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It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro. This sweltering summer of the Negro's legitimate discontent willnot pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality. 1963 is not an end, but a beginning. There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwind of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.
忽视现在的紧迫性并低估黑人的决心对这个国家将是致命的。在一个充满了自由平等、令人神清气爽的秋天出现之前，黑人表示正当不满的这一闷热的夏天将不会过去。1963年并不是结束，而只是一个开端。在黑人被赋予其公民权之前，美国将不会有平静或安宁。反抗的旋风将继续动摇我国的基础，直至充满正义的、光辉灿烂的日子出现为止。
But there is something I must say to my people who stand on the warm threshold which leads into the palace of justice. In the process of gaining our rightful place we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds. Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred. We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protest to degenerate into physical violence.Again and again we must rise to the majestic heights of meeting physical force with soul force. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny and their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.
但是对于站在温暖的门槛上，准备进入正义之宫的我的同胞们，我还有几句话一定要说。 在获取我们合法地位的过程中，我们一定不要用违法的行动使自己犯罪。我们切不可用仇恨的苦酒来满足我们对自由的渴望。我们必须永远在尊严和纪律的高水平上进行我们的斗争。 我们决不能让我们富有创造性的抗争沦为针对肉体的暴力行为。我们必须以不懈的努力登上以灵魂力量对付肉体力量的庄严高地。目前已经席卷黑人社会的这种奇迹般出现的、新的战斗精神绝不可把我们引到对所有白种人的不信任，因为我们的许多白人兄弟，正如他们今天到这儿来参加集会所证明的，已经认识到他们的命运和我们的命运是息息相关的，他们的自由和我们的自由是紧密相连、不可分割的。我们不能单独行动。
