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and attached a placard identifying him as director of idolatry.
還張貼了告示 稱其為邪神崇拜的始作俑者
Or we might say, protector of what needs to be saved,
而在我們眼中 他是珍貴寶藏的守護(hù)者
cherished, passed on as the work of civilisation.
守住了瑰麗的文明 守住了傳世的杰作
A lot of us spend our days talking about art.
我們?cè)S多人會(huì)花時(shí)間談?wù)撍囆g(shù)
I doubt very many of us
但我懷疑大多數(shù)人
are prepared to lay down our lives for it,
都沒有為藝術(shù)獻(xiàn)出生命的覺悟
but for Khaled al-Asaad,
但對(duì)哈立德·阿薩德來說
the stones and statues and columns of Palmyra
巴爾米拉的這些石頭 雕像和石柱
were more than simply an ensemble of antiquity.
并不只是簡(jiǎn)單的古董集合
He didn't need a UNESCO certificate to tell him
他并不需要聯(lián)合國(guó)教科文組織的證書來告訴他
that the significance of Palmyra
巴爾米拉的重要意義
was at once both local and universal.
并不局限于一地一區(qū) 而是屬于全世界
It's there for believers and unbelievers,
它既屬于信徒 也屬于不信教的人
for East and West,
既屬于東方 也屬于西方
and somehow it had fallen to him
而鬼使神差般地
to be the guardian of that inheritance.
守護(hù)這份遺產(chǎn)的重任就落到了他的肩上
We can spend a lot of time debating
我們可以花上許久來爭(zhēng)論
what civilisation is or isn't,
什么是文明 什么不是
but when it's opposite shows up in all its brutality and cruelty
但當(dāng)文明的對(duì)立面將其全部的粗暴與殘忍
and intolerance and lust for destruction,
狹隘與毀滅欲展現(xiàn)在我們眼前時(shí)
we know what civilisation is.
我們便知道了文明為何物
