固然，仍有四方志士，不為鄙人所動，另有高明之選。雖終慳此一票之緣，然諸君高論，余亦聲聲在耳，字字在心。倘能得諸君之援手，鄙人幸甚。他日待余總而統之，亦必不另眼以待也。

　　Andto all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliamentsand palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgottencorners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny isshared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand。

　　吾邦民眾，散居天下，各安其命，而其志一也。吾邦鼎盛之勢，今已乍現鋒芒。

　　Tothose — to those who would tear the world down: We will defeat you. Tothose who seek peace and security: We support you. And to all those whohave wondered if America’s beacon still burns as bright: Tonight weproved once more that the true strength of our nation comes not fromthe might of our arms or the scale of our wealth, but from the enduringpower of our ideals: democracy, liberty, opportunity and unyieldinghope。

　　至于心懷叵測，與世人為仇、與天下為敵者，吾邦猛志常在，彼等必取滅亡。心思純良，久慕大同者，吾輩當傾力以助，鼎力相援。猶疑未定，不知吾自由之邦興衰如何者，吾輩愿以今日盛況以告之——美利堅之所以謂之“美”者，非刀兵之強，金銀之眾，實民主、自由、機遇、夢想之美也！

　　That’sthe true genius of America: that America can change. Our union can beperfected. What we’ve already achieved gives us hope for what we canand must achieve tomorrow。

　　天自有道，地自有德，恩賦吾邦無上異稟——無他，唯變而已矣。美利堅變革不怠，合眾國日趨盡善。當以過往先賢之偉績，助吾儕今日之雄心，開子孫萬世之輝光。

　　Thiselection had many firsts and many stories that will be told forgenerations. But one that’s on my mind tonight’s about a woman who casther ballot in Atlanta. She’s a lot like the millions of others whostood in line to make their voice heard in this election except for onething: Ann Nixon Cooper is 106 years old。

　　今歲選戰，多開亙古之先，屢傳千秋佳話。感我至深者，亞特蘭大之老嫗安？尼克松？庫帕也——庫氏之一票，于數百萬美利堅民眾之選票無異，其所以引人稱奇者，其人今歲高齡一百有六矣。

　　Shewas born just a generation past slavery; a time when there were no carson the road or planes in the sky; when someone like her couldn’t votefor two reasons — because she was a woman and because of the color ofher skin。

　　當其父輩之時，天道不彰，黑人為奴。庫氏其生也不逢時，汽車尚不行于道，飛機未曾起于空，庫氏既屬黑人，又系女流，票選一事，概無瓜葛。

　　Andtonight, I think about all that she’s seen throughout her century inAmerica — the heartache and the hope; the struggle and the progress;the times we were told that we can’t, and the people who pressed onwith that American creed: Yes we can。

　　今日今時，回溯庫氏百歲之涯，但見吾邦先賢屢敗屢戰，且退且進，悲欣交集，甘苦雜陳。幸而正道存焉，壯志存焉，曰：吾輩既在，無所不能。

　　Ata time when women’s voices were silenced and their hopes dismissed, shelived to see them stand up and speak out and reach for the ballot. Yeswe can。

　　萬馬齊喑，其事堪哀，吾邦女界怒而起，憤而爭，苦戰不歇，歷數十載。幸哉庫氏，以百歲之高齡，終得親見女流自立于世，重獲天賦之權——吾輩既在，無所不能！

　　Whenthere was despair in the dust bowl and depression across the land, shesaw a nation conquer fear itself with a New Deal, new jobs, a new senseof common purpose. Yes we can。

　　當百業蕭條，國人絕望哀鳴之際，庫氏親見吾美利堅出曠世之新政，挽狂瀾于既倒，扶大廈之將傾，退畏懼之勢，扶奮勇之心，終至人各有位，民心乃安——吾輩既在，無所不能！

　　Whenthe bombs fell on our harbor and tyranny threatened the world, she wasthere to witness a generation rise to greatness and a democracy wassaved. Yes we can。

　　當吾國良港遭襲，天下桀紂當道，暴政肆虐之時，庫氏親見豪杰群起，民主不衰——吾輩既在，無所不能！

　　Shewas there for the buses in Montgomery, the hoses in Birmingham, abridge in Selma, and a preacher from Atlanta who told a people that “WeShall Overcome。” Yes we can。

　　蒙哥馬利公車之罷輟，伯明翰城黑人之群起，塞爾瑪城血雨腥風之事，庫氏般般親歷。更曾親聆亞特蘭大傳教之士振臂登高之呼——“吾等必勝！”誠哉斯言！吾輩既在，無所不能！

　　Aman touched down on the moon, a wall came down in Berlin, a world wasconnected by our own science and imagination. And this year, in thiselection, she touched her finger to a screen, and cast her vote,because after 106 years in America, through the best of times and thedarkest of hours, she knows how America can change. Yes we can。

　　俟科學昌明于世，創想通貫一時，既登廣寒之闕，又潰柏林之墻。洋洋乎！有百年如是，乃見今歲選戰中，庫氏之一票。浩浩兮！一百零六載交鋒更迭，方有美利堅今日之變革——吾輩既在，無所不能！

　　America,we have come so far. We have seen so much. But there is so much more todo. So tonight, let us ask ourselves — if our children should live tosee the next century; if my daughters should be so lucky to live aslong as Ann Nixon Cooper, what change will they see? What progress willwe have made?

　　轉眼興亡過手，而今邁步從頭。追昔撫今，不禁捫心而問——俟再歷百年歲月，倘吾等后輩兒孫，亦有得享高壽如庫氏者，復可見何等之變數？吾輩今日之功，他年可得而見之乎？

　　This is our chance to answer that call. This is our moment. This is ourtime, to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity forour kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; toreclaim the American dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth, that,out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope. And where weare met with cynicism and doubts and those who tell us that we can’t,we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of apeople: Yes, we can。

　　所謂天命時運，莫過于此——當為吾邦萬民造安身立命之業，為吾輩兒孫啟各顯雄才之門，為寰宇各國創太平靜好之世，為吾等壯志賦千秋不滅之元神。吾邦立國之本，必將光耀于天下。萬千同胞，當如一人，一息尚存，夢想不滅。縱有世人旁觀在側，而疑竇生焉，吾輩亦當以千秋不易之訓共答之曰——吾輩既在，無所不能！

　　Thank you. God bless you. And may God bless the United States of America。

　　拜謝諸君。愿天佑吾民，天佑吾邦。