Fight for Justice — Even if You Don’t Live To See It | Golriz Lucina | TED

翻译人员: Jinnie Sun 校对人员: Laixi Kang

It is not an unusual sight in Iran:

在伊朗，这个景象并不罕见：

a large conference attended only by men.

只有男性参加的大型会议。

After all, women are to be hidden from public view,

毕竟，女性要被隐藏在公众视野之外，

kept uneducated, silent, powerless.

要不受教育、保持沉默、保持弱小。

It is within these strict confines that a young woman,

正是在这些严格的限制内， 有一位年轻女子

eyes bright with possibility for a more just and equitable world,

憧憬着建立一个更加公平公正的世界。

bravely steps into this gathering of men with her veil removed.

她勇敢地摘下面纱， 踏入了这个男人们的聚会。

Her face is uncovered,

她的脸露了出来，

an act considered blasphemous.

这种行为被认为是在亵渎神明。

Just the presence of this woman alone sends shock waves through the crowd.

这个女人只是存在 都会对人群产生冲击力。

She declares that the time has come to break away from antiquated traditions

她宣称，现在是时候摆脱过时的传统了，

and step into a new era of human consciousness,

也是时候进入人类思想的新时代了。

in which every person is free to choose their own path.

在这个时代中，每个人都可以 自由选择自己的人生道路。

Soon after, she is imprisoned,

不久之后，她被监禁了。

charged with spreading corruption on Earth

她被指控在地球上传播令人堕落的行为，

and sentenced to death.

并被判处死刑。

This woman was Táhirih.

这个女人是塔希里（Táhirih），

A poet, a mystic, a champion for human rights.

一位诗人，神秘主义者，人权捍卫者。

Now, this story may sound like a recent headline from Iran,

现在，这个故事听起来 像是伊朗最近的头条新闻，

but it actually took place nearly 200 years ago, in 1848.

但它实际上发生在 近两百年前，即 1848 年。

When I look at my birthplace of Iran today, I have to ask,

今日当我看着我的出生地 伊朗时，我不得不问，

what's changed?

什么改变了呢？

Have we made any progress?

我们取得了任何进展吗？

I see Táhirih's fate being replayed in the lives of other courageous women

我看到塔希里的命运 在其他的勇敢女性身上重演。

who at this very moment are choosing nonviolent means,

她们此时此刻正采取着非暴力手段，

such as speaking out and removing their hijabs,

例如公然发声、摘下头巾，

to proclaim their freedoms.

以此来宣告自己的自由。

And tragically, just like Táhirih,

而不幸的是，就像塔希里一样，

their lives and the rights they are defending

她们的生命和她们所捍卫的权利

are being stamped out and suffocated.

正在被摧毁和遏制。

It's easy to feel hopeless.

很容易感到绝望。

It's easy to feel defeated.

很容易感到被击败。

Yet within their stories,

然而，在她们的故事中，

and within hers,

以及在她的故事中，

I do see progress.

我确实看到了进步。

I see powerful lessons about what it means

我上了有力的一课， 从中看到了它的意义——

to believe so deeply in the transformation of society

深信着社会变革

that we dedicate our lives to laying down the building blocks of a better world.

以至于将一生致力于 构建更美好的世界的意义。

A world we may not even live to see.

一个我们可能甚至无法活着看到的世界。

Táhirih's life is an example of being undeterred

塔希里的一生就是在我们的限制与束缚下

by our limitations and our constraints.

依旧不屈不挠的一个例子。

In an arranged marriage since the age of 14,

塔希里从 14 岁被包办婚姻， 育有三个孩子，

and with three children,

Táhirih still used whatever tools she had within her means --

她仍然利用她力所能及的一切手段，

her words, her actions, her poetry --

包括她的言语、行动、诗歌，

to encourage all of those around her to abandon the suffocating scripts

来鼓励身边所有人 放弃那些令人窒息的准则，

that they had inherited for their lives,

那些他们继承了一辈子的准则，

and to independently investigate the truth for themselves.

而独立地探究自己人生的真相。

She was met with hostile opposition,

她遭到了敌对者的反对、

abuse and imprisonment.

虐待和监禁。

Yet Táhirih was unflinching in her efforts,

然而，塔希里坚定不移地努力，

fixing her eyes on a horizon line of justice and freedom for all.

目光锁定着人人 享有正义和自由的新世界。

Through Táhirih's actions, we understand the power that sacrifice has

通过塔希里的行动，我们能了解到牺牲

in awakening a collective consciousness.

在唤醒集体意识方面的力量。

Though much of her writing and her poetry was destroyed after her death,

尽管她的大部分写作和诗歌 都在她死后被摧毁了，

her legacy could not be extinguished.

但她所留下的事迹无法抹去。

So many hearts were transformed by the teachings that she spread,

她传播的教诲改变了许多人的心灵。

and the seeds of possibility that she planted for equality and freedom

她为平等和自由埋下的无尽可能性的种子

are now bursting through the soil of Iran,

现在正在伊朗的土地上快速萌芽，

as evidenced in these brave, youthful, female-led protests

这些勇敢的、年轻的、 由女性主导的 抗议活动就是明证。

that erupted following the tragic death of Mahsa Jina Amini,

这些抗议在玛莎·吉娜·阿米尼 （Mahsa Jina Amini）的惨死之后爆发，

the 22-year-old Kurdish Iranian woman

她是一位 22 岁的伊朗库尔德妇女，

who died in police custody after being arrested

在被逮捕后在警方的监禁下死亡，

for improperly wearing her hijab.

因为她戴头巾戴得不恰当。

Now today, when I hear that rallying cry, "woman, life, freedom,"

现在，当我听到那句集会 呼喊 “女人、生命、自由” 时，

I can't help but hear Táhirih's last words

我忍不住记起塔希里 被处决前的最后一句话，

before she was executed,

taken in the middle of the night and strangled with her own scarf.

她在半夜被抓走并被人 用她自己的围巾勒死。

She said,

她说：

"You can kill me as soon as you like,

“你可以随时杀死我，

but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

但你无法阻止女性的解放。”

"You can kill me as soon as you like,

“你可以随时杀死我，

but you cannot stop the emancipation of women."

但你无法阻止女性的解放。”

Táhirih's legacy invites each of us to consider

塔希里遗留下的事迹邀请我们每个人思考

what is fueling our own activism.

是什么在推动我们自己的行动主义。

Her words and actions, though radical and upending,

她的言行虽然激进且颠覆性，

were not born out of bitterness or hatred, or fueled by self-interest.

但并非出于苦痛或仇恨， 也不是出于私利。

It was Táhirih's deep love for humanity that propelled her forward.

是塔希里对人类深切的爱激励着她前进。

And therein lies our challenge.

现在我们的挑战来了。

Can we stand up against oppression and injustice

我们能否挺身而出反对压迫和不公正，

while deeply rooting our thoughts, our words, our actions

同时将我们的思想、言论和行动

in compassion and love?

深深扎根于同情和爱中？

Táhirih's life teaches us that we must act with urgency and conviction,

塔希里的一生告诉我们， 我们必须紧迫且坚定地行动起来，

while recognizing that we may not live to see the fruits of our efforts.

同时意识到我们可能无法 活着看到自己的努力成果。

We cannot expect immediate gratification in our pursuit of justice,

我们不能指望在追求正义的过程中 得到即时的满足，

because the transformation of society is a multigenerational endeavor.

因为社会变革需要多代人的努力。

So what can we do?

那么我们能做什么？

We can take to heart Táhirih's trailblazing example,

我们可以牢记塔希里开拓性的示范，

and in every moment,

并且每时每刻，

we too can bravely choose to do the next right thing,

我们也可以勇敢地选择 去做下一件正确的事。

knowing that we are planting seeds that will grow into trees

我们知道我们正在播下种子， 这些种子会长成大树，

under whose branches future generations will find justice and peace.

我们的子孙后代将在 这些树下寻得正义与和平。

I want to end with a poem of Táhirih's,

我想以一首塔希里的诗作为结尾，

translated from its original language of Farsi,

它从波斯语翻译而来。

not only because it feels like it could have been written today,

不仅因为这首诗就像 是在今天被创作的一样，

in light of all the conflicts we are witnessing with broken hearts

在这有着让全球人民心碎的冲突的今天，

all around the world,

but also because she offers us a clear and poignant call to action

而且因为在我们可能会自问 希望留下什么样的世界的时刻，

at a time where we might be asking ourselves

她给我们以明确而尖刻的行动的呼吁。

what we want our legacy to be.

"Let warring ways be banished from the world.

“将交战的道路驱逐出世界。

Let justice everywhere its carpet throw.

让正义遍布各处。

May friendship reconcile ancient hatreds.

愿友谊调和古老的仇恨。

May love grow from the seed of love we sow."

愿爱从我们播下的爱之种中蓬勃生长。”

Thank you.

谢谢。

(Applause)

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