Thursday, February 3, 2011

我没有说话 - I Did Not Speak Up


"First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out
because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out
because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out
because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me."

This well-known speech by Pastor Martin Niemoller, First They Came..., now inspired a new version in Chinese language websites:


“首先他们冲共产党员来,
我没有说话,
因为我不是共产党员。


接着他们冲工会成员来,
我没有说话,
因为我不是工会会员。



接着他们冲犹太人来,
我没有说话,
因为我不是犹太人。

然后他们冲我而来
却没有剩下来的人
为我说话了。”

马丁·尼默勒牧师的这个著名的言谈,启发了中文网站的新版本



我没有说话

他们封Blogger的时候,
我没有说话,
因为我不写博客;


他们封Youtube的时候,
我没有说话,
因为我不看视频;


他们封Twitter的时候,
我没有说话,
因为我不用微博;


他们封Facebook的时候,
我没有说话,
因为我不交友;


他们封Google的时候,
我没有说话,
因为我用百度搜索;


最后我发现,
我再也没有地方说话了。


I Did Not Speak Up

When they closed down Blogger,
I did not speak up,
because I did not write blogs;

When closed down Youtube,
I did not speak up,
because I did not watch online videos;

When closed down Twitter,
I did not speak up,
because I did not write tweets;

When closed down Facebook,
I did not speak up,
because I did not make friends;

When closed down Google,
I did not speak up,
because I used Baidu to search;

Finally, I found out that
I have no place to speak up.


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