标题: 一首在海外华人中引起轰动的英文诗:太震撼人心了 [打印本页]
作者: kobe 时间: 2010-12-17 19:13 标题: 一首在海外华人中引起轰动的英文诗:太震撼人心了
What Do You Really Want from Us
───我们究竟如何才能让你们满意？
When we were the Sick Man of Asia,
we were called The Yellow Peril.
以往我们是东亚病夫，
你们把我们称作黄祸
When we are billed to be the next Superpower,
we are called The Threat.
现在我们正在崛起，
而你们又视我们为灾难
When we closed our doors,
you smuggled drugs to open markets.
以往我们闭关锁国，
你们用鸦片烟做敲门砖
When we embrace Free Trade,
You blame us for taking away your jobs.
现在我们贸易自由，
你却抱怨我们抢了你的饭碗
When we were falling apart,
You marched in your troops and wanted your fair share.
以往我们国将不国，
你们狠毒地落井下石。
When we tried to put the broken pieces back together again,
Free Tibet you screamed, It Was an Invasion!
现在我们团结一心，
你们却又分化瓦解
When tried Communism,
you hated us for being Communist.
以往我们信仰共产主义，
你们为此痛恨我们
When we embrace Capitalism,
you hate us for being Capitalist.
现在我们发展资本主义，
你们却又嫉妒阻挠
When we have a billion people,
you said we were destroying the planet.
我们人口众多，
你们指责我们破坏环境
When we tried limiting our numbers,
you said we abused human rights.
于是我们计划生育，
你们又对我们说教人权
When we were poor,
you thought we were dogs.
以往我们贫穷落后，
你们不把我们当人看
When we loan you cash,
you blame us for your national debts.
现在是你向我们借钱，
却抱怨我们增加了你们的债务
When we buy oil,
you call it exploitation and genocide.
我们购买石油，
你们说我们消耗资源
When we build our industries,
you call us Polluters.我们发展工业，
你说我们污染了环境
When we sell you goods,
you blame us for global warming.你们消费我们的产品，
却让我们背负使地球变暖的罪名
When you go to war for oil,
you call it liberation.
你们为霸占油田而发动战争，
却美其名曰：解放人类
When we were lost in chaos and rampage,
you demanded rules of law.
以往我们天下大乱，
你们对我们大谈法制
When we uphold law and order against violence,
you call it violating human rights.
而当我们依靠法律制止暴乱，
你们就说这是践踏人权
When we were silent,
you said you wanted us to have free speech.
以往我们沉默，
你们說我们言论无自由。
When we are silent no more,
you say we are brainwashed-xenophobes.
现在我们发出自己的声音，
你却辱骂我们是一群被洗脑的愤青
“Why do you hate us so much﹖”we asked.
“No,” you answered, “we don't hate you.”
“为什么你们如此仇视我们？”───我们想知道
───“不”，你說，“我们并非仇恨你们”
───We don't hate you either, But, do you understand us?
“Of course we do, ”you said, “We have AFP, CNN and BBC's ······”
───我们也不希望煽动仇恨；那么，你们了解我们吗？
──“当然”，你说，“我们的消息来源就是AFP,CNN，还有BBC”
Oh，What do you really want from us?
是么？那么你们到底希望我们怎么做？
Think hard first, then answer ······
Because you only get so many chances.
请认真想一想，
不要再肆意信口开河！
Enough is Enough,
Enough Hypocrisy for This One World.
是坦诚面对的时候了，
在这个世界上谎言已经说得够多！
We want One World, One Dream, and Peace on Earth.
我们要一个共同的世界，共同的梦想，和一个安宁的地球！
This Big Blue Earth is Big Enough for all of Us.
在这蓝色的星球上你们生存，我们也要生存.!!!
作者: 小笨熊懒懒 时间: 2010-12-18 19:47
It's exactly what I want to say !
作者: youxiaxiaolala 时间: 2010-12-20 09:29
Great! We should deal with the relationship between the other countries objectively!
When dealing with an overmatch: be neither humble nor arrogant, but equal. Otherwise, argue strongly on just grounds and make every effort to persist.
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