Yellow Triangle
Christy Moore| Martin Niemoeller's poem inscribed on a stone in New England... | |
DON’T LET IT HAPPEN HERE One day they came and they took the Communists And I said nothing because I was not a Communist Then one day they came and they took the people of the Jewish faith And I said nothing because I had no faith left One day they came and they took the Unionists And I said nothing because I was not a Unionist One day they burned the Catholic churches And I said nothing because I was born a Protestant Then one day they came and they took me And I could say nothing because I was as guilty as they were For not speaking out and saying That all men have a right to freedom on any land I was as guilty of genocide as you, all of you For you know when a man is free And when to set him free from his slavery So I charge you all with genocide | （按：试译如下 起初他们冲着共产主义者， 我不是共产主义者， 我不吭声； 接着他们冲着犹太人， 我不是犹太人， 我不吭声； 此后他们冲着工会成员， 我不是工会成员， 我继续不吭声； 再后来他们冲着天主教徒， 我是新教徒， 我还是不吭声； 最后他们冲我来， 再也没剩一个吭声人。 ——马丁．尼莫拉 |
