MLK Interlude

MLK Interlude - Justin Bieber (贾斯汀·比伯)

Lyrics by：Martin Luther King Jr.

Composed by：Martin Luther King Jr.

I say to you this morning

今早我对你说

If you have never found something so dear and so precious to you

若你从未找到对你无比珍贵的东西

That you will die for it then you aren't fit to live

珍贵到你愿为之付出生命 那你不适合活着

You may be 38 years old as I happen to be

你或许和我一样是三十八岁

And one day some great opportunity stands before you

有一天 绝好的机会出现在你面前

And calls upon you to stand up for some great principle

号召你去捍卫某种伟大的信条

Some great issue some great cause

某种伟大的目标 某种伟大的事业

And you refuse to do it because you are afraid

而你选择拒绝 因为你害怕

You refuse to do it because you want to live longer

你选择拒绝 因为你想活得更久

You're afraid that you will lose your job

你害怕你会失去工作

Or you're afraid that you will bе criticized

你害怕你会被批评

Or that you will lose your popularity

或者失去声望

Or you're afraid that somebody will stab you

你害怕有人会刺杀你

Or shoot at you or bomb your house

或者枪击你 或者炸掉你的房子

So you refuse to take the stand

所以你拒绝表明立场

Well you may go on and live until you are 90

或许你能继续活到九十岁

But you're just as dead at 38 as you would be at 90

但你其实在三十八岁就已经死了

And the sensation of breathing in your life is

你这样继续呼吸 继续活着

But the belated announcement of an earlier death of the spirit

其实灵魂早已死去 只是死亡宣告迟迟未来而已

You died when you refused to stand up for right

当你拒绝捍卫正义时 你就已经死去

You died when you refused to stand up for truth

当你拒绝捍卫真理时 你就已经死去

You died when you refused to stand up for justice

当你拒绝捍卫公道时 你就已经死去