You are unique.

你，與眾不同

And there are seven billion others, just as unique as you.

同時，七十億人與你共存於世，他們就和你一樣特別

Each of us is different, with some new angle on the world.

所有人都是不一樣的，我們從不同的視角觀看這個世界

But what does it mean if the lives we're busy shaping by hand,

但如果，我們窮極一生用自己雙手打造的人生

all end up looking the same?

最後看起來都一模一樣，這意味著什麼？

Easily replaced by a thousand identical others?

是不是千千萬萬個和我相同的人，都能取代我呢？

VEMÖDALEN

VEMÖDALEN

So we all spread out,

所以我們不斷向四面八方延伸

looking for scraps of frontier,

尋找零星散佈的新意

trying to capture something special,

試著捕捉某種能稱之為「特別」的事物

something personal.

屬於自己的事物

As if we're afraid of being captured ourselves.

好似我們自己也害怕被捕捉

So quickly pegged for exactly what we are, so easily mistaken for someone ordinary, just like everyone else.

很快的就被定義、貼上標籤，害怕很容易就犯了平庸之罪，變得跟所有人都一樣

It should be a comfort that we're not so different.

其實「我們不那麼特別」應是一種慰藉

That our perspectives so neatly align, that these same images keep showing up, again and again.

我們的觀點整齊一致，同樣的光景一再出現，日復一日

It's alright if we tell the same jokes we've all heard before.

一直說大家都聽過的笑話無所謂

It's alright if we keep remaking the same movies.

不斷拍攝同樣類型的電影，這也無所謂

It's alright if we keep saying the same phrases to each other,

我們談話時總說一樣的語句

as if they had never been said before.

如同它們沒有被說過一樣，這當然也無所謂

"The powerful play goes on,"

「隨著偉大的戲碼繼續上演」

"and you will contribute a verse."

「你將貢獻自己的詩句」

And you and I and seven billion others will leave our mark on this world we've inherited.

你、我與七十億他人，將在這個世界留下痕跡

But if, in the end, we find ourselves with nothing left to say,

但假如，到了最終，我們發現自己已無話可說

nothing new to add,

無新意可添加

Idly tracing outlines left by others long ago, it will be as if we weren't here at all.

只是徒然的遵循他人很久以前留下的輪廓，那等於我們從未存在過

This, too, has been said many times before.

這樣的話也被說過許多次了

The powerful play goes on.

隨著偉大的戲碼繼續上演

And when you get your cue,

而輪到你上台時

you say your line.

就說出你的台詞吧