Vusi Mahlasela: "Thula Mama"

譯者: Jeff Chang 審譯者: Adrienne Lin

I’d like to dedicate this one to all the women in South Africa --

我想把這首歌獻給南非所有的婦女--

those women who refused to dwindle in the midst of apartheid.

特別是那些拒絕在種族隔離中式微的女性。

And, of course, I’m dedicating it also to my grandmother,

當然，這首歌也要特別獻給我的奶奶，

whom I think really played quite a lot of important roles,

她在我的一生中扮演了相當重要的角色，

especially for me when I was an activist, and being harassed by the police.

尤其是在我身為激進份子而備受警察騷擾的那段期間。

You will recall that in 1976, June 16, the students of South Africa boycotted

你們大概都還記得在1976年6月16號，南非的學生聯合抵制

the language of Afrikaans as the medium of the oppressor,

鎮壓者強迫把南非荷蘭語作為溝通的媒介。

as they were sort of like really told

學生們被迫

that they must do everything in Afrikaans --

一定要用南非荷蘭語來學習任何課程--

biology, mathematics -- and what about our languages?

如生物，數學-- 那我們自身的語言該如何生存呢?

And the students wanted to speak to the government,

因此學生們想和政府對談，

and police answered with bullets.

但警方確以子彈回應。

So every year, June 16, we will commemorate

因此，每年的6月16號，我們都會紀念

all those comrades or students who died.

那些在反抗中犧牲的學生。

And I was very young then. I think I was 11 years,

回想起當時，我還很小，大概才11歲，

and I started asking questions,

正是對任何事物感到好奇的時候，

and that’s when my political education started.

而我的政治教育也正此開始。

And I joined, later on, the youth organization

後來，我加入了

under the African National Congress.

非洲國民大會的青年組織。

So as part of organizing this and whatever,

身為組織紀念活動的一員，

this commemoration, the police will round us up

警察常會來圍捕騷擾我們，

as they call us leaders.

他們把我們叫作"領導者"，

And I used to run away from home,

在當時我還甚至常常逃家

when I know that maybe the police might be coming

為了就是躲避警方的逮捕。

around the ninth or 10th of June or so.

他們常在6月的9號或10號來。

And my grandmother one time said,

有次，我的奶奶還說：

"No, look, you’re not going to run away.

「聽好，這次你不准走

This is your place, you stay here."

這裡就是你的家，就好好待在這裡。」

And indeed, the police came -- because they’ll just arrest us

那晚，警察果真又來了。因為他們總是任意地逮捕我們，

and put us in jail and release us whenever they feel like, after the 20th or so.

關進牢裡，然後大約又在6月20號以後釋放我們。

So it was on the 10th of June, and they came, and they surrounded the house,

那晚是6月10號，警察來了，把我家包圍起來，

and my grandmother switched off all the lights in the house,

奶奶把房裡所有的燈關掉，

and opened the kitchen door.

再打開廚房的門。

And she said to them, "Vusi's here, and you're not going to take him tonight.

她對他們說:「伍斯今晚在家，不過你們別想把他帶走，

I'm tired of you having to come here, harassing us,

我真的受夠了你們跑來這裡來騷擾我們，

while your children are sleeping peacefully in your homes.

而你們的孩子確能在家裡睡得這麼安穩。

He is here, and you're not going to take him.

他今晚就在這，但你們別想逮捕他。

I've got a bowl full of boiling water -- the first one who comes in here, gets it."

我已經準備好滿滿一盆滾燙的開水，誰先進來，我就潑向誰。」

And they left.

那晚他們就只好灰頭土臉的走了。

(Applause) (Music)

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♫ Thula Mama, Thula Mama, Thula Mama, Thula Mama. ♫

♫杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽♫

♫ Through the mist of the tears in your eyes on my childhood memory, ♫

♫從您那淚水盈眶的雙眼中，我回想起童年♫

♫ I know the truth in your smile, ♫

♫我知道您微笑中蘊含的真理♫

♫ I know the truth in your smile, ♫

♫我知道您微笑中蘊含的真理♫

♫ piercing through the gloom of my ignorance. ♫

♫穿透我無知的籓籬中♫

♫ Oh, there is a mama lying down sleeping ♫

♫ 噢，親愛的媽媽熟睡著♫

♫ you're very ill and your heart crying. ♫

♫您的身體微恙，您的心在呼喊著♫

♫ Wondering, wondering, wondering, wondering where is this world coming to. ♫

♫擔心著，擔心著，擔心著，擔心著，擔心著這世界將會變成怎樣♫

♫ Is it right the children have to fend for themselves? No, no, no, no, no. no. ♫

♫讓小孩自力更生，對嗎? 不，不，不......♫

♫ Is it right heaping trouble on an old lady's head? ♫

♫找老婦人麻煩，對嗎?♫

♫ So unlucky faceless people. ♫

♫對平凡人來說，是多麼的不幸♫

♫ Thula Mama Mama, Thula Mama. Thula Mama Mama. ♫

♫杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽♫

♫ Thula Mama, Thula Mama, Thula Mama Mama, Thula Mama ♫

♫杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽♫

♫ Tomorrow it’s going to be better. ♫

♫明天將會變得更好♫

♫ Tomorrow it's going to be better to climb, Mama. ♫

♫明天的挑戰將會更加的容易♫

♫ Thula Mama, Thula Mama. ♫

♫杜拉媽媽，杜拉媽媽♫

♫ Am I to break into the song like the blues man or troubadour. ♫

♫我開始像藍調歌手或吟遊詩人一樣唱著歌♫

♫ And then from long distance in no blues club am I to sing, ♫

♫然而可以讓我歌唱的藍調酒吧卻無處可尋♫

♫ baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby, baby. ♫

♫寶貝，寶貝，寶貝......♫

♫ Should I now stop singing of love, ♫

♫是否該停止對愛的歌頌呢?♫

♫ now that my memory’s surrounded by blood? ♫

♫當我的記憶已被鮮血化據?♫

♫ Sister, why oh why do we at times mistake a pimple for a cancer? ♫

♫姊妹們，為何我們時常的把粉刺誤認為癌症?♫

♫ So who are they who says, no more love poems now? ♫

♫是誰在嘆息再也沒有歌頌愛的詩歌?♫

♫ I want to sing a song of love ♫

♫我想要歌頌一首愛的旋律♫

♫ for that woman who jumped the fences pregnant ♫

♫獻給那位懷著身孕仍跳下柵欄的婦女♫

♫ and still gave birth to a healthy child. ♫

♫她仍然生下了健康的孩子♫

♫ Softly I walk into the sun rays of the smile ♫

♫我漫步在和珣微笑的陽光下♫

♫ that will ignite my love song, my song of life, ♫

♫燃起了我對愛，對生命的歌頌♫

♫ my song of love, my song of life, my song of love, ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命，唱出愛♫

♫ my song of life, my song of love, my song of life. ♫

♫唱出生命，唱出愛，唱出生命♫

♫ Ooh, I’ve not tried to run away from song, ♫

♫喔，我未曾停止歌唱♫

♫ I hear a persistent voice, more powerful than the enemy bombs. ♫

♫我聽到一個堅毅的嗓音，比起敵人的炸彈更有威力♫

♫ The song that washed our lives and the rains of our blood. ♫

♫那是洗淨你我的人生和血淚♫

♫ My song of love and my song of life, my song of love, ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命，唱出愛♫

♫ my song of life, my song of love, ♫

♫唱出生命，唱出愛♫

♫ my song of life, my song of love -- I want everybody to sing with me -- ♫

♫唱出生命，唱出愛-- 大家跟我一起唱♫

♫ my song of life, my song of love, my song of life -- everybody sing with me -- ♫

♫唱出生命，唱出愛，唱出生命-- 大家跟我一起唱♫

♫ my song of life, my song of love -- I can’t hear you -- ♫

♫唱出生命，唱出愛-- 大聲點♫

♫ my song of love, my song of life -- you can do better -- ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命-- 再大聲一點♫

♫ my song of life, my song of love -- keep singing, keep singing -- ♫

♫唱出生命，唱出愛-- 繼續唱，不要停♫

♫ my song of love, my song of life, yes, my song of love -- ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命，對，唱出愛♫

♫ you can do better than that -- ♫

♫來，再大聲一點♫

♫ my song of life, yes, my song of love, my song of life, my song of love -- ♫

♫唱出生命，對，唱出愛，唱出生命，唱出愛♫

♫ keep singing, keep singing, keep singing -- my song of love. ♫

♫繼續唱，不要停，不要停-- 唱出愛♫

♫ Oh yeah. My song of -- a love song, my song of life. Sing. A love song, my song of life. Sing. ♫

對，就是這樣。唱出-- 愛之旋律，唱出生命。唱。唱出愛，唱出生命。♫

♫ Love song, my song of life. Sing. Love song, my song of life. Sing. ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命。來，一起唱。唱出愛，唱出生命。一起唱。♫

♫ Love song, my song of life. Sing. Love song, my song of life. ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命。來，一起唱。唱出愛，唱出生命。♫

♫ Love song, my song of life. ♫

♫唱出愛，唱出生命♫

(Applause)

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