Khader Adnan, Bobby Sands

歌词
Khader Adnan grew up near Jenin City
哈德·阿德南在杰宁市附近长大
You could say he was a product of his time
你可以说他是那个时代的产物
Ever since he was a kid he'd get arrested
他尚且年幼之时就曾遭到逮捕
Though he was never charged with any crime
尽管他从未被指控任何罪行
Spending half his life in prison
他在监狱里度过了半辈子
A life lived like so many of his friends
有着和亲友们一样的经历
Arbitrary and indefinite detention
被无端且无限期地拘留着
Never knowing if your jail time would end
永远不知道刑期是否会结束
Khader Adnan was arrested last December
哈德·阿德南于去年12月被捕
Again he wasn't told the reason why
又一次他没有被告知理由
He was shackled, he was beaten, he was tortured
他被束缚,被殴打,被折磨
There beneath the Middle Eastern sky
在中东的苍蓝的天空下受难
Perhaps there was a moment when he realized
也许有那么一刻他意识到了
That right then, with his body, he'd say no
为了权利,他要舍弃躯体来斗争
But from then on he refused to eat another meal
从那时起他拒绝再吃一顿饭
Like in Belfast not many years ago
如同不久前在贝尔法斯特的一切
Khader Adnan grew up in a war zone
哈德·阿德南在战火纷飞中长大
But all the tanks and planes were only on one side
但是所有的飞机都只在一边
It was a type of war that they call occupation
这是一种他们称之为“”的
Settlement, removal, fratricide
把残杀同胞称为“移居”和“搬迁”
And anyone who talked about resistance
而任何谈及要试图抵抗的人
Who thought they did not deserve to be a slave
任何认为自己不应是一介的人
Would be looking down the barrel of a gun
将会被手持枪杆子的人所
And often find themselves inside an early grave
并发现自己已是半身入土之人
Khader Adnan loves his wife and daughters
哈德·阿德南爱着他的妻子和女儿
And he likes to eat his daily bread
他喜欢每一天的粗茶淡饭
But in prison he can't see his children
但在监狱里他看不到他的孩子
Or live life with the lady that he wed
也无法和他的妻子一同生活
So on behalf of all the children without fathers
为了蓝天下所有痛失父亲的孩子
He decided he had to strike a blow
他决定孤注一掷进行绝食抗议
He said I will have dignity or death
他说我要么拥有尊严,要么迈向死亡
Like in Belfast not many years ago
如同不久前在贝尔法斯特的一切
Each time Khader Adnan was arrested
每次哈德·阿德南被逮捕以后
In prison he would learn a little more
他都会在监狱里学到更多东西
And soon he became the teacher
不久他就成了一位教师
And he'd talk about the times that came before
而他会跟人们谈到过往的时代
They talked about civil disobedience
他们谈论公民的不服从
They talked about the ballot and the gun
他们谈论选票和
They talked about the Occupied Six Counties
他们谈到了那被的六个县
And the H Blocks in 1981
以及1981年的在H-Blocks发生的一切
Khader Adnan talked of perseverance
哈德·阿德南谈到坚持不懈的重要性
And how someday their people might be free
以及终于自由的可能性
How someday they might hear their children laughing
谈到听见孩子们笑声的那一天
Unafraid, how someday things could be
而那一天,人们不会再担惊受怕
And then at 3:30 on one morning
然后在一天凌晨的三点三十分
The soldiers came, their rifles pointed low
士兵们闯入,手上拿着他们的
And they took Khader Adnan from his family
把哈德·阿德南从他家人身边带走
Like in Belfast not many years ago
如同不久前在贝尔法斯特的那一切
They say Khader Adnan is a terrorist
他们说哈德·阿德南是个
Just like they said of Bobby Sands
就像他们曾这么说鲍比·桑兹
Because he dares speak out against injustice
因为他敢于直言不讳地反对不公正
Because he dares to make a stand
因为他敢于在众人中挺身而出
Because he dares believe that he is human
因为他敢于相信自己是一个人
And he does not deserve to live this way
而人不应该蒙受这样的生活
Because he dares to consider an alternative
因为他敢于思考另一种可能
Because he dares imagine a new day
因为他敢于想象全新的一天
Khader Adnan lost his liberty before he was born
哈德·阿德南在降生之前就失去了自由
To fight for life it's death he must embrace
他必须拥抱死亡来为生命而战
But just like others come before him
但就像所有的前人一样
There are others waiting to take his place
还有其他人等着接替他的位置
And even the great powers can lose interest
甚至其他强权也可能为之震颤
In supporting such a vicious status quo
不再支持这种邪恶的现状
Because you can't break a man who won't be broken
因为你无法战胜一个无法被战胜的人
Like in Belfast not many years ago
如同不久前在贝尔法斯特的一切
Like in Belfast not many years ago
如同不久前在贝尔法斯特的一切
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