To celebrate the national day of the United States, I post here an American song entitled “America the Beautiful” I sang last year.
It is one of the most recognizable patriotic song in the U.S., and it is almost as popular as its national anthem. With the even and steady rhythm as well as stretching and beautiful melody, this song exhibits its solemn and magnificent temperament. It praises the enchanting, colorful and vast land of the U.S. and the pioneering courage, entrepreneurial spirit and sacrifice of the American people, revealing American people's fiery patriotism.
When President Nixon visited China for the first time in 1972, Premier Zhou specially arranged for the military band to perform "America the Beautiful" in the welcoming banquet, which left a deep impression on Nixon, Kissinger and other American guests.
More than 100 years ago, this song's lyrics as a poem were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel Ward separately. The combination of Ward's melody and Bates's poem was first entitled "America the Beautiful" in 1910. Since then, the song has become one of the most popular U.S. patriotic songs.
O beautiful for spacious skies,
For amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties
Above the fruited plain!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet,
Whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat
Across the wilderness!
America! America!
God mend thine every flaw,
Confirm thy soul in self-control,
Thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved
In liberating strife,
Who more than self their country loved
And mercy more than life!
America! America!
May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness,
And every gain divine!
O beautiful for patriot dream
That sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam
Undimmed by human tears!
America! America!
God shed His grace on thee
And crown thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea!
**下面歌词翻译来自百度**
啊，美丽的亚美利加！
辽阔的天空，
金色的麦浪，
耸立在富饶平原上的
巍巍群山！
亚美利加!亚美利加!
上帝赐福与您，
为了你的善与美，
让全世界的兄弟姐妹都爱你！
啊，美丽的亚美利加！
移民的脚步，
充满豪情、坚定有力，
踏平荒野
开辟出一片自由的天地！
亚美利加！亚美利加！
上帝纠正你的每一个缺点，
使你的自制坚定无比，
把你的自由载入法典！
啊，美丽的亚美利加！
经历过内战考验的
英雄豪杰，
爱国家胜过爱自己，
为平等博爱洒尽一腔热血!
亚美利加！亚美利加!
愿上帝纯洁你的财富，
让所有的成就崇高伟大，
让个个收获神圣完美!
啊，美丽的亚美利加！
每一个爱国者
都憧憬着未来的梦幻，
梦见圣洁的城市光芒四射，
即使泪眼模糊依然美景在前
亚美利加!亚美利加!
上帝赐福与你，
为了你的善与美，
让全世界的兄弟姐妹都爱你！
