1943年宋慶齡在美國國會演講

1、In1943intheUnitedStatescongressspeechsoongchinglingMr.President,MembersoftheSenateoftheUnitedStates,ladies,andgentlemen,IamoverwhelmedbythewarmthandspontaneityofthewelcomeoftheAmericanpeople,ofwhomyouaretherepresentatives.IdidnotknowthatIwastospeaktoyoutodayattheSenateexcepttosay,Howdoyoudo,Iamsover

2、ygladtoseeyou,andtobringthegreetingsofmypeopletothepeopleofAmerica.However,justbeforecominghere,theVicePresidenttoldmethathewouldliketohavemesayafewwordstoyou.Iamnotaverygoodextemporaneousspeaker;infact,Iamnospeakeratall;butIamnotsoverymuchdiscouraged,becauseafewdaysagoIwasatHydePark,andwenttothePre

3、sidentslibrary.SomethingIsawthereencouragedme,andmademefeelthatperhapsyouwillnotexpectovermuchofmeinspeakingtoyouextemporaneously.WhatdoyouthinkIsawthereIsawmanythings,buttheonethingwhichinterestedmemostofallwasthatinaglasscasetherewasthefirstdraftofoneofthePresidentsspeeches,aseconddraft,andonandon

4、uptothesixthdraft.YesterdayIhappenedtomentionthisfacttothePresident,andtoldhimthatIwasextremelygladthathehadtowritesomanydraftswhenheissuchawell-knownandacknowledgedlyfinespeaker.Hisreplytomewasthatsometimeshewrites12draftsofaspeech.So,myremarksheretoday,beingextemporaneous,Iamsureyouwillmakeallowan

5、cesforme.Thetraditionalfriendshipbetweenyourcountryandminehasahistoryof160years.Ifeel-andIbelievethatIamnottheonlyonewhofeelsthisway-thatthereareagreatmanysimilaritiesbetweenyourpeopleandmine,andthatthesesimilarltiesarethebasisofourfriendship.Ishouldliketotellyoualittlestorywhichwillillustratethisbe

6、lief.WhenGeneralDoolittleandhismenwenttobombTokyo,ontheirreturnsomeofyourboyshadtobailoutintheinteriorofChina.Oneofthemlatertoldmethathehadtobailoutofhisship.AndthatwhenhelandedonChinesesoilandsawthepopulacerunningtowardhim,hejustwavedhisarmandshoutedtheonlyChinesewordheknew,Mei-kuo,Mei-kuo,whichmea

7、nsAmerica.LiterallytranslatedfromtheChineseitmeansBeautifulcountry.Thisboysaidthatourpeoplelaughedandalmosthuggedhim,andgreetedhimlikealonglostbrother.Hefurthertoldmethathethoughtthathehadcomehomewhenhesawourpeople;andthatwasthefirsttimehehadeverbeentoChina.(Applause.)Icametoyourcountryasalittlegirl

8、.Iknowyourpeople.Ihavelivedwiththem.Ispenttheformativeyearsofmylifeamongstyourpeople.Ispeakyourlanguage,notonlythelanguageofyourhearts,butalsoyourtongue.SocomingheretodayIfeelthatIamalsocominghome.(Applause)Ibelieve,however,thatitisnotonlyIwhoamcominghome,IfeelthatiftheChinesepeoplecouldspeaktoyouin

9、yourowntongue,orifyoucouldunderstandourtongue,theywouldtellyouthatbasicallyandfundamentallywearefightingforthesamecause(greatapplause);thatwehaveidentityofideals;thatthefourfreedoms,whichyourPresidentproclaimedtotheworld,resoundthroughoutourvastlandasthegongoffreedom,thegongoffreedomoftheUnitedNatio

10、ns,andthedeathknelloftheaggressors.(Applause.)Iassureyouthatourpeoplearewillingandeagertocooperatewithyouintherealizationoftheseideals,becausewewanttoseetoitthattheydonotechoasemptyphrases,butbecomerealitiesforourselves,forourchildren,forourchildrenschildren,andforallmankind.(Applause.)Howarewegoing

11、torealizetheseidealsIthinkIshalltellyoualittlestorywhichjustcametomymind.5,000years.WhenwewereobligedtoevacuateHankowandgointothehinterlandtocarryonandcontinueourresistanceagainstaggression,theGeneralissimoandIpassedoneofourfronts,theChangshafront.OnedaywewentintotheHeng-yangMountains,wheretherearet

12、racesofafamouspavilioncalledRub-the-mirrorpavilion,whichwasbuiltover2,000yearsago.Itwillperhapsinterestyoutohearthestoryofthatpavilion.TwothousandyearsagonearthatspotwasanoldBuddhisttemple.Oneoftheyoungmonkswentthere,andalldaylonghesatcrosslegged,withhishandsclaspedbeforehiminanattitudeofprayer,andm

13、urmuredAmita-Buddha!Amita-Buddha!Amita-Buddha!Hemurmuredandchanteddayafterday,becausehehopedthathewouldacquiregrace.TheFatherPriorofthattempletookapieceofbrickandrubbeditagainstastonehourafterhour,dayafterday,andweekafterweek.Thelittleacolyte,beingveryyoung,sometimescasthiseyesaroundtoseewhattheoldF

14、atherPriorwasdoing.TheoldFatherPriorjustkeptonhisworkofrubbingthebrickagainstthestone.Soonedaytheyoungacolytesaidtohim.FatherPrior,whatareyoudoingdayafterdayrubbingthisbrickonthestone.TheFatherPriorreplied,Iamtryingtomakeamirroroutofthisbrick.Theyoungacolytesaid,Butitisimpossibletomakeamirroroutofab

15、rick,FatherPriorYes,saidtheFatherPrior,anditisjustasimpossibleforyoutoacquiregracebydoingnothingexceptmurmurAmita-Buddhaalldaylong,dayinanddayout.(Applause.)So,myfriends,Ifeelthatitisnecessaryforusnotonlytohaveidealsandtoproclaimthatwehavethem,itisnecessarythatweacttoimplementthem.Andsotoyou,gentlem

16、enoftheSenate,andtoyouladiesandgentlemeninthegalleries,Isaythatwithouttheactivehelpofallofusourleadercannotimplementtheseideals.ItisuptoyouandtometotaketoheartthelessonofRub-the-mirrorpavilion.Ithankyou.(Greatapplause,Senatorsandtheirguestsarising.)翻譯：1943年宋慶齡在美國國會演講議長先生，美國參議院各位議員，各位女士、先生，受到諸位所代表的美國

17、人民熱情與真誠的歡迎，令我感動莫名。我事先不知今天要在參議院發(fā)表演說，只以為要到此說聲大家好，很高興見到各位，并向貴國人民轉(zhuǎn)達(dá)敝國百姓的問候之意。不過，在來到此地之前，貴國副總統(tǒng)告訴我，他希望我和各位說幾句話。我并不擅于即席演說，事實上根本稱不上是演說家，但我不會因此怯場，因為前幾天我在海德公園參觀過總統(tǒng)圖書館，在那里看見的一些東西鼓勵了我，讓我感覺各位或許不會對我的即席演說要求太多。各位知道我在那里見到什么嗎？我看到了許多，但最讓我感興趣的，莫過于一個放著總統(tǒng)先生（譯按，即羅斯?？偨y(tǒng)）演說草稿的玻璃箱，里頭從第一份草稿、第二份草稿，一直到第六份草稿。昨天，我碰巧向總統(tǒng)先生提及此事，我說我很高

18、興知道，以他如此知名又公認(rèn)一流的演說家，還必須寫這么多份草稿。他回答說，有時他一次演說得寫12份草稿。因此，今天本人在此發(fā)表的即席演說，我確信各位一定會包容。請預(yù)覽后下載!貴國和敝國之間有著160年悠久歷史的情誼，我覺得貴國人民和敝國百姓有許許多多的相似點(diǎn)，而這些相似點(diǎn)正是兩國情誼的基礎(chǔ)，我也相信不是只有我有這樣的感覺。在此，我想說個小故事，來說明此一信念。杜立德將軍和部下一起去轟炸東京，回程時有些美國子弟兵不得不在中國內(nèi)陸跳傘。其中一人后來告訴我，他被迫從飛機(jī)跳傘，踏上中國的土地時，看到當(dāng)?shù)鼐用衽芟蛩?，他就揮著手，喊出他會說的唯一一句中國話：美國，美國，也就是美利堅的意思，（掌聲）美國在中國

19、話的意思是美麗的國家。這個大男孩說，敝國人民聽了都笑開來，擁抱他，像歡迎失散多年的兄弟一般。他還告訴我說，當(dāng)他看到我們的人民，感覺他已經(jīng)回到家；而那是他第一次來到中國。（掌聲）我來到貴國時是個小女孩，我熟悉貴國人民，我和他們一起生活過。我生命中成長的歲月是和貴國人民一起度過，我說你們的話，我想的和你們一樣,說的也和你們一樣。所以今天來到這里，我也感覺我好像回到家了（掌聲）不過，我相信不只是我回到家，我覺得，如果中國人民會用你們的語言與你們說話，或是你們能了解我們的語言，他們會告訴你們，根本而言，我們都在為相同的理念奮戰(zhàn)（如雷掌聲）；我們有一致的理想；亦即貴國總統(tǒng)向全世界揭示的四個自由，自由的鐘聲、聯(lián)合國自由的鐘聲，和侵略者的喪鐘響徹我國遼闊的土地。（掌聲）謹(jǐn)向各位保證，敝國