Name: 【TED】阿薩利-德萬-傳道書：《Chasms》（《Chasms》|阿薩利-德萬-傳道書）。 (【TED】Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes: "Chasms" ("Chasms" | Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes))
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Duration: 6 min 24 s

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There are some chasms so deep and so wide,

we find it hard to imagine how we'll ever make it to the other side.

That space between who we are and who we want to be,

我們難以想像如何才能到達彼岸

那差距──介於我們的現狀與自許之間

那隔閡──介於我們的 崇高理想與既有現實之間

那落差──介於我們的辭與意之間

那洶湧的河流──介於發生過的事實 和我們的選擇性記憶之間

The raging river that flows between what actually happened

氾濫了我們的言語 既刻薄又偏激

flooding our speech with waters, caustic and rank.

當我們四目相接時 便會搭起串聯你我之間

但常常，我們的眼神充滿了遲疑

passing through me and you, as we look one another eye to eye.

But so often, that look is filled with our hesitations,

瞧，我們早就捨棄那些透露脆弱的言語

and we can't help but glance to the side.

See, we've long ago let go of the language

從來沒有注意到，壓抑只帶來壓力

We learn early that those with softer hearts suffer.

never noticing that only strain has been the fruit of our restraints.

但是且依然，儘管我們渴望且願意癒合

Yet and still, despite our desire and willingness to heal,

疊合──彼此的期待想望 發現──彼此的恐懼相撞

we often find ourselves fighting hard in the paint,

我們想要瞭解彼此 卻預設行不通

holding onto false images of everything we ain't.

So while our dream coincide, our fears collide.

如同分列我們整體性的裂縫般 令人難以理解

And we want to know one another, but think we can't.

is as unfathomable as the fissures that line our collective integrity.

也許你曾在途中 遇過幾位擁有美德的君子

Perhaps you have met one or two of the virtuous on your path.

and I know that I have, from time to time,

請諸位，與我一起承擔吧 我的傷口正在癒合

但是，我再也不會對我的傷口 或傷害過我的人卑躬屈膝

yet still make room for the possibility that it's I who's been pretending.

我願像Nüt一樣張開我的雙臂 直到我成為了廣闊的天

but I'm no longer bending to the will of my injuries,

成為我們四目相交時 彼此溝通的橋樑

但是舌頭，就像心一樣，會疲憊

I much prefer to stretch my arms like Nüt until I become the sky.

弱者會阻礙強者保持積極的心態

就像無法挽回的人阻撓失而復得的人 逃離痛苦的泥沼

our bridge to cross when we look one another in the eye.

墮者不想讓智者 帶領我們走向高處

But the tongue, like the heart, gets tired.

但無論你從這些騙子的口中聽到什麼

The weak make it hard for the strong to stay inspired,

like the lost prevent the found from escaping the mire,

and the degraded stop the enlightened from taking us higher.

這就是為什麼我如此憂慮 每當看到我們的心傷痕累累

But no matter what you hear from the mouths of these liars,

我們淪為奴隸 卻視鐐銬為主人的饋贈

that's why it really stresses me to see our hearts so tattered,

不但沒有共同反抗權勢 還讓他們進一步分裂我們

We're enslaved, yet think of our shackles as gifts.

Rather than resist our masters, we let them widen our rifts,

青年不再徒勞地區分靈魂與理智

他們的真理根深蒂固 他們的正直毫髮無傷

請大家把目光轉到那些榜樣身上

Justice is getting restless in its chains.

Our youth find it useless to separate their souls from their brains,

their truth is ingrained, their integrity insustained.

那些敢於質疑朋友和挑戰敵人的人

Let me call your attention to those who serve as examples.

是時候閉上我們的嘴、用心聆聽

the fullness and the sweetness of their composition.

Nor the unadulterated truth of their mission.

你們或許無法想像 這是多麼地令人有成就感、激勵人心

我很榮幸能夠和我的鄰居共同設計

在紐奧良一個名為 「橋之下」的社區空間

you have no idea how fulfilling and energizing that is.

1966年，10號州際公路 來到杜梅（Tremé）社區

I've had the privilege of codesigning with my neighbors

a space in New Orleans known as Under the Bridge.

實際上摧毀了當地最繁盛的黑人商業區

In 1966, Interstate 10 landed on the Tremé neighborhood,

全國歷史最悠久的非裔美國人社區

effectively destroying the region's most successful black commercial district,

如今，在經歷了45年的社區倡議

of the nation's oldest African American neighborhood.

Today, after 45 years of community advocacy,

在聆聽了成千上萬個居民的聲音

和獲得當地聯邦及慈善夥伴的支持後

正當這個城市在讚揚 300年來其對世界的影響

我們將會把州際公路下的 19個街區轉變成社區空間

after capturing the voices of thousands of residents

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【TED】阿薩利-德萬-傳道書：《Chasms》（《Chasms》|阿薩利-德萬-傳道書）。 (【TED】Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes: "Chasms" ("Chasms" | Asali DeVan Ecclesiastes))

privilege

pretend

empathy

stretch