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chronicle, record. pyramid, great monument.
entombed, buried. Salem, Jerusalem.
sculptured, carved; covered with flgures. falchions, swords.
shrined, enshrined; made saints of. immortal, deathless.
insures, secures. triumphant, victorious.
minstrel, consisting of singers.
1. Chieftains, lead on! our hearts beat high,
Lead on to Salem's towers!
Who would not deem it bliss to die,
Slain in a cause like ours?
The brave who sleep in soil of thine,
Die not entombed but shrined, O Palestine!
2. Souls of the slain in holy war!
Look from your sainted rest.
Tell us ye rose in Glory's car,
To mingle with the blest;
Tell us how short the death-pang's power,
How bright the joys of your immortal bower.
3. Strike the loud harp, ye minstrel train!
Pour forth your loftiest lays;
Each heart shall echo to the strain
Breathed in the warrior's praise.
Bid every string triumphant swell
The inspiring sounds that heroes love so well.
4. Salem! amidst the fi ercest hour
The wildest rage of fi ght
Thy name shall lend our falchions power,
And nerve our hearts with might.
Envied be those for thee that fall,
Who fi nd their graves beneath thy sacred wall
5. For them no need that sculptured tomb
Should chronicle their fame,
Or pyramid record their doom,
Or deathless verse their name;
It is enough that dust of thine
Should shroud their forms, O blessed Palestine!
6. Chieftains, lead on! our hearts beat high
For combat's glorious hour;
Soon shall the red-cross banner fly
On Salem's loftiest tower!
We burn to mingle in the strife,
Where but to die insures eternal life.
—FELICIA HEMANS
中文阅读
1. 首领们，继续前进吧！我们已心潮起伏，
大军向耶路撒冷前进吧！
圣战当前，死而何憾，
如我等死于沟壑，岂不于心不安？
故土之下的我族先烈，
如今亦可含笑九泉。啊，巴勒斯坦！
2. 先烈之英灵也加入了圣战，
神圣的天国里有他们注目的双眼。
请告诉我们华盖已经升起，
你们正为我们祈福，为我们沉吟咏叹；
请告诉我们死亡的痛苦多么短暂，
而不朽的丰碑又是何等荣光耀眼。
3. 竖琴悠然奏响，歌者秩序井然！
你们崇高的身份都一一彰显；
每颗心都附和着琴弦，
都与勇士的荣耀同呼吸，共患难。
每根琴弦都奏响着凯歌，
英雄都深爱这鼓舞人心的和弦。
4. 耶路撒冷！正处于鏖战，
战场广阔无边，
你们的名字将引领大刀向敌人砍去，
并让我们内心充满力量，奋勇向前。
城门的倒下令人欣羡，
城墙之下就是敌人的坟墓地点。
5. 无需精雕细刻的棺椁来记录他们的名望，
无需纪念碑来镌刻对他们判决的字眼，
更无需将他们的名字谱写入永恒的诗篇。
尘土已足够掩盖他们的遗体，
啊，神佑巴勒斯坦！
6. 首领们，继续前进吧！我们已心潮起伏，
光荣的战斗即将拉开大幕；
不久之后，红十字旗
将在耶路撒冷的高塔上迎风招展！
我们已经融化在喧嚣之内，
死得其所，以戒万年。
（费利西亚·赫门兹）