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Sunni Patterson: "Wild Women"
逊尼·派特森: 狂热之女
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她的舌间有闪电：逊尼·派特森在舞者钱妮斯·霍姆斯的伴舞下，向大家呈现了她的能量之诗——《狂热之女》。
Sunni Patterson - Poet
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry. Full bio
Originally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry. Full bio
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They wanted her piecemealed,
papier-mâchéd,
papier-mâchéd,
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他们想让她支离破碎，磨成纸浆，
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practically broken,
limp-like and loveless,
limp-like and loveless,
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几近崩溃，跛行无爱，
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a litany of exaggeration.
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一连串的夸大。
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They wanted her low.
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他们要她坠入谷底，
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And high.
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又让她升入天堂。
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Flat and wide.
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平坦而宽阔。
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Filled with all of their empty.
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他们将空虚投向她。
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They wanted her to be more like them.
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想让她变得与他们一样。
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Not knowing her conception was immaculate.
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但却不知道她是完美的。
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That she was birthed
in sandalwood-scented river water,
in sandalwood-scented river water,
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她生于一条散发着檀香的河里，
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sweet sapphire honey-touched tongue,
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蓝宝石色的舌头甜如蜂蜜，
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she was too much
of a mouthful for the greedy.
of a mouthful for the greedy.
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贪婪的他们无福消受她的美好。
她的一小部分也令他们感到沉重。
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Just a small amount of her
was more than they could stand.
was more than they could stand.
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哦，他们想磨平她的棱角。
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Oh, they wanted her bland.
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And barren.
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想割去她的子宫。
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Unspirited, un-African, uncultured,
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想令她失去灵魂，
不像非洲人，丢失文化，
不像非洲人，丢失文化，
想令她在街头流浪。
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under siege in the streets.
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00:56
They wanted her face down, ass up,
hands cuffed and ankles strapped.
hands cuffed and ankles strapped.
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他们想让她面朝下，臀朝下，
双手被铐，双脚被缚。
双手被铐，双脚被缚。
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They wanted her knowing
she could never want them back.
she could never want them back.
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他们想让她知道，
她永远也无法将失去的要回来。
她永远也无法将失去的要回来。
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Oh, they wanted her holy,
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哦，他们想要她的圣洁，
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baptized in her divine,
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想在她的神圣中受洗，
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they wanted her secrets,
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他们想要她的秘密，
但这就像对牛弹琴。
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pearls to swine.
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他们想解开她的创造之谜。
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They wanted to unravel
the mystery of her design.
the mystery of her design.
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01:14
Fascinated by glory,
hypnotized by her kind.
hypnotized by her kind.
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被她的荣耀所吸引， 被她的仁慈而催眠。
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Oh, they wanted her complete.
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哦，他们希望她完整。
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They wanted her whole,
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他们想要她的全部，
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though they came fractioned,
half-hearted, half-soul,
half-hearted, half-soul,
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虽然他们分崩离析，半心半意，
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with no regards and no knowledge
as to who she really was.
as to who she really was.
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甚至完全不了解，她到底是谁。
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Oh, but if they knew.
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哦，但如果他们了解的话。
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If they knew her,
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如果他们了解她，
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praise songs would rain
from the clouds of their eyes,
from the clouds of their eyes,
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他们的眼睛会溢出里赞美的诗，
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clearing the vision, bathing the heart.
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他们可以清理目光，洗涤心灵。
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They would bow every time they saw her.
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他们每次见到她都会鞠躬。
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Be their best selves when she was around.
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他们能在她身边做最好的自己。
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If they knew her,
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如果他们了解她，
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knew she was the glue to their revolution,
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就会知道她是他们代谢的枢纽，
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the life flow of blood
through their veins.
through their veins.
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他们血管里生命的流动。
如果他们认识她，
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If they knew her,
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she would know,
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她会洞察，
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she would feel
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她能同感，
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that her body is more than battlefield.
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她的身体不再是一个战场。
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More than bone break and bleeding bigotry.
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不再有骨折和出血偏执。
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More than bridge
over your troubled conscience.
over your troubled conscience.
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不再有困难渡过认知。
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More than used up, walked on,
driven through, shot up.
driven through, shot up.
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不再枯竭，靠近，驶离，狂涨。
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More than your "Selma, Lord, Selma"
Edmund Pettus.
Edmund Pettus.
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不再要高喊“塞尔玛，主，
塞尔玛”的埃德蒙·佩图斯。
塞尔玛”的埃德蒙·佩图斯。
不再有卡特里娜飓风后的
单兹格大桥枪击案。
单兹格大桥枪击案。
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More than your killer Katrina Danziger.
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More than your bust them out of Baltimore
"Highway to Nowhere."
"Highway to Nowhere."
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不止有从巴尔的摩淘汰的
“通往无处的公路”。
“通往无处的公路”。
如果他们认识她，
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If they knew her,
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she would know.
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她什么都知道。
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(Singing)
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（歌唱）
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Wild women,
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野性之女们，
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wild women, they walk with buffalo.
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野性之女们啊，她们与水牛同行。
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Have lightning on their tongues,
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她们舌尖有闪电，
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fly whisks as weapons.
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以拂尘为武器。
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Wild women, they walk with machetes.
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野性之女们啊，她们在刀尖上行走。
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With wisdom, with grace, with ease.
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智慧，优雅，放松。
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Wild women have hurricanes
in their bellies,
in their bellies,
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野性之女们的腹部有飓风，
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releasing a flood of a lesson.
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释放泛滥的教训。
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Oh, wild women, they fly free.
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哦，野性之女们啊，她们自由飞翔。
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Just watch their ways,
how they rip and shred.
how they rip and shred.
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看，她们如何撕裂。
哦，谁能理解她们，
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Oh, who can understand her,
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this winding Niger river of a woman
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这些来自蜿蜒的
尼日尔河里的女人们，
尼日尔河里的女人们，
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one who is unafraid to tear away
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她们不怕被撕裂，
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only to roam and then become the wind.
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她们遨游成风。
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She who speaks in gusts and cyclones
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她们在飓风中吟咏，
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blasting us back to high ground,
high consciousness,
high consciousness,
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她们带我们回到高地，神志高昂，
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she turns and so does the world.
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她转过身来，世界也是如此。
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Feel her spinning,
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感受她的旋转，
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spanning several lifetimes.
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跨越数个生命周期。
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Hear her speaking, sparking alarm.
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听她发声，迸射忧虑。
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See her dancing, summoning the dead,
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看她舞动，召唤死灵，
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resurrecting new life.
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复苏新生。
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Heaven hears her knocking on the door,
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天堂听到她敲门，
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safely transporting the ones
who call for her assistance.
who call for her assistance.
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营救召唤她的生灵。
野性女子们，
打开通往新世界的大门，
打开通往新世界的大门，
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Wild women, they open
portals to new worlds,
portals to new worlds,
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new speech, new dreams.
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新的演说，新的梦想。
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Oh, dearly beloveds,
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哦，亲爱的爱人，
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so dearly departed
from the ways of the guardian,
from the ways of the guardian,
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离开了守卫，
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beware.
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要小心啊。
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For wild women are not to be tamed.
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对还未被驯化的野性之女，
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Only admired.
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我们只有钦佩。
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Just let her in and witness her
set your days ablaze.
set your days ablaze.
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让她进来吧，见证你炽盛的日子。
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(Cheers) (Applause)
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（欢呼）（掌声）
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Thank you.
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谢谢大家。
（掌声）
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(Applause)
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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sunni Patterson - PoetOriginally from New Orleans, Louisiana, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage, culture, and traditions of her native town with a spiritual worldview to create powerful music and poetry.
Why you should listen
Emerging from the musical womb that is New Orleans, Sunni Patterson combines the heritage of her native town with an enlightened modern style to create music and poetry that is timeless in its groove. She began her career as a full-time high school teacher, and much of her life since has been devoted to serving as a cultural worker and grassroots activist, using art and poetry to encourage dialogue and healing.
She has been a featured performer at many of the nation's premier spoken-word venues, including HBO's Def Poetry and BET’s Lyric Cafe. She also had the privilege of speaking at the Panafest in Ghana, West Africa and has collaborated with artists and performers, including Hannibal Lokumbe (singing lead vocals for his score, ”King and the Crescent City Moon"), Kalamu Ya Salaam, Sonia Sanchez, Wanda Coleman, Amiri Baraka, Mos Def, Eve Ensler, The Last Poets and many more.
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