市
in a course that I thought was far greater than myself
这是我要为之奋斗的事业 重要性远大于我自己
As I read more about Abraham Pierson while living at Pierson College
我在皮尔逊学院期间 对亚伯拉罕·皮尔逊的了解也越来越深
I saw one weird similarity to his life and to mine
我认识到我和他历程有一个奇妙的相似点
His father helped found Newark
他父亲帮助建立了纽瓦克
But really what he helped to found was a religious institution
实际上他所建立的是一个宗教组织
It was a puritan endeavor to find a space of gravity and divinity here on earth
纽瓦克是为清教徒寻找庄严和神圣之地而建立起来的
While me on the other hand, I at Yale university
同他很相似 我在耶鲁大学
and proud to stand before you right now
现在很自豪地站在你们面前
having founded a religiously based group while I was here
我也曾创立过一个基于宗教的团体
It is known, I hope some people here are affiliated with
它小有名气 我希望你们有人加入其中
the great Eliezer society
也就是伟大的以利以谢社团
Thank you very much for the one person
非常感谢 这里有一个人
who is a part of Eliezer here
是以利以谢社团成员
but in truth, Eliezer is one of my most proudest Yale affiliations
实际上 以利以谢是我在耶鲁最自豪的一个社团
and I say that with all sincerity
我这句话非常真挚
We started Eliezer with a young rabbi
我们和一位年轻拉比 创建了以利以谢社团
I met him on his 21th birthday. He was
我是在他21岁生日时遇见他的 他是
a Hasidic Chabad rabbi
一位哈西德派哈巴德主义拉比
and you know I don't have something caught in my throat for
要知道 对于非犹太教徒而言
those of you who are non-Jewish
我没有什么堵在喉咙里 不能说的
This was a Hasidic rabbi who was an extraordinary man
这位哈西德派拉比是一位很了不起的人
and it was five of us around a table
我们当时五个人围着一张桌子
at Taft apartment
在塔夫脱公寓
who on a Shabbat night
在安息日晚上
celebrated this wonderful organization's beginning
庆祝这个奇妙组织的成立
I am a non-Jew. I am Christian
我是非犹太教徒 我是基督教徒
but this was to me extraordinary, we started a society
但这对我来说意义非凡 我们创建了一个社团
named after Eliezer
命名为以利以谢
who was from the Torah, actually is a non-Jew himself, and
这个人物来自摩西五经 他本人也不是犹太教徒 而且
he was sent by Abraham
他被亚伯拉罕派去
to find a wife for his son
为他儿子寻找妻子
Interestingly
有趣的是
this is -- the word Eliezer really means
以利以谢这个名字的实际意义是
the son of a servant, the servant of Eli actually
仆人之子 这里实际上是以利的仆人
and in many ways the spirit and the vision we had
实际上 很多方面来讲 和一位拉比一起
for this organization founded with a rabbi was
创建这个组织的精神和愿景在于
to try to find ways to serve all
希望找到各种服务于所有人的方式
and so today I want to do something a little different than you were probably
所以我今天这次演讲的内容 可能是你们没料到的
expecting from this Christian man from Newark, New Jersey
你们不会想到 来自新泽西纽瓦克的基督教徒会这样讲
but in honor of a man named Abraham Pierson
我将向亚伯拉罕·皮尔逊表达敬意
who had a spiritual drive that helped to found the city
他继承了纽瓦克这座城市建造者的精神力量
that I now lead as mayor
而我现在则是这座城市的市长
I want to do something that has probably never been done before at this university
我的讲法 可能在这座学校历史上前无古人
I want to stand here as a Christian in all of my non-Jewish self
我站在这里 作为一名基督徒 一名非犹太教徒
and give you all a Dvar Torah
而演讲却是摩西五经宣讲
For those of you
我稍微讲一下
who have no idea what Dvar Torah is
免得有人不理解摩西五经宣讲
it actually is to speak on a religious view from the Torah
它也就是从摩西五经的宗教观点来宣讲
or many of you the Old Testament
摩西五经可以看作是旧约
and if those of you want some clarity for those Jews and Jew-curious people or
如果你对犹太教 或者好奇犹太教的人感兴趣
those of you who are behind Jane seek Christian
而自己又是基督教徒 对此不甚了解
we can have a conversation afterwards if you need some help or translation with this
演讲后可以找我谈谈 我可以跟你讲得更明白一些
but actually I want just to go to the subject of vision
实际上 我这里是想强调"异象"这一主题
I was taught this in a black church in New Jersey and
我是在新泽西的黑人教会中学到这一点的
relearnt it studying Torah here at Yale
之后在耶鲁研读摩西五经后 我又获得了新的认识
There's this wonderful phrase many of you might know
有一句话说得很好 你们很多人可能也都知道
Without vision
没有异象
the people will perish
民就灭亡
and being that I saw no heads nod up-and-down that they knew that verse
我没有看到有人点头 表示自己认得这句经典
I guess Rick Santorum is right. This is a godless university
我想里克·桑托勒姆是对的 这是一所无神主义大学
So I want to speak just very quickly of two stories
我想快速讲两个故事
Two stories about this idea of vision
两个故事都是关于异象的
and why I actually do believe without vision, the people will perish
我会谈到为什么我相信 没有异象 民就灭亡
Now I'm going to borrow from two traditions in my family
我将借由我的两个家庭传统来讲这个
from the African-American aural tradition
这是非裔美国人的听觉传统
and now you have to understand that my tradition
我想让你们理解
the aural tradition in my family strangely was very bifurcate
我家的听觉传统 被奇怪地分为两种
There was a tradition that my father and my grandfather upheld
一种传统来自我的父亲和祖父
and there was one that my mother and my grandmother
另一种来自我的母亲和祖母
a matriarchal tradition and a patriarchal tradition
一边是母系传统 一边是父系传统
and I saw that actually in my last graduation right here at Yale university
我最后在耶鲁毕业的时候 就经历过这些
because my parents would come up to me
当时我父母都到这里来
with my mom saying very different things than other people
母亲说的和其他人都很不同
You know she would come up to me and remind me what I want to remind you all
她跟我讲的 同我要跟你们讲的一样
that this should be a day of gratitude
说这应该是一个感激的日子
She would wrap her arms around me and say be thankful today
她抱住我说 今天要充满感激之情
be thankful to the people in the corporation
感谢大学里的所有人
be thankful to the faculty and the professors
感谢教学团队和教授
She reminded me like I want to remind you that we should be thankful to our families
她跟我说 还应该感谢家人 这也是我要跟你们说的
As my mom once said, behind every successful child is astonished parents
我母亲曾说 每个成功的孩子身后 都站着吃惊的父母
and I know there's a lot of astonishment here today
我知道 今天这里肯定也有很多惊讶之情
She also reminded me to be thankful for those people who at this university
她还提醒我 要记得感谢学校中
take pride in your graduation
为你们毕业作出贡献的人
those people who served you food, those people who did the lawn
那些为你们做饭的人 那些为你们修剪草坪的人
those people who clean bathrooms
那些清扫卫生间的人
those people who works so hard to make this university function
那些为学校正常运作付出了艰苦的劳动
but often do not get our thanks
却经常没有得到我们感谢的人
And so the nurturing tradition of my mother and grandmother was really wonderful
可见 我母亲和祖母的培养方式非常棒
that my father and my grandfather had a different way of giving me love and I
我父亲和祖父也很爱我 但他们的表达方式大不相同
feel so extraordinary blessed to have both of these traditions
能同时拥有这两种不同方式的爱 让我感到很幸福
because my father and my grandfather having gone to every single one of my graduations
我父亲和祖父会出席我的每次毕业典礼
their role was to tease me as much as possible
他们会尽可能地取笑我
My father would always remind me whenever I try to get the proud in a moment like this
每次出席这种场合时 我父亲都会给我泼冷水
he would say, boy, I don't walk around here like you hit a triple
他会说 儿子 不要以为你取得了很高的成就
because you were born on third base, young man
这只不过是因为你生在了一个好的家庭罢了
I graduate from high school, I'm feeling proud
我高中毕业时也很自豪
president of my class, honored society
我是班长 社团荣誉成员
I was all-American high school football player on the way to Stanford
我入选全美高中橄榄球运动员阵容 考取斯坦福大学
and he looks at me and looks at me hard and says, son, don't be too proud today
他看着我 口里却说出一句 儿子 别高兴得太早
I know you're going off to Stanford
我知道你考上了斯坦福
but you're going off to Stanford is because of 4.0 and 1600
但你考上斯坦福是因为4.0和1600
4.0 yards per carry and 1600 receiving yards your senior year
你高中最后一年4.0的平均冲球码数和1600的接球总码数
When I graduated from Stanford, my father, grandfather crowded around me
我从斯坦福毕业时 我父亲 祖父围着我
They grabbed the program and they said
他们拿起毕业证书说
I see you didn't graduate magna cum laude
我看到你没有以极优等成绩毕业
You didn't graduate summa cum laude
没有以最优等成绩毕业
You just graduated thank you, Lordy. I'm out of here
你只是普通毕业 我没脸待在这里了
And here I am at Yale
后来我读耶鲁
coming to my graduation, my final graduation
最后一次参加自己的毕业典礼
My father walks out to me and says, it's about time boy
我父亲跑来跟我说 是时候了 儿子
you've got more degrees in the month of July and you're not hot
你在七月份获得了更多的学位 但没有公司抢着要你
Get a job
找份工作去
And the sad thing is
最为悲催的是
as a politician, my father still looks at me and says, get a job
作为政治人物 我父亲仍然对我说 找份工作去
And so my parents have their stories, 2 of which I want to share with you
我的父母有他们的故事 我想同你们分享两个
and then I'm done about vision
这样我就把异象讲清楚了
and please understand that when my mom, my sweet mother, my sweet grandmother
请大家理解 我亲切的母亲 亲切的祖母
when they tell a story, they each have a pension, for accuracy and detail
讲故事时都非常在意准确和细节
When they tell me a story, even if I've heard it before
她们讲故事时 哪怕故事我原来听过
I pay attention
我也会集中注意力
because I'm gonna learn something and get another fact
因为我总能学到新知识
When my father and my grandfather, 2 extraordinary man I loved them dearly
而我父亲和祖父 这两位我深爱的杰出人士
but when they tell a story
他们讲故事时
they have a pension for hyperbole and exaggeration
则非常在意夸张和夸大
Their stories gets so dramatic
他们的故事非常具有戏剧性
My father I tell you, he says, son, I was born poor
我父亲他说 儿子 我出生时很穷
Now you would heckle me if I said that
现在我如果这么说 你可以诘问我
Don't you tell those people I was poor
别告诉别人说我很穷
because I was just po, p-o, I couldn't afford the other 2 letters
因为我只是po 我负担不起poor的另外两个字母
And I'm telling you
我告诉你们
though weather changed over the times, he tells stories
他讲的故事中 天气总会不断变化
every single story was a storm, but then eventually
他讲的每个故事都是一场风暴 但最后
the hail began
冰雹开始下落
and I'm telling you
而且我告诉你们
the hail moved from every single ball a sport has
冰雹会经历体育中各种球的大小
it was first the hail of the size of golf balls
首先高尔夫球那么大的冰雹
then the hail of the size of base balls
然后是垒球那么大的冰雹
eventually we moved on to beach ball for crying out loud
最终冰雹达到沙滩球那么大
then there was the galactic hail
然后还有银河冰雹
and I would try to catch my dad in inconsistencies
我经常在父亲的故事中发现不合理的地方
He would tell me the story about in the mountain of North Carolina he --
有一次他跟我讲北卡罗来纳山区的故事
would start a story about the steep hill
故事一开始讲陡峭的山峰
almost a cliff yet to climb just to get to school
他几乎要爬上悬崖 才能到达学校
and then he tells me some story, and forget
然后他讲故事时却忘了这点
and before I knew, he was going home up another steep cliff and hill
他说他回家需要爬上另外一个陡峭的悬崖
I don't know what kind of geographical anomaly he grew up in
真不知道他生长在怎样的畸形地貌中
and I finally, I know -- again this is Dvar Torah
最后我终于知道… 这仍然是摩西五经宣讲
So I can tell you I broke a Ten Commandment
可以说 我是打破了十诫
but there's one about honoring your mother and father
有一条是尊重父母
My father started story telling me, son
我父亲有个故事开头说 儿子
when the tsunami hit our town -- and I'm like, Dad
当海啸袭击我们镇时… 我说 爸爸
Dad, stop, I'm sorry
爸爸 等等 对不起
There's no way you could have had a tsunami in the mountains of North Carolina
北卡罗来纳怎么可能会有海啸发生呢
and my dad crosses his arms against indignity, he doesn't retreat
我父亲把手抱在胸前 面对我的轻蔑 他毫不退缩
who cares if you got your facts wrong, he looks at and he says boy
似乎不在乎事实上的错误 他看着我 说
I'm telling you the tsunami hit. It was a long time ago before the internet
我说有海啸就是有 这是互联网出现之前很久的事了
You can't look it up but it happened
你查不到 但确实发生过
And so 2 stories about vision
两个关于异象的故事
Sort of the first one I want to tell you
我想讲的第一个
is a part of my father and my grandfather's tradition
部分是我父亲和祖父的传统
and Stephen Colbert says it has a high level of truthiness
斯蒂芬·科尔伯特说 它有更高层次的真实性
Well, it's not quite true
这并不很对
and this story about vision is very simple. I was at a very young age
这个关于异象的故事很简单 当时我很年轻
The youngest elected in my city at that time
是当时市里最年轻的民选官员
The youngest elected person I was on the city council in Newark, New Jersey
我是新泽西纽瓦克市议会最年轻的议员
and I was also at the same time
而同时 我又是
serving on the board of trustees at Stanford University
斯坦福大学董事会成员
and so I had this interesting experience of leaving
这就让我有了这种奇妙经历
the board of trustees essentially for a city and flying to California
我需要经常从市议会飞赴加利福尼亚
to serve on the board of trustees of that university
为大学董事会服务
and I do it 5 times a year
一年我要飞五次
and one day in a council meeting in a fight
有一天市政会议上所有人打作一团
and I don't know what kind of cities you guys come from
我不知道你们来自怎样的城市
but when I say a fight, I mean a literal fight
反正我这里说的打架是动真格的
Someone had me in a headlock
有人把我脑袋夹住
2 people around my legs
两个人抱着我的腿
and my aid bursts into the council chambers and says Cory
这时我助手火急火燎冲到议会大厅 他说 科里
you've got to go man
你需要出发了 老兄
Your plane leaves in fifteen minutes
你的飞机15分钟后起飞
You've got to go to on your plane
你需要赶飞机了
and then he pauses for a second and looks at his watch and he goes you know what
他停下来看了看表 然后你猜他说了什么
Forget it. You're going to miss this plane. It's only fifteen
算了吧 飞机肯定赶不上了 只剩15分钟了
You can't make it Cory. It's impossible
你做不到 科里 已经不可能了
Now what my aid didn't realize at that point
我助手这时还完全没有注意到
is that he let that word slip, a word that I had been taught --
他说漏嘴了一个词 这是我从小到大所受的教诲中
is a word I had to reject, this word, impossible
一直都非常抵制的一个词 也就是"不可能"
As soon as he said, I knew he knew what was coming
说这个之后 他肯定会立刻认识到问题的严重性
Something I tended to do back then
我肯定立刻对此进行回击
which is I put my hand on my hip
我把手叉在腰间
and I looked at him and I said you know some
我瞪着他 我说 你知道吗
my mama told me, ain't no such thing as impossible
我妈妈教过我 没有什么是不可能的
and thank you for applauding
谢谢你们鼓掌
but he didn't applaud
但他没有鼓掌
he just rolled his eyes at me
他只是白了我一眼
and he goes, here we go
说 那走吧
and so he ran and got the car and drove it around to the front of city hall
于是他跑着把车开到市政厅前
I charged out of the city hall, dove into the car
我猛冲出市政厅 钻进车里
and we raced off to Newark airport
然后开车飞奔向纽瓦克机场
I'm the mayor of the city now
我现在是纽瓦克市长了
I cannot tell you we broke any traffic laws
我不能告诉你们说 我违反过交通法规
As I was walking around with dignitaries from the university
我现在和这所大学的显要人物们在一起
I could not tell them that I broke any law here as well
我也不能告诉他们 我违反过交通法规
but we get to the airport
无论如何 我们顺利到达了机场
and those people who, no advanced mathematics, you know the equation
哪怕没有学过数学的人 也都知道
that has been tested by the smartest people on the planet
地球上最聪明的学者所验证得出的公式
usually at airport, they test this theory that simply says
通常在机场 这个公式也就是说
the more of a hurry you're in
你越急着赶飞机
the longer the line at the airport
机场的队就会排得越长
and so I walked into the 4A, I see the counters there, long line, but I
于是我走到4A柜台 排了很长的队 但我
Cory Booker, I'm being called to prove that impossible things are possible
科里·布克 受到上帝召唤 来证明没有不可能的事
I'm here to attack the cynicism of the non-believers
我负有击溃不信神者冷嘲热讽的使命
and so I do what I have to do
于是我做了我必须做的事
and because of honor and righteousness
为了荣耀和正义
I cut everybody in line
我插队到每个人的前面
And now, there is carry-on baggage being thrown at the back of my head
这时 有人把行李箱扔过来 砸到我的后脑勺上
It's not mother's day but I'm being called a mother
这一天不是母亲节 但却有人管我叫大妈
And I lean at the counter
我不顾一切 把身子倾往柜台
and I say
我说
ma'am, I want flight 2222 going to San Francisco
女士 我要飞往旧金山的2222次航班
please give me my ticket
请把票给我
And the woman looks at me, she goes, sir
那位女士看着我说 先生
I don't know if you're aware but that flight leaves in six minutes and probably
您可能没意识到 但航班将在6分钟后起飞
closed the door already. I'm sorry sir you can't get on that plane. It's
舱门可能已经关闭 我很抱歉先生 您不能登机 这是
impossible
不可能的
This woman did not know my mother
这位女士肯定不认识我母亲
So I put my hand on my hip
于是我把手插到腰间
and I said you know some my mama told me, ain't no such thing as impossible
我说 你知道吗 我妈妈教过我 没有什么是不可能的
and then let me tell you
而且让我告诉你
I don't care if you're Irish, if you're Italian, if you're Korean, if your Columbian
我不管你是爱尔兰人 意大利人 韩国人 还是哥伦比亚人
if you're New Jerseyan
只要你是新泽西人
sometimes you've got to get ethnic on people
有时 你就需要跟人们讲种族的道理
and so I put on my hand on my other hip
于是 我把手插到另外一侧的腰间
and I said and my grandmama told me
我说 我奶奶教过我
that black people have been making a way out of no way for a long time
很久以来 黑人一直都是在没有道路的地方 走出自己的道路
I'm going to get on that plane, ma'am
我要上这趟飞机 女士
And so at this point
这时
she must have known my aid, because she rolls her eyes too
她肯定是认识我的助手 因为她也朝我翻白眼
and she says you can go ahead and try, she hands me my ticket
她说 那你自己去试试吧 她把票递给我
Well, at this point, I throw my bag over my shoulder
这时 我把行李袋背在身后
and I start sprinting through that airport
然后在机场飞奔
jumping over bags, dodging people, running through the airport like a man from a
跳过行李袋 闪避人群 就像一个广告中
commercial, we don't talk about anymore
冲过机场的人一样 我们不再讲这个了
The older people get that joke a lot better than the younger ones
老一辈对这个笑话的了解 要比年轻人更好
And I get about 25 yards from the gate
在我离大门只有25码的地方
and there's this woman putting the combination on the door
我看到有位女士正在按密码关门
and I scream at here, I go, stop!
我尖叫到 停
And this woman swings around
这位女士转过身来
sees a former tight end from Stanford University
看到一位曾经的斯坦福大学近端锋
barrelling down on her, she drops her clipboard
朝她杀来 她吓得把记事板掉到地上
pins herself against the wall
人钉到墙上
She goes, what's wrong. I go, ma'am
她问 出什么事了 我说 女士
I am on that plane
我在那趟飞机上
And she goes, no, you're not
她说 不 你不在
and I said you don't understand
我说 你不懂
I tell you I'm on that plane. She goes, sir, I'm sorry
我告诉你 我在那趟飞机上 她说 先生 我很抱歉
We have given away all the seats
所有座位已满
You cannot get on this plane. It's
您不能登机 这是
impossible
不可能的
She didn't know my mama
她不认识我妈妈
So I put my hand on my hip
她不认识我妈妈
and I said, my ma'am told me, ain't no such thing as impossible
说 我妈妈教过我 没有什么是不可能的
Switch my hands, and I said that my grandmama told me
换个手 我说 我奶奶教过我
black people have been making a way out of no way for a long time
很久以来 黑人一直都是在没有道路的地方 走出自己的道路
and my great-grandmama
还有我曾祖母
we call her big-mama, ma'am
我们称她老奶奶 女士
she is a Christian woman
她是一名基督教女性
and she told me
她教过我
I can do all things
我能做所有事情
Can I get a witness? I can do all things
我可以证明 我能做所有事情
And before I could finish
我还没讲完
that call from Philippians
来自腓立比书的召唤
before I dig it deep up in the Bible
我正准备深入挖掘圣经的内容
she goes, stop sir, please stop
她说 停 先生 请打住
We can't have any air rage, sir please
我们不想出现任何空中愤怒事件 先生 请听我讲
She goes, you're right, okay, you're right
她说 您是对的 好吧 您是对的
There's one seat left on the plane
飞机上还有一个座位
and if it is acceptable, sir, if it is acceptable
如果您愿意 先生 如果您愿意
it's in first class
这是头等舱座位
I took my tie and I dapped the sweat off my brow
我用领带擦了擦额头上的汗
and I looked at her and I said
我望着她说
That'll be acceptable
这可以接受
And so she opens the door
于是她打开了门
and I'm a 80's TV guy and I had to --
我是80年代电视剧迷
I had to walk like George Jefferson because I just moved on up
之前我需要像乔治·杰佛逊这样走 因为是往上前进
and I'm now going on down
而现在我是往下前进
and the woman at the gate at the plane says to me in dignity
机舱门口的空姐尊敬地跟我说
Sir, hurry up please, we need to take off. Where are you sitting?
先生 请赶紧 我们马上要起飞了 您坐哪
And I looked at her. Where am I sitting? Ma'am, I'm in first class
我看着她 我在哪坐 女士 我可是坐头等舱
And this was the first time I had flown in first class
这是我平生第一次坐头等舱
and they have seats in first class
而且头等舱的座位
that are made for former tight end from Stanford university
简直太适合我这位前斯坦福大学的近端锋了
They are wide seats and I sat down, feeling the room that I had
座位非常宽敞 坐下后我还能感到有空间剩余
and then they come over and offer you a drink
然后乘务人员还专门提供饮料
Now I don't drink, I usually just have water on planes but
我一般不喝 因为我一般在飞机上只有水喝
this was first class, I decide to make an exception
但这是头等舱 我打算破例
I look at the woman and I say
我对空姐说
Would you please bring me some perry ade?
能给我来点梨酒吗
Now I have my drink
我喝着我的饮料
We've pulled back from the gate
飞机已经离开航站楼
We're going down the runway and the captain comes on the speaker and says
正在跑道上准备起飞 我听到扬声器中 机长说
I would like to welcome you all
欢迎大家乘坐
to flight 4873 going to Miami
飞往迈阿密的4873次航班
I had a nice drink
我喝得很舒服
I had a wide seat
位置也很宽敞
I was first class
我是头等舱乘客
but I was headed in the wrong direction
但我却飞错了方向
Now why do I tell you this story?
为什么我要把这个故事讲给你们
In the spirit of the patriarchs of my family
这是本着我家父系传统的精神
Because the first thing about vision I want you to understand
因为关于异象我首先想要你们了解的是
is to understand deep in your heart
你们需要在心中深刻认识到
as you enter a world with aspirations, with goals
在你满怀志向和目标进入这个世界时
is to always understand
你总需要理解
that first-class in life
生活中的"头等"
has nothing to do with where you sit on an airplane
同你在飞机上坐哪毫无关联
First-class in life has nothing to do with the clothes you wear
生活中的"头等" 无关于你穿的什么衣服
or the car you drive, or the house that you live in
开的什么车 住的什么房子
First-class is about and always will be about the content of your character
"头等"永远都只关乎你个人的品性
the quality of your ideas
你思想的品质
the kindness in your heart
你心中的善良
This is first class
这才是"头等"
I've found first class from the high-rise projects of Newark
我找到了"头等" 从纽瓦克的高层建筑项目
to the nice homes of Beverly Hills
到贝弗利山的好房子
I've found first class in drug treatment centers in my city
我找到了"头等" 从我城市的戒毒中心
to the nicer row homes by the park
到公园旁整齐的排屋
I have seen first class having nothing to do with material things
我看到过同物质事物无关的"头等"
This world will give you messages that will try to tell you different everyday
这个世界会给你各种信息 告诉你每天都有所不同
It's going to try to take you
它会将你
from a great national tradition of citizenship
从一个伟大的具有公民传统的国家
and it's going to try to move you into the current now
转变为现在这种
where people want to consider you more as consumers
所有人都想把你看作是消费者的国家
America must get back to seeing citizenry at first
美国需要先找回自己的公民传统
not consumerism
而不是消费主义
Your worth is not in how much you can buy
你的价值并不在于你买得起东西
Your worth will always be in how much you can give
你的价值真正在于你能施予多少
This is the challenge of our age, the distractions that we get
这是我们这个年代的挑战 让我们分心的这些物质
and it's more than that
而且还不止这些
It's like the old African proverb
就像古老的非洲谚语所说的
understanding our relationships to each other
理解我们每个人之间的关系
understanding that we all have an interwoven destiny
理解我们都有一个相互交织的命运
First-class is knowing
"头等"在于知道
that our country has an incredible declaration of independence
我们国家具有不可思议的独立宣言
but the testimony of America generation after generation
但美国一代又一代人所见证的
has been more about a testimony of interdependence
更多却是关于相互依赖的
This African proverb that says simply
这句非洲谚语说得很简单
something I should have learned as a race for that plane
这就是我应该在赶飞机那件事中学到的
that if you want to go fast
如果你想走得快
go alone
独自走
but if you want to go far
但如果你想走得远
go together
一起走
We need each other
我们相互需要
We need each other more than we know
需要程度远远超出我们的想象
We have interwoven destinies
我们具有相互交织的命运
Life is not like United Airlines
生活并不像联合航空公司
It's not
并不像
We're all on the same plane
我们都在同一架飞机上
When we hit turbulence, it shakes us all
碰到紊流时 我们所有人都会摇晃
We may not realize it but it does. When
我们可能没意识到 但事实确实如此
we have a hole in the fuselage, threatens all of our well-being
机身上出现破洞时 所有人的安危都会受到影响
and if we go down, we don't go down where the first-class land safely and
如果飞机坠落 不会说 头等舱乘客安全落地
and those in economy are the ones that died
而经济舱乘客死亡
We go down, we go down together
要坠落 大家会一起坠落
but I know from my experience from the gains that we're making in Newark
但根据我从纽瓦克成功中所获得的经验
that if we come together, if we work together, if we stand together
如果我们聚到一起 齐心协力 联合起来
if we see each other
如果我们看到彼此
if we see each other
如果我们看到彼此
we see the divinity of each other, then we will never go down
我们看到彼此的命运 那么我们将永远不会坠落
We will rise, we will rise, and we will rise
我们会上升 我们会进步 我们会一直提高
My mom and my grandmother are
我母亲和祖母
great for telling stories that are the unvarnished truths
很擅于讲毫无掩饰的真相
and this is in their spirit
这根植于她们的精神中
When I was a young man
我曾是一个年轻小伙
now a city council person, then ran for mayor
之后成为市议会议员 然后竞选市长
lost my first election and that's a great piece of advice
第一次竞选我失败了 这是一条很好的忠告
It's that if you're going to have a spectacular failure
也就是 如果你要遭遇一次重大失败
have a capture by a documentary team. It's incredible
找一个纪录片摄制组帮你记录 这很重要
My first election. I was horrible loss but it
第一次竞选我输得很惨
got into a documentary called Street Fight
但是选举过程被拍成一部名为街头大战的纪录片
That was on the Tribeca film festival
它还上了翠贝卡电影节
and then I had a ignominies ending
然后 我得到了一个耻辱的结局
because I've lost in the Academy Awards to March of the Penguins
因为我在奥斯卡金像奖评选中输给了帝企鹅日记
I'm a vegetarian but I make an exception for penguin meat. I must say
我是素食主义者 但唯一的例外是 我吃企鹅肉
Flightless rodents
不能飞的啮齿动物
I'm not bitter. I'm not bitter at all
相信我 我绝对没有怀恨在心
But in the years between my loss and my eventual victory
就在我失败和最终胜利的这些年间
I kept living in these high-rise buildings that became public housing projects
我一直住在这些成为公共住房项目的高层建筑中
Low-income families and great Americans
低收入家庭 以及伟大的美国人
I still say it's one of the greatest phases I've ever lived in my life
我现在仍然认为 这是我生命中最好的时期之一
These buildings
这些建筑中
some of the greatest leaders and teachers or some of the elders in these buildings
住着一些最伟大的领袖 教师 还有一些老者
holding them together with their
他们聚在一起
spirit and their courage and their grit and their conviction
充满了精神 勇气 毅力 信念
I watched not just the older folks
我不仅观察这里的老者
but I watched the kids eight years of living there
我还观察这里住的八岁小孩
I watched the kids grow up
我看着他们长大
There was a group of kids that used to hang in the lobby of my buildings
这些建筑的大堂中 总有一群这样的孩子在玩耍
Guys, and I tell you
同学们 我告诉你们
they were funny, they were amazing
他们很有趣 很讨人喜欢
I would come home at the end of long days or even when I was hanging out with my friends
他们很有趣 很讨人喜欢
and I would hang out 15, 20 minutes in the lobby
总会花15到20分钟时间
just talking with the kids sometimes
在大堂里同这些孩子聊上几句
I watched them get older and I saw one in particular
我看着他们长大 特别是有一个孩子
he reminded me of my dad. He had
他让我想起了我的父亲
that quick wit, that great swagger
他脑筋转得很快 走路大摇大摆
He had an intelligence about him. He was my father incarnate
他很富有智慧 简直就是我父亲的化身
They were both so similar born to single moms. They were both so similar
他们有相似的遭遇 都是单亲母亲带大
They compelled me both
他们都非常让我着迷
Well, as I got older and as I got closer to my mayor election
随着我的年龄增大 随着我市长大选的临近
I saw some things that troubled me
我看到了一些很让我困扰的事情
When I came home, and they started showing colors, I started
我回家时 发现他们开始展露他们的变化
seeing signs that they were with the blood and getting involved with gangs
我看出他们身上带血 同帮派有所来往
I then sort of coming home and
之后我回家时
the lobby would smell like marijuana
在大堂闻到了大麻的味道
which I last smelled on places of this campus
上次我闻到这种味道 还是在这个校园
And so I realized that I had to do something to intervene
是我意识到 我应该做点什么来防止他们变坏
and I started taking them out
我开始带他们出去
I said, hey, guys, let's got a movie, any movie that you want to see. Let's go
我说 伙计们 我带你们去看电影吧 想看什么都行
and they chose this movie that I thought was about home improvement
他们选择了一场我认为是关于家居装饰的电影
called Saw
叫电锯惊魂
and I started taking them to the diners to eat something
我还请他们出去吃饭
and I sort of bringing friends of mine
我还邀请了我的一些
who had been involved with gangs but hadn't gotten out
曾经加入过帮派 但最后退出了的朋友
and we had these amazing sessions of mentor shipping, conversation
跟他们促膝长谈 尝试引导他们走向正途
but suddenly
但突然之间
I got busy chasing after something really important
我变得很忙 追求一个非常重要的事情
I was running for mayor
我要竞选市长
I was going after the big brass ring
我正追求重要目标
I was going after something where I could make a difference
我正追求让我出人头地的东西
This was so important
这太重要了
And so I didn't have time to follow up on all the details because I was getting busy
因此 我不再有时间管细枝末节的问题了 因为我很忙
going after something so important
追求如此重要的东西
Well I'll tell you that I started coming home
我告诉你们 从此我回家时
and even though I didn't have a chance to
虽然我再也没时间
follow up on the connections I was trying to make
继续同这些小孩保持联系
or take them to the movies anymore, take them to diners
我不再带他们去看电影或是吃饭
The resiliency and the joy and the laughter of the kids was always there
但这些孩子的韧性 欢乐和笑声却总在那里
I remember in the heat of the election they would tease me
我记得选举最激烈时 他们会来取笑我
and chat things when I came home
会在我回家时谈论一些事情
One night I came home, and they all had my lawn signs up
一天晚上我回家时 他们举着我的草坪标志
and they gave me a little parade as I walked into the building
在我进入大楼时 他们像在为我游行
shaking a dozen of two lawn signs at me
挥舞着十几二十个草坪标志
I felt so proud and I did a funny walking
我感到很自豪 故意像这样走路
Then I all of a sudden scratched my head and wondered to myself
然后突然我抓了抓脑袋 心想
where did they get these lawn signs from?
这些草坪标志从哪来
Somebody's lawn has cut naked now
有人的草坪被剪秃了
Well I got elected mayor. I won a big victory
后来 我被选为市长 赢得了伟大胜利
and now I was mayor elect
这时 我成为了民选市长
getting calls from presidential candidates
收到总统候选人的贺电
getting calls from around the country
收到来自全国的贺电
I was important
我很重要
and I had an important mission
而且我有一个重要使命
I was running after that mission
我正追随这一使命
Violent crime in my city of the time was spiking up
当时我们市的暴力犯罪率正急速增长
and I was on a mission to stop it
而我的使命就是制止暴力犯罪
Every time there was a shooting in my city whether it was 2 in the afternoon
每次市里发生枪击事件 不管是下午2点
or 2 o'clock at night I was there
还是凌晨2点 我都会到现场
standing around with people
同民众站在一起
I would charge to them and say this is not who we are
我会冲向他们 告诉他们 这不是我们应该做的
We're Newark, New Jersey, we're better than this
我们是新泽西纽瓦克人 我们不该如此糟糕
we're stronger than this. Like a pastor in a church
我们应该更强大 我就像教堂的牧师
I was giving testimony to everybody of who we were
我要求每个人认清 我们是谁
and I was the mayor, so important
我是市长 如此重要
People wanted to hear what I had to say
人民想要听我说些什么
People will come out of their buildings and talk to me I would try to
人们会从建筑中出来 跟我讲话
cater to them and encourage them
而我要满足他们 鼓励他们
Press would meet me on the corners and they would interview me because I was so important
新闻媒体会对我围追堵截 希望采访我 因为我如此重要
And I'll never forget
我永远不会忘记
one month into my time as mayor
我当了一个月市长的时候
I got another call for shooting was on Court Street in our city
又接到电话说 我们市的法院街发生枪击事件
I go down there, I do the same thing. I'm
我到现场 还是和原来一样
going to people, telling them about our plans
给人们讲我们的计划
telling them that we have to pull together
告诉他们 我们需要团结起来
that we are going to fight through this crime
我们应该同犯罪进行斗争
that we're going to drive down the violence
我们将减少暴力犯罪
I barely paid attention to the dead body on the sidewalk
我几乎没有关注路边的尸体
another one being rolled into the ambulance
尸体和往常一样被卷起并抬入救护车
After that night of being important
作为新泽西州最大城市的市长
of being the mayor of New Jersey's biggest city
我当了一天的重要人物之后
I went back to my home
晚上回到家中
in the high rises of Brick Towers
回到高楼林立的砖石塔楼
I sat there with my Blackberry
我坐在家里 用黑莓
reviewing the incident reports of the day
回顾今天重要事件的报道
and then it came to that shooting on Court Street
这时我看到了法院街的枪击事件
and I looked at my Blackberry and I saw the name of the murdered victim
黑莓屏幕上赫然显示出遇害者的名字
It was the kid for my lobby
竟然是大堂里的那个孩子
It was the young man who was my father
竟然是那个犹如我父亲化身的年轻人
It was this smart and charismatic young man who God had put in front of me
竟然是上帝赐予我 每天都在我眼前活灵活现的
every single day
那个聪明且魅力四射的年轻人
I looked at my Blackberry
我盯着黑莓
praying that the name would somehow change
祈祷名字改变一下
praying that it was a mistake
祈祷这仅仅是我看错了
or maybe not the same young man, but it was him
祈祷不是同一个年轻人 但事实却正是他
I went to the funeral home on the day that
我去了他的葬礼 那一天
we had services and I did not feel like the mayor of them
我们有工作在身 但我不觉得自己像个市长
I didn't feel mayor, I didn't feel important
我感觉不到我是市长 感觉不到我有多么重要
All I could do was stand in the back of that funeral home
我只能静静地站在殡仪馆最后
All I could do was to feel a darkness covering my heart
我只能感受到黑暗侵袭着我的心灵
As I watched everybody come to this kid's corpse
我看着每个人走到这个孩子的尸体旁
there were teachers and there were community activists and there were politicians
有老师 有社会活动者 有政治人物
there were people from the buildings, there were his classmates
有来自那幢大楼的邻居 还有他的同学
It was a pact funeral home
殡仪馆人很多
and I didn't want to talk to anybody
我不想和任何人讲话
All I could do was stand at the back and look
我只能静静地站在后面 呆呆地看着一切
and I started to feel mocked
我开始感觉到可笑
Not inspired, but mocked by the words of our common ancestry
前人的那些话 似乎不是在鼓舞我 而是在嘲笑我
I felt they were haunting me. I would hear things in my head like
这些话缠绕在我大脑中 久久不能散去 我能听到
Martin Luther King who said so correctly
马丁·路德·金的谆谆教诲
that we will have to repent today
我们今天要忏悔的
for the vitriolic words and violent actions of the bad people
坏人的刻薄言辞和暴力行为
but the appalling silence and inaction of the good people
而是好人那可怕的沉默和不作为
I was the good person
我是好人
I had to repent
我需要忏悔
I stood there as people came over to me and I could barely talk
我呆站在那里 人们从我面前走过 我一句话都说不出
Finally, I had enough. I had to get out of there
最后 我受不了了 我离开了那里
I walked out of the funeral home
我走出殡仪馆
drove to city hall
开车到市政厅
climbed the steps in this historic building
登上这幢历史建筑的台阶
stormed into my office, closed the door behind me, locked the door
冲进办公室 猛关上门 并反锁起来
and here I stood in this palatial office of importance
我站在这个代表重要性的宫殿般的办公室
where legendary names had sat before me
传奇前任们的名字就在我眼前
and suddenly all I did was feel like a little kid again
突然间我感到 我似乎又变回了一个小孩
I found a corner with a chair and I sat down and wept
我找了一个角落 坐在椅子上独自哭泣
How could we all be there for his death?
为什么要等到他死后我们才在他身旁
How could we all crowd funeral home for his death?
为什么要等到他死后 我们才蜂拥到殡仪馆
Where were we for his life?
他活着的时候我们都干什么去了
God had put him right in front of my face
上帝让他活生生地出现在我面前
but I was charging off to do important things
但我却只顾所谓的重要事情
that I could not see what was right in front of me
我看不到就在我眼前的东西
I tell you, class of 2013
我告诉你们 2013届毕业生
you will have days just like this or worse
你们也会碰到这样的情况 甚至更糟
where you'll feel an unconquerable sadness
你们会感到无法克服的悲伤
descend upon your being
悲伤会突然来袭
You will have days like this, I promise you
你们肯定会有这样的日子 我向你们保证
I take no joy in telling you that there'll be mornings you wake up
虽然我不想这么说 但这是必然的 某天早上
and you'll feel the weight of shame
你们会感受到羞愧的重量
weighing you down in your bed that you don't want to get up
将你压在床上 让你根本不想起来
I tell you, you will have days like this
我敢肯定 你们会有这样的日子
where fear or pain or sorrow
恐惧 痛苦 悲伤
or even the stinking malaise of depression where you can't even find your enthusiasm
甚至颓废 压抑 会让你连热情都无法找回
You'll have days like this
你们会碰到这样的日子
and I've come to realize that in life, real courage is not giving a big speech
我开始意识到 生活中真正的勇气不是堂皇的演讲
real courage is not running into a burning building or
真正的勇气不是冲进着火的建筑
leading a charge up a hill
也不是带队往山上冲锋
Real courage
真正的勇气
is when the chorus of chaos
是当混沌的交响曲唱响时
when the penetrating pain, when the shame
当刺骨的疼痛 当难当的羞愧
descends upon you in a loud ringing cacophony
这些不和谐音重重袭来之时
that real courage is holding onto that still voice
在你心中坚定的那个声音
in your head that says I must keep going
"我必须坚持" 这才是真正的勇气
It's that voice that says to you that nothing is a failure if it's not final
这个声音告诉你 没有失败可言 只要不是末日
if I keep going
只要还能坚持
that voice that says you get out of bed, no matter what, keep going
这个声音告诉你 不管怎样 起床来 继续努力
that voice that says to you, I will not quit, I will not give up
这个声音告诉你 我不会退缩 我不会放弃
no matter how dark the day is, no matter how big my mistake, I won't give up
不管夜有多黑 不管错误有多大 我不会放弃
and when the world beats me down I won't lose
就算世界将我打到 我也不会认输
The lessons I could gather while on my knees
跪在地上时 我会吸取所有教训
I won't lose
我不会认输
The lessons that I can find in my lowest pits of despair
在绝望的最底层 我会吸取这些教训
because when I emerge, it's those lessons that will define my being
而当我站起来时 这些教训将会定义我的存在
and so on that day in a corner of city hall in Newark, New Jersey
那一天 在新泽西纽瓦克的市政厅角落里
I found the lesson
我吸取了一个教训
that I hold dear. It's a lessen or vision
我很珍视它 这是一次教训或异象
that as you put your sights on your goals
当你把目光集中在目标上时
and no matter how great and compelling they are
不管目标多么伟大 多么吸引人
as you look into the distance
在你眺望远方时
don't forget about what is right in front of you today
不要忘记今天在你眼前的东西
because no matter how great your dreams
因为不管你的梦想有多伟大
no matter how great your destiny, never forget
不管你的命运有多伟大 永远不要忘记
that the biggest thing you can do in any day
你每天能做的最伟大之事莫过于
is a small act of kindness
小小的善举
I've learned now that
我现在认识到
love
is not a destination
不是一个目的
It's a way of being
而是一种存在方式
Excellence is not something you seek afar
卓越不是你在遥远之处所追逐的
It's something you manifest every single day
而是你在每一天所表现所出来的
and that the greatest people
而且最伟大的人
are not people who preach a good sermon
不是讲道讲得最好的人
not people who give a good speech
不是演讲讲得最好的人
It's the people that embody their spirit and their essence in everything they do
而是将精神和精髓体现在一切行动中的人
They know that the change that they need to make
他们知道自己所要做的
is going to be small acts of kindness, decency, and love
不过是一些充满正义和爱的小小善举
It's like the story of Gandhi
比如甘地的故事
This great man who did the big thing took on the British empire
这位伟人如此伟大 带领印度脱离英国殖民统治
but yet as he ran for a train and jumped up upon it
但有一次他赶火车 跳到火车上
and people pulled him in
人们把他拉上来
one of his sandals fell off the train tracks
结果他有一只草鞋掉到了铁轨上
everybody around just felt a sense of sorrow
周围所有人都感到很惋惜
oh, it's a shame Mahatma Gandhi's scandal fell off
哦 太遗憾了 圣雄甘地的草鞋掉了
but Mahatma Gandhi didn't miss a beat
但圣雄甘地没有一点惋惜
He reached out and pulled off his other shoe
他脱掉脚上的另外一只鞋
and threw it out on the tracks
并扔到铁轨上
The man who pulled him up said
把他拉上车的人说
Gandhi why did you do that?
甘地 您为什么要这样做
and the great Mahatma said, why?
圣雄说 为什么
He looked puzzled. He goes
他一脸疑惑 他说
because whoever found that one sandal
因为找到那只草鞋的人
wouldn't it be great if they found another one to go along with it?
如果能找到另一只岂不更好
This --
这…
this is how we're called to live
这就是我们应有生活方式
We all will be charging forth from this day to do important things
今天过后 我们都会全速前进去做重要的事
We all will be busy
我们都会变得很忙
but I've seen it in my work in Newark
但我在纽瓦克的工作中认识到
the true heroes are those people that do the small things
真正的英雄是那些做着小事的人们
Alice Walker's book In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens
爱丽丝·沃克的书《寻找母亲的花园》
to paraphrase her, she says it so eloquently
她的话很有说服力 我转述一下
that the real revolutionary
她认为真正的革命者
is always concerned with the least glamorous of things
总会去关心那些最不起眼的事
the raising of a child's reading level from 3rd-grade to 4th
将儿童的阅读水平从三年级提升到四年级
the filling out food stamps for people
为人们填写食物救济券
because folks got to eat
因为人们要填饱肚子
revolution or not
不管革命与否
the taking time to listen to your elders and write things down
花时间听老者讲话 并将内容记录下来
because they are our connection to our past
因为这是我们同过去的联系
and the inspiration for future
也是对未来的启示
This is who we must be
我们必须成为这样的人
people of great goals and big ambitions but who never yield
我们可以有伟大目标和雄心壮志
from telling our authentic truth in every single day
但不能忽视每一天眼前真正的真实
My father and mother told me before I ran for office just
我的父母在我从政之前就教过我
Knock on folks' doors, Cory
记得多敲门 科里
It's so important. I go, why, mom?
这是很重要 我说 为什么 妈
Because so I can convince them?
让他们信服吗
She said no
她说 不
because in life always remember this
因为生活中 永远记住这个
who you are speaks so loudly
你是谁就已经能够说明一切了
people can't hear what you say
大家无法听到你说什么
be love, be kindness
成为爱 成为善
be justice, don't let it be something you seek
成为正义 不要让这些成为你找寻的东西
let it be something you embody
而要让这些成为你所体现的东西
and so I want to end with one final vignette on this idea of vision
关于异象这个概念 我想最后讲一个小插曲
You see
你们知道
I left Yale and moved to Newark, New Jersey
我离开耶鲁 搬到新泽西纽瓦克
I feel so connected to this place here
我感觉到同这个地方的深刻联系
from Pierson College to my friends at Eliezer
从皮尔逊学院到以利以谢的朋友们
I feel so connected here
我感觉同这里联系很深
but I tell you with all sincerity
但我可以诚实地告诉你们
I had some great professors
我遇到过一些伟大的教授
Fiss and Amar
费斯 阿玛尔
Coleman
科尔曼
so many men and women who taught me so much but I will tell you this
很多老师教会了我很多 但我要告诉你们这个
I still tell you this day I got my BA from Stanford
我仍然会说 我从斯坦福获得学士学位
but my PhD on the streets of Newark
但我的博士学位是在纽瓦克的街头巷尾拿到的
from folks who cared enough about me
它来自于足够关心我的那些人
One of those people that I end with is a man named Frank Hutchins
其中一个人名叫弗兰克·哈钦斯 最后我要讲他的故事
Frank was one of the most legendary tenant organizers in Newark history
弗兰克是纽瓦克历史上最传奇的承租人抗议组织者之一
In the 1970s, he led the longest rent strike
1970年代 他在纽瓦克中心区的
in one of our public housing project in the Central Ward of Newark
一个公共住房项目中 领导了最长的拒付房租行动
and this man I met in my first months
在纽瓦克初遇此人的时候
in Newark, I was still a law student here
我还是耶鲁的一名法学学生
and he still says this, until the final years he would always say
他总这么说 直到他生命的最后几年 他说
I knew you were somebody
我知道你会成为大人物
You see, he saw things in me that I didn't see in myself
他看到了我自己都没看到的自我
He saw things in me that he cared about and loved
他在我身上看到了他所关心和深爱的东西
and he wanted to do everything he could to make manifest in this world
他希望尽一切可能让这些表现到这个世界上
So Frank took me under his wings, some of my most early battles in the Newark
我在纽瓦克的早期生涯 一直得到了弗兰克的照顾
as a young graduate of Yale law school
当时我刚从耶鲁法学院毕业
who're by his side, taking more slum wars
在他的庇护下 挑战贫困
defending the rights of residence
捍卫居住的权利
championing those who might have been poor but had rich spirits
拥护那些物质贫乏 但精神丰富的人
but I tell you this I've learned about life
我想告诉你们 我从生活中学到的道理
The days goes so slowly but the years fly by
一天天看似过得很慢 但一年年却在飞逝
The years took their toll on Frank
弗兰克一天天地老去
and his health started to deteriorate. His eyes actually started to fail
他的健康状况每况愈下 他的眼睛逐渐失明
and we started this little funny thing we would do every time we would see each other
以致于每次见面时 我们都要重复这滑稽的一幕
I would knock on the door and he open door. I knew he couldn't see me
我会去敲门 他打开门 我知道他看不见我
but I say Frank it's Cory here. He would say
我会说 弗兰克 科里来了 他会说
I know. I see you Cory Booker. I see you
我知道 我看到你了 科里·布克 我看到你了
I used to love it. I looked forward to him, say that Frank, it's Cory
我原来很喜欢这样 我看着他 说 弗兰克 科里来了
I would take him out to go shopping
我会带他出去购物
He couldn't even see, but he wanted me to take him to the movies
他什么都看不见 但他还想要我带他去看电影
I said, Frank, I know this great movie about home improvement
我说 弗兰克 我知道一个关于家居装饰的电影
Saw five
电锯惊魂5
In his final days at hospice
他最后的日子是在临终关怀医院度过的
I would go visit him
我会去拜访他
bring him food and drink
给他带吃的和喝的
because the people told me that sometimes
因为工作人员会告诉我 有时
he gets so exited that he would eat something if I could show up
他对我的到来会很激动 他会吃些东西
One day I came and the people told me it would not be long
有一天我到那里 工作人员说他时日不多了
and I knew this would be the last time I was with him
我知道这将是我和他的最后一次见面
I walked in and I
我走了进去
part of me was frustrated that there weren't thousands of people around his bedside
我有些沮丧 他的床前没有成千上万的人守候
people who had heat and hot water and a roof over their heads
人们有了暖气 有了热水 有了不漏雨的房子
and dignity in housing because of him but
有了舒适的住所 这都是因为他
I knew that that room was crowded with of course of angels
但我知道 病房里肯定挤满了天使
I could see that it was his final moment, his breath was so rapid and strained
我看到弥留之际的他 呼吸急促而勉强
I sat with him for what seemed like hours and eventually I'd would leave
我在他身边坐了好像有几个小时 最后不得不离开
Now Frank only said two things to me in that room
在病房里 弗兰克只跟我说了两句
and they both were things he forced out of his mouth
这两句都是他勉强从嘴里挤出来的
One of them was something that we must say more to the people in our lives
其中一句是我们应该在生活中和人们更多说的
He simply said, I love you
他说 我爱你
The last thing he said that
他说的最后一句
I hold dear in my heart
我铭记于心
was this man completely blind in a hospital bed
他在病榻上是完全失明的
said to me in the most profound and penetrating way for his last time
他最后一次这么跟我说 意味深长而又穿透人心
He said
他说
Class of 2013
2013届毕业生
I see that you're stronger than you know
我看到 你比你所知道的更强
more beautiful than you realize
比你所意识到的更美丽
more powerful than you can imagine
比你所想象到的更有力量
but you must imagine it
但你们必须认识到自己的力量
as one great author said the most common way people give up their power
如一位作家所言 人们放弃力量的最普遍方式
is not realizing they have it in the first place
是最初就没有意识到他们拥有这种力量
I see you
我看到你了
class of 2013
2013届毕业生
I see you that in the harsh winter of this weary world
在这个疲惫不堪的世界的严冬中 我看到了你
I see that you like Camus said, are the invincible spring
我看到你 就像加缪所说的 是不可战胜的春季
I see that in a nation dashed with doubt
我看到这个掺杂着怀疑的国家里
you are the hope
你就是希望
I see that
我看到
in a nation that's dismayed by darkness
这个黑暗笼罩的国家里
you are the light
你就是光明
I see that in the country fraught with fear you are courage
我看到这个充满恐惧的国家里 你就是勇气
and that in a nation blinded with bigotry you are the love
我看到这个被偏执蒙蔽双眼的国家里 你就是爱
I see you class of 2013
我看到你了 2013届毕业生
and I want you to be like me
我希望你们像我一样
Every time you hear the national anthem, don't just get up in routine and
每次听到国歌的时候 不要只是习惯性地起立
say those words. Please
唱出歌词 我请你
hear them anew for the first time
再重新听听它的内涵
hear those five words at the beginning of that song
仔细听听这首歌的前五个单词
as a challenge to you
作为对你们的挑战
Oh, say, can you see
哦 你可看见
Take that challenge to your heart
将这个挑战埋在你心里
Oh, say, can you see that in this world
哦 你可看见 在这个世界上
as Frederick Douglass says
如弗雷德里克·道格拉斯所言
you won't get everything you pay for
不是付出就能得到一切
but you definitely will pay for everything that you get
但任何东西都肯定需要付出才能得到
So pay with your love, pay with your kindness
所以 付出你的爱 你的善良
pay with your decency
你的正直
Oh, say, can you see
哦 你可看见
like Martin Luther King said that
如马丁·路德·金所说的那样
change will never roll in on the wheels of inevitability
变化永远不会载在必然性的车轮上 自动到来
It must be carried in on the backs of warriors of love
必须要有肩负爱的勇士 才能带来变化
See yourself as those warriors
将你们自己看成这些勇士
Oh, say, can you see
哦 你可看见
that in this world we have work to do
这个世界上 我们还有很多工作要做
See can't you see that in this world that poverty and its ravages
哦 你可看见 在这个世界上 贫穷及其破坏
can be a day that we only find then in our history books
会有一天 我们将只能从历史书上读到
Oh, say, can you see that
哦 你可看见
the blinds that divide us of the race and religion, of Democrat or Republican
将我们分裂为不同种族和宗教 分裂为民主或共和的盲目
will one day be the ties that bind us in one destiny, in one nation, in one country
有一天会变为把我们联系成一种宿命 一个民族 一个国家的纽带
Oh, say, can you see
哦 你可看见
a day that everyone of our children
有一天我们的每一个孩子
no matter what their background, or how pathways of their excellence
无论出身背景 无论个人经历
they will have opportunities to have privileged educations like this one
都将有机会在像耶鲁这样的优秀大学读书
that now are for the favored few, but one day, can be for the abundant all
今天这里只对少数幸运者开放 但有一天这里会对所有人开放
Oh, say, can you see
哦 你可看见
a world where indeed as it says in the Torah
一个实际在摩西五经中就有描述的世界
that righteousness will roll down like water and justice like a mighty stream
惟愿公平如大水滚滚 使公义如江河滔滔
and dear God if you can see it
亲爱的上帝 如果你能看到它
then be it
那么成为它
and if you be it, and somebody dare come up to you as you manifest your truth
如果你能成为它 而某人胆敢阻挡你展示你的真实
as you manifest your love
阻挡你展示你的爱
as you manifest your decency and kindness everyday, if someone
阻挡你展示你的正直
dare come up to you and say
胆敢对你说
you're one of those optimists, those Pollyannish people, those dreamers
你不过是一个盲目乐观者 一个做白日梦的人
what you live and what you talk about
你的生活 你所说的
and what you preach, not with words, but with your deeds
你所宣扬的 不仅是言语 还包括行为
all of that I think is just a bunch of hooey
所有这些都不过是胡言乱语
it's impossible, I want you to put your hand on your hip
这是不可能的 我希望你们能把手叉在腰间
and tell them my mama told me, ain't no such thing as impossible
告诉他们 我妈妈教过我 没有什么是不可能的
God bless you, class of 2013
上帝保佑你们 2013届毕业生
God bless you
上帝保佑你们
God bless you
上帝保佑你们
