Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here

在槍擊案後幾天，網路上不停地將槍擊案本質拉升到國族/種族認同作文比賽，便想起Pink Folyd 的Wish You Were Here。

以下僅透過翻譯表達我看到作文比賽後霎時湧上的悲傷。

So, so you think you can tell

好的，所以你認為你能分辨出

Heaven from Hell? Blue skies from pain?

天堂和地獄、藍天與憂傷的差別？

Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?

你能看清冰冷鋼軌下的那片青草地嗎？

A smile from a veil? Do you think you can tell?

如果是面紗之下的微笑呢？你覺得你有辦法辨認出來嗎？

Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?

他們是否能讓你將自己的英雄化作厲鬼？

Hot ashes for trees? Hot air for a cool breeze?

將餘燼變成樹木？將惡語換為良言？

Cold comfort for change?

將無用的安慰換成實際的改變？

Did you exchange

你交換了嗎？

A walk-on part in the war

把自己從一個戰爭中的小人物

For a lead role in a cage?

交換為牢籠中一個領導的角色？

How I wish, how I wish you were here

我多麼希望你能明白

We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl year after year

我們只是兩個年復一年地在一個金魚缸中不停打轉的迷失的靈魂

Running over the same old ground, what have we found?

一再重複同樣的老戲碼的我們，最終發覺到了什麼？

The same old fears, wish you were here

仍是那最初統治我們的恐懼，我多希望你能明白。