America, Why I Love Her
美国，我为什么爱她
作者John Mitchum/ 朗诵John Wayne/翻译 天嵘
You ask me why I love her? Well, give me time, and I'll explain...
你问我为什么爱她？啊，给我时间，我来说说看。。。
Have you seen a Kansas sunset or an Arizona rain?
你可曾见过肯萨斯的日落，和亚利桑那的雨？
Have you drifted on a bayou down Louisiana way?
你可曾在河湾漂流，驶向路易斯安那？
Have you watched the cold fog drifting over San Francisco Bay?
你可曾见，寒雾弥漫金山海湾？
Have you heard a Bobwhite calling in the Carolina pines?
可曾听山齿鹑在卡罗莱纳松枝上鸣叫？
Or heard the bellow of a diesel in the Appalachia mines?
可曾听柴油机车在阿帕拉奇矿场轰鸣？
Does the call of Niagara thrill you when you hear her waters roar?
尼亚加拉大瀑布的咆哮，可曾震憾你的心灵？
Do you look with awe and wonder at a Massachusetts shore...
你可曾惊羡马萨出塞海岸美景？
Where men who braved a hard new world, first stepped on Plymouth Rock?
勇士们闯入新世界，最先登陆在普利茅斯岩石。
And do you think of them when you stroll along a New York City dock ?
当你漫步纽约码头，可曾想到他们？
Have you seen a snowflake drifting in the Rockies...way up high?
你可曾见，落基山脉雪花从天而降？
Have you seen the sun come blazing down from a bright Nevada sky?
你可曾见，内华达州烈日灼烧大地？
Do you hail to the Columbia as she rushes to the sea...
你可曾向冲入海的哥伦比亚河致敬？
Or bow your head at Gettysburg...in our struggle to be free?
或在葛底斯堡战场鞠躬。。。那是我们为自由的争战！
Have you seen the mighty Tetons? ...Have you watched an eagle soar?
你可曾见雄伟的大提顿？。。。可曾仰望雄鹰翱翔？
Have you seen the Mississippi roll along Missouri's shore?
你可曾见密西西比大河，奔腾在密苏里之岸？
Have you felt a chill at Michigan, when on a winters day,
你可曾感受密歇根冬日的严寒？
Her waters rage along the shore in a thunderous display?
她的湖水惊涛拍岸，雷霆万钧！
Does the word "Aloha"... make you warm?
aloha这个词，是不是让你感觉温暖？
Do you stare in disbelief When you see the surf come roaring in at Waimea reef?
你可曾凝视冲向威米亚礁石的浪涛？
From Alaska's gold to the Everglades...from the Rio Grande to Maine...
从阿拉斯加的金子到佛州大沼泽。。。从格兰德河到缅因州
My heart cries out... my pulse runs fast at the might of her domain.
我的心呼唤着。。。我的血脉在她的宏伟版图澎湃
You ask me why I love her?... I've a million reasons why.
你问我为什么爱她？。。。我有百万个理由。
My beautiful America... beneath Gods' wide, wide sky.
我美丽的美国，在上帝苍天之下。
