辞世の句
おもしろきこともなき世をおもしろく
そんなことできたらええやろなあ
Martin Luther King's Speech --
I Have A Dream!
August 28, 1963
私には夢がある。
いつの日にか、ジョージアの赤土の丘の上で、かつて奴隷であった者たちの子孫と、かつて奴隷主であった者たちの子孫が、兄弟として同じテーブルに向かい腰掛ける時がくるという夢が。
私には夢がある。
いつの日にか、私の４人の幼い子供たちが肌の色によってではなく、人となりそのものによって評価される国に住む時が来るという夢が。
私の父が死んだ土地で、メイフラワーの清教徒達が誇りとした土地で、
すべての山々から自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
もしアメリカが偉大な国であるのなら、これは実現されなければならない。
ニューハンプシャーの豊穣な丘の上から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
ニューヨークの稜々たる山々から、自由の鐘を鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
ペンシルベニアのアルゲニー高原から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
コロラドの雪を頂いたロッキー山脈から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
カリフォルニアの曲線の美しい丘から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
それらばかりではない。
ジョージアの石ころだらけの山、テネシーの望楼のような山、
そして、
ミシシッピーの全ての丘から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか！
すべての山々から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか！
そして
私たちが自由の鐘を鳴らす時、
私たちがアメリカの全ての村、すべての教会、全ての州、全ての街から自由の鐘を鳴らすその時、全ての神の子、白人も黒人も、ユダヤ人も非ユダヤ人も、新教徒もカソリック教徒も、
皆互いに手を取って古くからの黒人霊歌を歌うことができる日が近づくだろう。
「自由だ、ついに自由だ、全能の神よ、感謝します。ついに我々は自由になったのだ」と。
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day out in the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith wewill be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to climb up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all ofGod's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that, let freedom, ring from Stone
Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi and every mountainside.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual,
"Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."
おもしろきこともなき世をおもしろく
そんなことできたらええやろなあ
Martin Luther King's Speech --
I Have A Dream!
August 28, 1963
私には夢がある。
いつの日にか、ジョージアの赤土の丘の上で、かつて奴隷であった者たちの子孫と、かつて奴隷主であった者たちの子孫が、兄弟として同じテーブルに向かい腰掛ける時がくるという夢が。
私には夢がある。
いつの日にか、私の４人の幼い子供たちが肌の色によってではなく、人となりそのものによって評価される国に住む時が来るという夢が。
私の父が死んだ土地で、メイフラワーの清教徒達が誇りとした土地で、
すべての山々から自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
もしアメリカが偉大な国であるのなら、これは実現されなければならない。
ニューハンプシャーの豊穣な丘の上から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
ニューヨークの稜々たる山々から、自由の鐘を鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
ペンシルベニアのアルゲニー高原から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
コロラドの雪を頂いたロッキー山脈から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
カリフォルニアの曲線の美しい丘から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか。
それらばかりではない。
ジョージアの石ころだらけの山、テネシーの望楼のような山、
そして、
ミシシッピーの全ての丘から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか！
すべての山々から、自由の鐘を鳴らそうではないか！
そして
私たちが自由の鐘を鳴らす時、
私たちがアメリカの全ての村、すべての教会、全ての州、全ての街から自由の鐘を鳴らすその時、全ての神の子、白人も黒人も、ユダヤ人も非ユダヤ人も、新教徒もカソリック教徒も、
皆互いに手を取って古くからの黒人霊歌を歌うことができる日が近づくだろう。
「自由だ、ついに自由だ、全能の神よ、感謝します。ついに我々は自由になったのだ」と。
I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."
I have a dream that one day out in the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.
I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.
I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by their character.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; that one day right down in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.
I have a dream today.
I have a dream that one day every valley shall be engulfed, every hill shall be exalted and every mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plains and the crooked places will be made straight and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.
This is our hope. This is the faith that I will go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.
With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.
With this faith wewill be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to climb up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.
This will be the day when all ofGod's children will be able to sing with new meaning "My country 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the Pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring!"
And if America is to be a great nation, this must become true. So let freedom ring from the hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the
heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania. Let freedom ring from the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado. Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California. But not only that, let freedom, ring from Stone
Mountain of Georgia. Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi and every mountainside.
When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every tenement and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old spiritual,
"Free at last, free at last. Thank God Almighty, we are free at last."