英语沙龙：我仍将奋起

Still I Rise

You may write me down in history

With your bitter，twisted lies，

You may trod me in the very dirt

But still，like dust，I‘ll rise．

Does my sassiness upset you？

Why are you beset¹ with gloom？

’ Cause I walk like I‘ve got oil wells

Pumping in my living room．

Just like moons and like suns，

With the certainty of tides，

Just like hopes springing high，

Still I‘ll rise．

Did you want to see me broken？

Bowed head and lowered eyes？

Shoulders falling down like teardrops，

Weakened by my soulful cries？

Does my haughtiness² offend you？

Don’t you take it awful hard

‘ Cause I laugh like I‘ve got gold mines

Diggin’ in my own backyard．

You may shoot me with your words，

You may cut me with your eyes，

You may kill me with your hatefulness，

But still，like air，I‘ll rise．

Does my sexiness upset you？

Does it come as a surprise

That I dance like I‘ve got diamonds

At the meeting of my thighs³？

Out of the huts of history’s shame

I rise

Up from a past that’s rooted in pain

I rise

I’m a black ocean，leaping and wide，

Welling and swelling⁴ I bear in the tide．

Leaving behind nights of terror and fear

I rise

Into a daybreak that’s wondrously⁵ clear

I rise

Bringing the gifts that my ancestors gave，

I am the dream and the hope of the slave．

I rise

I rise

I rise

我仍将奋起

你可以把我写进历史

用你那尖刻的、撒谎的文字，

你可以把我踩进泥地

但像尘土，我仍将奋起。

我的精神抖擞可让你烦恼？

为什么你要皱着眉头？

因为我步履矫健

像家有油井用泵抽。

像月亮，像太阳，

浪潮退却亦复涨，

扬得高高像希望，

我仍将奋起。

你可曾想见到我颓丧？

俯首低头，目光低垂？

弯着腰身像落泪，

弱不禁风，心在哭泣？

我的铮铮傲骨可让你厌恶？

别难受，别在乎

因为我笑声爽朗

像在自家后院采掘金矿。

 

你可以用言辞向我射击，

你可以用目光向我砍劈，

你可以用仇恨将我击毙，

但像空气，我仍将奋起。

我的性感迷人可让你烦恼？

我的翩翩舞蹈可让你惊奇？

因为我舞姿飞扬

像我大腿交叉处拥有钻石。

从历史耻辱的茅舍

我奋起

从逝去的苦难岁月

我奋起

我是黑色的海洋，水阔浪高

汹涌澎湃，领舵弄潮。

把恐怖的黑夜抛在身后

我奋起

走向光明灿烂的白昼

我奋起

带着祖先赐予的力量，

我是奴隶的梦想和希望。

我奋起

我奋起

我奋起。

1 beset   

v.镶嵌；困扰，包围

参考例句：

• She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
• The plan was beset with difficulties from the beginning.这项计划自开始就困难重重。

2 haughtiness   

n.傲慢；傲气

参考例句：

• Haughtiness invites disaster,humility receives benefit. 满招损，谦受益。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Finally he came to realize it was his haughtiness that held people off. 他终于意识到是他的傲慢态度使人不敢同他接近。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 thighs   

n.股，大腿( thigh的名词复数 )；食用的鸡（等的）腿

参考例句：

• He's gone to London for skin grafts on his thighs. 他去伦敦做大腿植皮手术了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The water came up to the fisherman's thighs. 水没到了渔夫的大腿。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 swelling   

n.肿胀

参考例句：

• Use ice to reduce the swelling. 用冰敷消肿。
• There is a marked swelling of the lymph nodes. 淋巴结处有明显的肿块。

5 wondrously   

adv.惊奇地，非常，极其

参考例句：

• She grow wondrously fond of stealing off to corners by herself. 她变得出奇地喜欢独自躲在角落里。 来自辞典例句
• If you but smile, spring zephyrs blow through my spirits, wondrously. 假使你只是仅仅对我微笑，春天的和风就会惊奇的吹过我的心灵间。 来自互联网