To Thee Old Cause To thee old cause! Thou peerless, passionate, good cause, Thou stern, remorseless, sweet idea, Deathless throughout the ages, races,lands, After a strange sad war, great war forthee, (I think all war through time was reallyfought, and ever will be really fought, for thee,) These chants for thee, the eternal march ofthee. (A war O soldiers not for itself alone, Far, far more stood silently waitingbehind, now to advance in this book.) 給你,崇高的目的 給你,崇高的目的喲! 你無比的、熱情的、美好的目的, 你嚴(yán)峻、堅(jiān)定而美妙的理想, 永存于所有的時(shí)代、民族和疆域, 在一場奇怪而悲慘但對你極為重要的戰(zhàn)爭之后。 (我想正是為了你,古往今來的戰(zhàn)爭才真正打起來,或?qū)⒁嬲卮?/span> 起,) 這些歌曲獻(xiàn)給你呀,作為你永恒的進(jìn)行曲。 (士兵們啊,一場不僅僅為其自身, 而是有更多更多的東西悄悄地等在后面的戰(zhàn)爭,如今就要在這本書中前進(jìn)。) |
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