Amerianc Literature

敵人早已死去，
征服者正在安息；
時光把橋樑的殘骸掃入了
那緩緩流向大海的暗淡江河小溪。

我們今天奉獻上一座石碑，
在碧綠的岸上，在深沈平緩的河邊；
願人們的緬懷重現他們的偉績，
直至我們的子孫，永遠。

激勵英雄拚死搏擊、
換來兒輩自由的神靈啊，
囑咐時光和自然慷慨保存下來
我們為英雄、為你豎起的這座豐碑。

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
    Their flag to April's breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood
    And fired the shot heard round the world

The foe long since in silence slept;
   Alike the conqueror silent sleeps;
And Time the ruined bridge has swept
   Down the dark stream which seaward creeps.

On this green bank, by this soft stream,
   We set to-day a votive stone;
That memory may their deed redeem,
   When, like our sires, our sons are gone

Spirit, that made those heroes dare
   To die, and leave their children free,
Bid Time and Nature gently spare
   The shaft we raise to them and thee.