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The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed;
在靜穆和多巖石的海灘上海浪拍岸花飛濺，暴風雨交加的樹林，巨大的樹枝堪折斷。
And the heavy night hung dark, The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
沉悶的夜晚漆黑一片，山丘流水潺潺，這時，一大群被放逐的人將他們的木筏系泊在新英格荒涼的海岸上。
Not as the conqueror comes, They, the true-hearted, came; Not with the roll of the stirring drums. And the trumpet that sings of fame.
征服者沒有來這里，他們這些忠實的人卻來了；沒有激動人心的隆隆鼓樂。以及頌揚名望的喇叭小號。
Not as the flying come, In silence, and in fear; — They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer.
沒有營營飛蠅飛來，在靜默和恐懼中，他們用高亢的歡呼的頌歌搖撼沙漠昏暗的深處。
Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea; And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free!
在他們唱到的暴風雨中間，聽到了星星和大海的聲音；昏暗的樹林那回音通道回蕩著自由贊歌！
The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white wave's foam; And the rocking pines of the forest roared, — This was their welcome home.
海鷹借著白色浪花卷起的飛沫從他的鷹巢翱翔天際；森林里搖擺的松樹在咆哮——這就是歡迎他們的家園。
There were men with hoary hair Amidst that pilgrim band: Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land?
在朝圣的人群中間，有頭發花白的老者：他們為什么要離開孩提時的故土，踏上這朝圣的路？
There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow, serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
還有婦人那無畏的眼神，被她對真理的摯愛點亮了神采；男人堅毅的額頭，莊嚴高聳，還有年輕人那火熱的心。
What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine!
他們來到遙遠的這里為了什么？難道是為了我那光燦燦的珠寶？還是為了大海的財富，躲避戰爭的蹂躪？他們追求的是真理純粹的神圣！
Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod: They have left unstained what there they found, — Freedom to worship God.
哎，就稱這里為圣地吧，他們踏上的第一片陸地：他們把發現的沒有玷污的東西留下——用自由拜祭上帝。
