自由步伐（At Freedom's Feet）

From a vantage in the sky,

Liberty stands firm and starkly green

against a pall of ash, a wall of darkness

advanced, collapsed upon us.

站在天空的制高点

自由屹立，碧空万里

背对着一片灰色的邪恶，一堵黑暗的高墙

在我们头上崩溃

From down here, through uncolored eyes,

from beneath a hem of frozen folds

as thick as I am tall,

her dress drapes wider than a city block,

tablets in unyielding arms hang

more massively than foundation slabs.

向下崩落，透过无色的眼睛

在贫寒的边缘

冰冻三尺

她用衣襟遮住城区

将旗帜挂在不屈的臂上

比地板还厚重

From beside her sturdy sandaled feet,

She is taller than the tallest

building ever built,

her crown of spikes impenetrable,

a reminder to us all --

only that which burns inside her heart

may rise to light her thoughts.

她坚定的步履走过

不断超越

最高的建筑

她的王冠无人可夺

提醒天下人—

她灵魂中唯一的火种

可上升并照亮思想

Seeming miles above, her torch burns

like a hilt of sword about to grow a blade

straight from Freedom's fire,

so tall, so sharp, its polished point

would wound the sky.

远望她的火炬在燃烧

就像一把宝剑出鞘

如此厚重，如此锋利

剑头可划破天幕

Her face -- as hard as iron,

cast black and streaking gray.

Her eyes brood unblinking,

brow curled dark above

to shield her gaze from rain,

chin and jaw seized in invincible metal

but speaking words to me.

她的面颊生硬如铁

铸成黑灰的皱纹

她的眼睛沉思不动

眉毛卷起黑夜

保护她在雨中守望

脸神严肃，不可战胜

于是对我说：

Of Truth, of Freedom,

forever alive in us,

kindled bright from points of light

to blinding blades of fire

that slay the night

with Justice.

代表真理，代表自由

永活在世人心中

星华射出光芒

火焰炫目的刀刃

凭着正义

杀死黑夜

作者：斯科特*斯皮克（Scott Speck，2001.9.17）

译者：郑 中