“I will be a person”的版本间的差异
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The phrase is also reminiscent of a poem written by Bei Dao, a poet often quoted by students during the Tiananmen Square Incident. Bei Dao famously wrote: | The phrase is also reminiscent of a poem written by Bei Dao, a poet often quoted by students during the Tiananmen Square Incident. Bei Dao famously wrote: | ||
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| − | I have left no testament | + | Perhaps the final hour is come <br> |
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Only a pen, for my mother | Only a pen, for my mother | ||
I am no hero | I am no hero | ||
In an age without heroes | In an age without heroes | ||
| − | I just want to be a man </ | + | I just want to be a man |
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The still horizon | The still horizon | ||
Divides the ranks of the living and the dead | Divides the ranks of the living and the dead | ||
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I will not kneel on the ground | I will not kneel on the ground | ||
Allowing the executioners to look tall | Allowing the executioners to look tall | ||
| − | The better to obstruct the wind of freedom | + | The better to obstruct the wind of freedom |
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From star-like bullet holes shall flow | From star-like bullet holes shall flow | ||
| − | A blood-red dawn | + | A blood-red dawn |
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也许最后的时刻到了 | 也许最后的时刻到了 | ||
我没有留下遗嘱 | 我没有留下遗嘱 | ||
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我并不是英雄 | 我并不是英雄 | ||
在没有英雄的年代里， | 在没有英雄的年代里， | ||
| − | 我只想做一个人。 | + | 我只想做一个人。 |
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宁静的地平线 | 宁静的地平线 | ||
分开了生者和死者的行列 | 分开了生者和死者的行列 | ||
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决不跪在地上 | 决不跪在地上 | ||
以显出刽子手们的高大 | 以显出刽子手们的高大 | ||
| − | 好阻挡自由的风 | + | 好阻挡自由的风 |
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从星星的弹空里 | 从星星的弹空里 | ||
将流出血红的黎明 | 将流出血红的黎明 | ||
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[[File:tan zuoren2.jpg]] | [[File:tan zuoren2.jpg]] | ||
2011年8月4日 (四) 03:11的版本
我要作人 (wǒ yào zuò rén): I will be a person
Tan Zuoren (谭作人), whose given name literally means “be a person” is a writer and environmentalist who is currently serving a five year sentence for “inciting subversion of state power” because of his activities relating to the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
After Tan’s arrest, a popular refrain on Twitter was “The soul of a civil society is moral conscience and courage. I am not afraid! I will not be a lone spirit, and I will not be a living monument; I will be a person!” (良心與勇氣，是公民社會之魂，我不害怕了！我不作幽靈，不作活碑，我要作人！)
The phrase, “I will be a person” has the same ring to it in Chinese as “I will be a man” does in English – however without the gender specific connotations.
The phrase is also reminiscent of a poem written by Bei Dao, a poet often quoted by students during the Tiananmen Square Incident. Bei Dao famously wrote:
Perhaps the final hour is come
I have left no testament
Only a pen, for my mother I am no hero In an age without heroes I just want to be a man
The still horizon Divides the ranks of the living and the dead I can only choose the sky I will not kneel on the ground Allowing the executioners to look tall The better to obstruct the wind of freedom
From star-like bullet holes shall flow A blood-red dawn
也许最后的时刻到了 我没有留下遗嘱 只留下笔，给我的母亲 我并不是英雄 在没有英雄的年代里， 我只想做一个人。
宁静的地平线 分开了生者和死者的行列 我只能选择天空 决不跪在地上 以显出刽子手们的高大 好阻挡自由的风
从星星的弹空里 将流出血红的黎明
