在布爾朗戰役又稱馬納薩斯戰役（這個戰役發生於美國南北戰爭期間）開始一周前，羅德島第二志願的沙利文·巴盧少校給他在史密斯菲爾德家中的妻子寫了這封信。一周以後沙利文·巴盧在布爾朗的第一次戰役犧牲。
基本介紹
- 中文名：無
- 外文名：Sullivan Ballou
- 屬性：信
- 發生於：美國南北戰爭期間
簡介,最後的信,
簡介
在布爾朗戰役又稱馬納薩斯戰役（這個戰役發生於美國南北戰爭期間）開始一周前，羅德島第二志願的沙利文·巴盧少校給他在史密斯菲爾德家中的妻子寫了這封信。一周以後沙利文·巴盧在布爾朗的第一次戰役犧牲。
最後的信
July 14, 1861
Washington, D. c
1861年7月14日
華盛頓特區
Dear Sarah :
親愛的薩拉：
Indications Are Very Strong That We Shall Move In A Few Days , Perhaps Tomorrow. Lest I Should Not Be Able To Write You Again, I Feel Impelled To Write A Few Lines That May Fall Under Your Eye When I Shall Be No More .
任務十分緊迫，部隊將在數天內開拔，也許就在明天。我覺得有必要給你寫幾句話，以免今後再沒有機會給你寫信，這樣，在我離去的時候，信就會出現在你眼前。
I Have No Misgivings About Or Lack Of Confidence In The Cause In Which I Am Engaged, And My Courage Does Not Halt Or Falter. I Know How Strongly American Civilization Now Leans On The Triumph Of The Government, And How Great A Debt We Owe To Those Who Went Before Us Through The Blood And Suffering Of The Revolution. And I Am Willing -- Perfectly Willing --To Lay Down All My Joys In This Life To Help Maintain This Government And To Pay That Debt.
對於我所投身的事業，我沒有絲毫的擔憂和害怕，我的勇氣也沒有絲毫減弱和退縮，我明白美國文明現在就完全寄托在政府的勝利上；而比起在我們之前為革命拋頭顱、灑熱血的先烈們，我們所欠太多。我希望——衷心希望——以今生我拋卻的所有歡娛，來維護政府和償還債務。
Sarah, My Loves For You Is Deathless . It Seems To Me Bind Me With Mighty Cables That Nothing But Omnipotence Could Break . And Yet My Love Of Country Comes Over Me Like A Strong Wind And Bears Me Irresistibly, With All These Chains , To The Battlefield .
薩拉，我對你的愛永無止境。似乎是有一種結實的鎖鏈將我牢牢系住，只有全能的主才能摧毀它。但對祖國的熱愛似一陣強風，將我和所有這些鐵鏈一起吹向戰場。
The Memory Of All The Blissful Moments I Have Enjoyed With You Come Crowding Over Me, And I Feel Most Deeply Greatful To God And You That I Have Enjoyed Them So Long. And How Hard It Is For Me To Give Them Up And Burn To Ashes The Hopes Of Future Years When, God Willing, We Might Still Have Lived And Loved Together And Seen Our Sons Grow Up To Honorable Manhood Around Us……
和你一起度過的所有歡樂時光的記憶如潮水般湧上心頭，我為擁有許多那樣的日子而感謝上帝，感激你。要讓我忘掉這些記憶、讓我拋卻未來的希望是多么難——如果上帝保佑，我們將來能夠恩愛地生活在一起，看著咱們的兒子在身邊長大成人……
If I Do Not Return, My Dear Sarah, Never Forget How Much I Love You , Nor That When My Last Breath Escapes Me On The Battlefield, It Will Whisper Your Name. Forgive My Many Faults And The Many Pains I Have Caused You. How Thoughtless, How Foolish I Have Sometimes Been .
如果我沒有回來，我親愛的薩拉，不要忘記我有多愛你；戰場上我即使還剩最後一口氣，也會低喚你的名字。原諒我的許多過錯和我給你造成的許多傷害。有時候我是多么的愚昧和沒頭腦呀！
But , Oh Sarah! If The Dead Can Come Back To This Earth And Flit Unseen Around Those They Love, I Shall Always Be With You In The Brightest Days And In The Darkest Nights. Always. Always.
但是，啊，薩拉！如果故去的人能夠重回這個星球，並無聲無息、無影無蹤地飛繞於他們所愛的人周圍，我將在最晴朗的白天和最暗淡的黑夜時時刻刻守候在你的身旁。時時刻刻，直到永遠。
And When The Soft Breeze Fans Your Cheeks , It Shall Be My Breath; And As The Cool Air Fans Your Throbbing Temple, It Shall Be My Spirit Passing By. Sarah, Do Not Mourn Me Dead: Think I Am Gone And Wait For Me, For We Shall Meet Again.
當輕柔的風兒拂過你的臉頬，那將是我的呼吸；當涼爽的風兒撩過你的鬢角，那將是我路過的靈魂。薩拉，不要為我的死而悲哀：只要想著我走了。等著我，因為我們還會再相逢。
沙利文·巴盧
1861年7月14日
