埃德‧麥克迪
(ED MCCURLM)

昨夜我做了個最奇怪的夢
Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

  

   埃德‧麥克  (1919  )生於賓夕法尼亞州威婁霍爾。他是歌唱家兼作曲家,曾在廣播電視上,在咖啡館和劇院裏演出。他的歌曲《昨夜我做了個最奇怪的夢》寫於1950年,但它六十年代在越南戰爭的反對者中非常流行。因為這首歌歌詞不是關於任何一次特定的衝突,其樸素的語言所表述的和平主義使它多年來一直很受人們歡迎。


       

        昨夜我做了一個最奇怪的夢,

        是以前我從未做過的,

        我夢見世界一致贊成,

        人類從此結束戰爭。

 

        我在夢中看見一間大廳,

        熙熙攘攘擠滿人,

        人們正簽署一份文件,

        宣佈他們永不再戰。

 

        當文件全部簽署完,

        便印成百萬份傳單,

        他們互相握手又行禮,

        齊聲禱告感謝上帝。

 

        大街上人流聚樓前,

        手舞足蹈盡情狂歡。

        刀劍槍支和軍裝,

        全都丟棄在地上。

 

Last night I had the strangest dream,
I'd never dreamed before,
I dreamed the world had all agreed
To put an end to war.

I dreamed I saw a mighty room
And the room was full of men,
And the paper they were signing said
They'd never fight again.

And when the paper was all signed,
And a million copies made,
They all joined hands and bowed their heads
And grateful prayers were prayed.

And the people in the streets below
Were dancing 'round and 'round.
While swords and guns and uniforms
Were scattered on the ground.