【译文-中文】你究竟想让我们怎么样？
【原文-美国】What Do You Really Want From Us?【原文地址】：http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051603460.html
【发布日期】：2011-01-12
【翻译截止日期】：2011-01-12 21:30:16
【翻译评论数/总评论】：5 / 5
【翻译作者】：mossblue
【联名作者】：
译文导读：这首诗在三月时出现在互联网上，自此之后如病毒一样在英国和中国两地的上千篇博客和网站传播。这首诗的作者尚未得到确认。
此篇翻译，感谢nonchalantking的特别帮助……
This poem appeared on the Internet in March and has since gone viral, popping up on thousands of blogs and Web sites, in both English and Chinese. Its authorship could not be confirmed. 这首诗在三月时出现在互联网上，自此之后如病毒一样在英国和中国两地的上千个博客和网站传播。这首诗的作者尚未得到确认。
When we were the Sick Man of Asia,We were called the Yellow Peril. 曾经我们是东亚病夫，我们被叫成黄祸。
When we are billed as the next Superpower, we are called The Threat. 现在我们被宣传为下一个超级大国，我们又被称作恐吓。
When we closed our doors, you launched the Opium War to open our markets. 曾经我们闭关锁国，你发动鸦片战争撞开我们的大门。
When we embraced free trade, you blamed us for stealing your jobs. 现在我们拥抱了自由贸易，而你则谴责我们抢断了你们的工作。
When we were falling apart, you marched in your troops and demanded your fair share. 曾经我们山河零落，你调转铁蹄来强取豪夺。
When we tried to put the broken pieces back together again, Free Tibet, you screamed. It was an Invasion! 现在我们力图重整江山，你高叫着：解放西藏，希望我们相向倒戈！
When we tried communism, you hated us for being communist. 我们走上共产主义道路，你仇视我们是布尔什维克。
When we embraced capitalism, you hated us for being capitalist. 我们和资本主义结合，你厌恶我们是资本投机者。
When we had a billion people, you said we were destroying the planet. 我们拥有数十亿人民，你说我们挤占地球。
When we tried limiting our numbers, you said we abused human rights. 我们控制人口膨胀，你控诉我们人权龌龊。
When we were poor, you thought we were dogs. 我们贫穷落魄，你认为我们是猪猡。
When we lend you cash, you blame us for your national debts. 现在你借债许多，却责骂我们是你是的债权国。
When we build our industries, you call us polluters. 我们建设自己的工业，你叫我们污染者。
When we sell you goods, you blame us for global warming. 我们销售你的商品，你给我们扣上全球变暖的黑锅。
When we buy oil, you call it exploitation and genocide. When you go to war for oil, you call it liberation. 你们为石油大动干戈，你美名曰拯救尔等于水火。
When we were lost in chaos, you demanded the rule of law. 当我们混乱不堪、你要求什么法律规则。
When we uphold law and order against violence, you call it a violation of human rights. 当我们有法可循、除暴安良，你指责这是践踏人权、罪不可赦。 When we were silent, you said you wanted us to have free speech. 当我们沉默，你说想要我们发出自由之声。
When we are silent no more, you say we are brainwashed xenophobes. 当我们不再沉默，你却将我们描绘被洗脑的仇外者。
Why do you hate us so much? we asked. 为什么你如此仇视我们？我们问道
No, you answered, we don't hate you. 不，你回答，我们没有仇视。
We don't hate you either, 我们对你亦无仇恨。
But do you understand us? 但你们可了解我们？
Of course we do, you said, 当然了解，你说道，
We have AFP, CNN and BBC. . . . 我们有AFP、CNN和BBC……
What do you really want from us? 你究竟想让我们怎么样？
Think hard first, then answer . . . 好好想想吧，你们能如此一簧两舌……
Because you only get so many chances. 只因我们宽宥待人、有容乃大。
Enough is Enough, Enough Hypocrisy for This One World. 就此打住吧，我们看尽了世间假仁假义。
We want One World, One Dream, and Peace on Earth. This Big Blue Earth is Big Enough for all of Us.
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评论翻译
Yes, you invaded Iraq not for youself or your country but for the sake of iraqis and the sake of their souls. Oh, I am so touched! 是的，你入侵伊拉克不是为了你自己，也不是为了你的国家，而是纯粹为了伊拉克人民，纯粹为了拯救他们的灵魂，哦，我真是太感动了…… The point of this "poem" was to show how slanted information fuels xenophobia. Of course, finding lead in toys and political prisoners are wrong, but what about the chemicals in our baby bottles, extreme rendition, and internment without trial? In other words, those who have sinned should not cast stones.
这首诗关键在于说明了具有倾向性的信息是如何为那些对外仇恨添油加料的。当然，在玩具中发现铅和政治犯的事情是错误的，而那些给婴儿喝毒奶粉、非法引渡、不经审判拘留的事情呢？换句话说，有罪之人无权对别人行刑。 I'm glad the Post published this item because the news is often presented from the Western point of view, despite its multicultural staff. We should make diversity a strength instead of considering other societies to be inferior. 我很高兴邮报发表这首诗，因为它的工作人员尽管有着多文化背景，但其新闻却多是站在西方视角。我们应该看到多元化的长处，而不是光想其他社会的短处。 To Deadline: that executing people for organ story is a shameless lie. The Chinese may not have as much democracy as the U.S people, but they are civilized people. In fact, China is one of the first countries who abondoned mutilation for crime punishment (approx. in the 200 B.C). Check your history and use your brain before your spread rumor. 回复Deadline：那个处决犯人而为了摘取器官的故事就是一个不要脸的谎言。中国人可能没有美国人这么的民主，但是他们也是文明的民族。事实上，中国是最早废除对罪犯进行肉刑的国家之一（大约在公元前200年）。在散播流言前，好好读读历史，用你的脑袋想想。 I wonder what Robert Frost would say about its meter, metaphor, and rhyme!
我怀疑罗伯特.弗罗斯特对这首诗的格律、暗喻和音韵作何评价！ But the writing certainly does convey how the west has interacted with the east, and how the east might be confused by our demands. Cultures are fascinating social structures where differences are often misunderstood, and populations suffer.
不过这首诗的确传达出了西方是如何对待东方的，以及东方如何困惑于我们的要求的。文化是让人着迷的社会构成，充满对其不同之处的曲解和由这种曲解所带来的民族苦难。 For me, I'd like to see the quality of life in China improved so that their citizens suffer less and enjoy life more. How that is to be accomplished only the Chinese can say. And only time will bring about the necessary changes for improved quality of life for the Chinese people. 对我而言，我喜欢看到中国的生活质量得到改善，他的人民可以少受罪多享受生活。这点如何实现只有中国人民自己能做到，并且要让中国人民生活真正得到改善需要时间。 I want you to stop poisoning our children. I want you to release all of your political prisoners. I want you to hold elections where the only party on the ballot is not the communists party. But most of all I want you to quit executing people on demand when someone with a few thousand needs an organ. Is that too much to ask? I ask this not for myself or my country but for your sake and the sake of your souls. 我要求你们能停止毒害我们的儿童。我要求你们释放你们所有的政治犯人。我要求你们举行多党制选举，而不是一党制选举。但我最想要的是，停止处决犯人后将其器官以几千元的价格卖给一些需要器官的人。要问的事情还不够多么？我问这些不是为了我自己或者我的国家，而是纯粹为了你们和你们的灵魂。
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乡亲们，这首诗是应小G的要求翻译的，因为是旧闻，就五条评论，没有更多了。我也想多翻译一点，但评论关闭了，所以很对不住大家了！
谢谢大家能在百忙之中阅读此文……
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