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Yusuf Islam, formerly known as Cat Stevens, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and philanthropist. He has sold over 60 million albums worldwide in a career spanning five decades. He converted to Islam at the height of his fame in 1977. The following year, he started a three-decade break from music to devote himself to helping the British Muslim community.
尤瑟夫·伊斯拉姆，他也被稱之為凱特·斯蒂文斯，英國音樂家，唱作人以及慈善家。在他職業生涯的50年里，他的專輯銷量在全球超過了6000萬張。1977年，在他事業的高峰期，他皈依了伊斯蘭教。第二年，為了幫助英國的穆斯林社區，他暫別歌壇三年。
Yusuf Islam was born in 1948 as Steven Georgiou. His father was a Greek-Cypriot and his mother was Swedish. He lived and grew up very near London’s Piccadilly Circus. Steven started playing piano when he was 12, which led to songwriting and playing guitar. He began to perform his songs in London pubs under the stage name Cat Stevens.
尤瑟夫·伊斯拉姆出生于1948年，他的原名叫作斯蒂文·喬治烏。他的父親是希臘塞浦路斯人，母親是瑞典人。他成長在離倫敦皮卡迪利廣場不遠的地方。斯蒂文從12歲開始彈奏鋼琴，之后開始寫歌，彈奏吉他。他開始以藝名凱特·斯蒂文斯的身份在倫敦酒吧唱歌。
At the age of 18, Stevens got a record deal. His debut album ‘Matthew and Son’ was a huge success. He became a pop sensation until he developed tuberculosis in 1968. He spent several months in hospital, where he took up meditation and read about religion. He wrote many songs that would make him world famous in the 1970s.
18歲時，斯蒂文斯簽訂了唱片公司。他的首張專輯《Matthew and Son》取得了巨大成功。并引起了流行界的轟動，1968年，他感染了肺結核。他在醫院度過了幾個月的時間，并在那里進行了冥想，研習了宗教。20世紀70年代，他寫了許多世界著名歌曲。
In 1976 Stevens nearly drowned, an event that made him question his life. His brother gave him a copy of the Koran and he converted to Islam. Yusuf Islam then abandoned his rock star career. In 1981, he established the first of many Islamia Schools in Britain. He devoted himself to Islamic charitable causes and has received many peace awards. Yusuf returned to releasing records in 2006.
1976年，他差點被淹死，這次事件讓他對他人生產生了疑問。他的哥哥給了他一本古拉經，之后皈依了伊斯蘭教。隨后，尤瑟夫·伊斯拉姆放棄了自己的搖滾生涯。1981年，他建立了首家伊斯蘭學校。他投身于伊斯蘭的慈善事業當中，并獲得了諸多和平獎項。2006年，尤瑟夫又重新發行了專輯。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
