Suffs (2024 Broadway PBS Filmed Stage Production) · 20
Respectfully Yours, Dudley Malone
Dudley MaloneDUDLEY MALONE
Dear, Mr.
尊敬的总统
President.
先生：
I address you today in an open letter in the Washington Post.
今天，我通过《华盛顿邮报》的一封公开信向你陈述。
For seven years, I have served you
七年来，我一直为你效力
With the most humble affection and unshadowed devotion
怀着最谦卑的敬爱与毫无阴影的忠诚
So it is no small sacrifice for me now
所以此刻对我而言，绝不是微不足道的牺牲
To sever our political relationship
要结束我们之间的政治关系
But I think it is high time that men of this generation
但我认为，这一代男性早就应该
At some cost to ourselves
哪怕自己付出代价
Stood up in support of the women of the country
挺身支持这个国家的女性
For if men had been peacefully demanding our right
因为如果和平争取自身权利的
To vote for over half a century
投票者是男性，并且已经持续了半个多世纪
If men had been repeatedly ignored or met with evasion
如果男性一次又一次被国会无视
By Congress, as have the women
或遭到搪塞，就像这些女性一样
You, Mr.
总统
President as a lover of liberty
先生，作为一位热爱自由的人
Would be the first to understand
你一定会第一个理解
And forgive their natural impatience
并宽恕她们理所当然的焦急
And righteous indignation
以及正当的愤怒
I took a vow to defend the Constitution
我曾宣誓捍卫宪法
And I may not be a great man
我或许不是一个伟人
But I am a man who upholds his vows
但我是一个信守誓言的男人
So I hereby resign, to take effect at once
因此，我在此辞职，即刻生效
Or at your earliest convenience
或者在你最方便的时候生效
I'd also like to make known my esteem for the woman
我还想公开表达，自己对那位女性的敬意
For the women who opened my eyes to this inequality
对那些让我看清这种不平等的女性们的敬意
Respectfully yours
谨致敬意
Dudley Malone
达德利·马龙
Prison MatronPRISON MATRON
Guards!
警卫！
Bring them in!
把她们带进来！
Inmates.
囚犯们。
This is my prison mess hall.
这里是我的监狱食堂。
You will sit down, shut up, and eat your food.
你们要坐下、闭嘴，把饭吃了。
Alice PaulALICE PAUL
But, matron, we are political prisoners, and we refuse to be treated—
可是，舍监，我们是政治犯，我们拒绝受到这样的——
Prison MatronPRISON MATRON
Sit down!
坐下！
Political prisoners.
政治犯。
Ain't no such thing in America.
美国没有这种东西。
Guards, if one of these girls says another damn word, knock her teeth out.
警卫，要是这些姑娘再敢说一句话，就把她的牙打掉。
Now eat your food.
现在把饭吃了。
Alice PaulALICE PAUL
Don't touch the food.
别碰食物。
Doris StevensDORIS STEVENS
But when will we eat?
那我们什么时候才能吃饭？
Alice PaulALICE PAUL
Not till they release us.
等她们释放我们。
Doris StevensDORIS STEVENS
What?
什么？
Prison MatronPRISON MATRON
Quiet!
安静！
Eat your food.
把饭吃了。
Alice PaulALICE PAUL
Hunger strike!
绝食抗议！
SuffsSUFFS
Strike!
罢食！
Prison MatronPRISON MATRON
Guards!
警卫！
SuffsSUFFS
Strike!
罢食！
Strike!
罢食！
Strike!
罢食！
Strike!
罢食！
Strike!
罢食！
Prison MatronPRISON MATRON
Guards, shut them up!
警卫，让她们闭嘴！
SuffsSUFFS
Strike!
罢食！
Prison MatronPRISON MATRON
You won't last the night.
你们连今晚都撑不过去。