Suffs (2024 Broadway PBS Filmed Stage Production) · 22
Wait My Turn (Reprise)
Ida B WellsIDA B WELLS
How many more thrown in the nameless graves?
还要有多少人被扔进无名墓穴？
How many more falsely charged with crimes?
还要有多少人被诬告犯罪？
How many more whipped and shot like slaves?
还要有多少人像奴隶一样遭鞭打、枪击？
How many more murdered in their prime?
还要有多少人在盛年被杀害？
How many more pamphlets must I write?
我还得再写多少份传单？
How many more threats must I withstand?
还得承受多少次威胁？
How many more lynchings must I cite?
还得列举多少起私刑？
How many more times must I demand?
还得要求多少次？
How many more years off of my life?
还要耗去我多少年生命？
How many till I'm a grieving wife
还要多少牺牲，才轮到我成为悲痛的遗孀？
How long
还要多久
Till it's too late
才会为时已晚
Will you wait?
你还要等吗？
Will you wait?
还要等吗？
Mary Church TerrellMARY CHURCH TERRELL
Don't be foolish.
别做傻事。
Ida B WellsIDA B WELLS
Good night, Professor.
晚安，教授。
I won't wait another day
我一天也不会再等
I won't wait, I won't wait
我不会等，我不会等
I won't wait my turn
我不会等着轮到自己
But decades of defiance take their toll
可数十年的抗争也会让人付出代价
Sure, I'm always speaking truth to power
没错，我总是向权力说出真相
But I do not feel old
可我并不觉得自己老了
Each time I'm told to wait my turn
每次有人叫我等到自己那一轮
It's like my every nerve has been exposed
就仿佛我的每一根神经都裸露在外
Why can't I be more like Mary and keep myself composed?
为什么我不能更像玛丽，始终保持镇定？
Mary Church TerrellMARY CHURCH TERRELL
Have I been too prone to wait my turn?
我是不是太习惯等待自己的机会？
Have I been too polite?
是不是太过客气？
God, I wish I had her courage
上帝啊，我真希望自己有她的勇气
How does she burn so bright?
她怎么能燃烧得如此耀眼？
Am I risking far too much?
我是不是冒了太大的风险？
Could this be my last sojourn?
这会不会是我最后一次远行？
Will we ever win this fight?
我们真的能赢得这场斗争吗？
Will the country ever learn?
这个国家真的能学会吗？
Will I ever live to see it?
我能活着看到那一天吗？
Or will I survive in time to take my turn?
还是我能及时活到，终于轮到自己的时候？
Or will I survive in time to take my turn?
还是我能及时活到，终于轮到自己的时候？