Hello, Warsaw! Witaj, Polsko! 华沙，你好！波兰，你好！
Mr. President; Mr. Prime Minister; Madam Mayor; heads of state and government, past and present -- including the man who jumped that shipyard wall to lead a strike that became a movement, the prisoner turned President who transformed this nation -- thank you, Lech Walesa, for your outstanding leadership. 总统先生、总理先生、市长女士、各位现任和前任国家及政府领导人，包括那位翻过造船厂围墙、领导一场罢工并使之发展成一场运动的人，那位从囚徒成为总统、改变了这个国家的人——莱赫·瓦文萨，感谢您卓越的领导。
Distinguished guests, people of Poland, thank you for your extraordinary welcome and for the privilege of joining you here today. I bring with me the greetings and friendship of the American people -- and of my hometown of Chicago, home to so many proud Polish Americans. In Chicago, we think of ourselves as a little piece of Poland. In some neighborhoods, you only hear Polish. The faithful come together at churches like Saint Stanislaus Kostka. We have a parade for Polish Constitution Day. 各位嘉宾、波兰人民，感谢你们如此热情地欢迎我，让我有幸今天与你们相聚。我带来了美国人民的问候与友谊，也带来了我家乡芝加哥的问候；那里是许多以波兰血统为荣的美国人的家。在芝加哥，我们觉得自己仿佛拥有一小片波兰。在一些街区，你只会听到波兰语。信众聚集在圣斯坦尼斯劳斯·科斯特卡教堂这样的地方。我们还会举办波兰宪法日游行。
And every summer, we celebrate the Taste of Polonia, with our kielbasa and pierogies, and we’re all a little bit Polish for that day. So being here with you, it feels like home. 每年夏天，我们举办波兰风味节，品尝香肠和波兰饺子；到了那一天，我们都多少成了波兰人。因此，今天与你们在一起，我有回家的感觉。
Twenty-five years ago today, we witnessed a scene that had once seemed impossible -- an election where, for the first time, the people of this nation had a choice. The Communist regime thought an election would validate their rule or weaken the opposition. Instead, Poles turned out in the millions. And when the votes were counted, it was a landslide victory for freedom. One woman who voted that day said, “There is a sense that something is beginning to happen in Poland. We feel the taste of Poland again.” She was right. 就在25年前的今天，我们见证了一个一度看来不可能出现的场景：一场选举，波兰人民第一次有了选择权。共产党政权以为选举会证明其统治得到认可，或削弱反对派。结果，数百万波兰人走出来投票。选票清点完毕，自由取得了压倒性的胜利。当天一位投票的妇女说：“我们感到波兰开始发生一些事情。我们又尝到了波兰的滋味。”她说对了。
It was the beginning of the end of Communism -- not just in this country, but across Europe. 那标志着共产主义终结的开始，不仅在这个国家，也在整个欧洲。
The images of that year are seared in our memory. Citizens filling the streets of Budapest and Bucharest. Hungarians and Austrians cutting the barbed wire border. Protestors joining hands across the Baltics. Czechs and Slovaks in their Velvet Revolution. East Berliners climbing atop that wall. And we have seen the extraordinary progress since that time. A united Germany. Nations in Central and Eastern Europe standing tall as proud democracies. A Europe that is more integrated, more prosperous and more secure. 那一年的画面深深烙在我们的记忆里：公民涌上布达佩斯和布加勒斯特的街头；匈牙利人和奥地利人剪开边境的铁丝网；抗议者手挽手连接波罗的海沿岸各国；捷克人与斯洛伐克人发动天鹅绒革命；东柏林人爬上那堵墙。此后，我们又见证了非凡的进步：德国实现统一，中欧和东欧各国作为自豪的民主国家昂然屹立，欧洲更加一体化、更加繁荣，也更加安全。
We must never forget that the spark for so much of this revolutionary change, this blossoming of hope, was lit by you, the people of Poland. 我们绝不能忘记，点燃如此多革命性变化和希望之花的火种，正是由你们——波兰人民——点燃的。
History was made here. The victory of 1989 was not inevitable. It was the culmination of centuries of Polish struggle, at times in this very square. The generations of Poles who rose up and finally won independence. The soldiers who resisted invasion, from the east and the west. The Righteous Among the Nations -- among them Jan Karski -- who risked all to save the innocent from the Holocaust. The heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto who refused to go without a fight. The Free Poles at Normandy and the Poles of the Home Army who -- even as this city was reduced to rubble -- waged a heroic uprising. 历史在这里写就。1989年的胜利并非必然，而是波兰人数百年奋斗的成果，有时斗争就发生在这个广场。世世代代奋起反抗、终于赢得独立的波兰人；抵御来自东方和西方侵略的士兵；包括扬·卡尔斯基在内，为从大屠杀中拯救无辜者而不惜一切的“国际义人”；拒绝不经战斗便屈服的华沙犹太区英雄；在诺曼底作战的自由波兰人，以及即使这座城市化为废墟，仍英勇起义的波兰家乡军战士。
We remember how, when an Iron Curtain descended, you never accepted your fate. When a son of Poland ascended to the Chair of Saint Peter, he returned home, and here, in Warsaw, he inspired a nation with his words -- “there can be no just Europe without the independence of Poland.” And today we give thanks for the courage of the Catholic Church and the fearless spirit of Saint John Paul II. 我们记得，铁幕落下时，你们从未接受被安排好的命运。一位波兰之子登上圣彼得的宝座后，回到故土，在这里、在华沙，用他的话激励整个国家：“没有波兰的独立，就不会有公正的欧洲。”今天，我们感谢天主教会的勇气，也感谢圣若望·保禄二世无畏的精神。
We also recall how you prevailed 25 years ago. In the face of beatings and bullets, you never wavered from the moral force of nonviolence. Through the darkness of martial law, Poles lit candles in their windows. When the regime finally agreed to talk, you embraced dialogue. When they held those elections -- even though not fully free -- you participated. As one Solidarity leader said at the time, “We decided to accept what was possible.” Poland reminds us that sometimes the smallest steps, however imperfect, can ultimately tear down walls, can ultimately transform the world. 我们也记得25年前你们如何取得胜利。面对殴打和枪弹，你们始终坚守非暴力的道德力量。在戒严的黑暗岁月里，波兰人在窗前点亮蜡烛。政权终于同意谈判时，你们选择对话；他们举行选举时，尽管选举并不完全自由，你们仍然参与。正如一位团结工会领导人当时所说：“我们决定接受当下可能做到的事。”波兰提醒我们，有时最小的步伐，即使并不完美，最终也能推倒高墙、改变世界。
But of course, your victory that June day was only the beginning. For democracy is more than just elections. True democracy, real prosperity, lasting security -- these are neither simply given, nor imposed from the outside. They must be earned and built from within. And in that age-old contest of ideas -- between freedom and authoritarianism, between liberty and oppression, between solidarity and intolerance -- Poland’s progress shows the enduring strength of the ideals that we cherish as a free people. 当然，你们在那个六月之日的胜利只是起点。民主不只是选举。真正的民主、真正的繁荣、持久的安全，既不会白白降临，也不能由外部强加；它们必须通过自身努力赢得，并从内部建设起来。在自由与威权、解放与压迫、团结与不宽容这些古老的思想较量中，波兰的进步显示出自由人民所珍视的理想具有持久力量。
Here we see the strength of democracy: Citizens raising their voices, free from fear. Here we see political parties competing in open and honest elections. Here we see an independent judiciary working to uphold the rule of law. Here in Poland we see a vibrant press and a growing civil society that holds leaders accountable -- because governments exist to lift up their people, not to hold them down. 在这里，我们看到民主的力量：公民不再恐惧，敢于发声；政党在公开、公正的选举中竞争；独立的司法机构努力维护法治。在波兰，我们看到充满活力的媒体和不断成长的公民社会，监督领导人承担责任，因为政府存在的目的，是帮助人民向上，而不是压制人民。
Here we see the strength of free markets and the results of hard reforms -- gleaming skyscrapers soaring above the city, and superhighways across this country, high-tech hubs and living standards that previous generations of Poles could only imagine. This is the new Poland you have built -- an economic “Miracle on the Vistula” -- Cud nad Wisłą. 在这里，我们看到自由市场的力量和艰苦改革的成果：闪亮的摩天大楼耸立在城市上空，高速公路贯穿全国，高科技中心不断涌现，生活水平达到前几代波兰人只能想象的高度。这就是你们建设的新波兰——经济上的“维斯瓦河畔奇迹”。
Here we see the strength of free nations that stand united. Across those centuries of struggle, Poland’s fate too often was dictated by others. This land was invaded and conquered, carved up and occupied. But those days are over. Poland understands as few other nations do that every nation must be free to chart its own course, to forge its own partnerships, to choose its own allies. 在这里，我们看到自由国家团结一致的力量。在数百年的斗争中，波兰的命运太多次由别人决定。这片土地遭到入侵、征服、瓜分和占领。但那样的时代已经结束。波兰比少数其他国家更深刻地懂得，每个国家都必须能自由决定自己的道路、建立自己的伙伴关系、选择自己的盟友。
This year marks the 15th anniversary of Poland’s membership in NATO. We honor Polish service in the Balkans, in Iraq and Afghanistan. And as Americans, we are proud to call Poland one of our strongest and closest allies. 今年是波兰加入北约15周年。我们向曾在巴尔干、伊拉克和阿富汗服役的波兰军人致敬。作为美国人，我们自豪地称波兰为我们最坚定、最亲密的盟友之一。
This is the Poland we celebrate today. The free and democratic Poland that your forebears and some who are here today dreamed of and fought for and, in some cases, died for. The growing and secure Poland that you -- particularly the young people who are here today -- have enjoyed for your entire lives. 这就是我们今天庆祝的波兰：自由、民主的波兰，是你们的先辈和今天在场的一些人曾经梦想、为之奋斗，并在某些情况下为之献出生命的波兰；不断发展、安全稳定的波兰，是你们，尤其今天在场的年轻人，一生都生活其中的波兰。
It’s a wonderful story, but the story of this nation reminds us that freedom is not guaranteed. And history cautions us to never take progress for granted. On the same day 25 years ago that Poles were voting here, tanks were crushing peaceful democracy protests in Tiananmen Square on the other side of the world. The blessings of liberty must be earned and renewed by every generation -- including our own. This is the work to which we rededicate ourselves today. 这是一个美好的故事，但这个国家的故事提醒我们：自由并非必然得到保障。历史也告诫我们，绝不能把进步视为理所当然。25年前的同一天，波兰人在这里投票，世界另一边的坦克却在天安门广场碾压和平的民主抗议。每一代人，包括我们这一代，都必须争取并重新维护自由的福祉。今天，我们再次立志承担这项工作。
Our democracies must be defined not by what or who we’re against, but by a politics of inclusion and tolerance that welcomes all our citizens. Our economies must deliver a broader prosperity that creates more opportunity -- across Europe and across the world -- especially for young people. Leaders must uphold the public trust and stand against corruption, not steal from the pockets of their own people. Our societies must embrace a greater justice that recognizes the inherent dignity of every human being. 我们的民主不应由我们反对什么、反对谁来定义，而应由包容、宽容的政治来定义，让所有公民都受到欢迎。我们的经济必须带来范围更广的繁荣，在欧洲和世界各地创造更多机会，尤其是为年轻人创造机会。领导人必须守护公众信任、反对腐败，而不能掏空自己人民的钱袋。我们的社会必须拥抱更充分的正义，承认每个人与生俱来的尊严。
And as we’ve been reminded by Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, our free nations cannot be complacent in pursuit of the vision we share -- a Europe that is whole and free and at peace. We have to work for that. We have to stand with those who seek freedom. 俄罗斯对乌克兰的侵略再次提醒我们，自由国家不能自满，必须继续追求共同的愿景：一个完整、自由、和平的欧洲。我们必须为此努力，必须与追求自由的人站在一起。
I know that throughout history, the Polish people were abandoned by friends when you needed them most. So I’ve come to Warsaw today -- on behalf of the United States, on behalf of the NATO Alliance -- to reaffirm our unwavering commitment to Poland’s security. Article 5 is clear -- an attack on one is an attack on all. And as allies, we have a solemn duty -- a binding treaty obligation -- to defend your territorial integrity. And we will. We stand together -- now and forever -- for your freedom is ours. Poland will never stand alone. 我知道，在历史上，波兰人民最需要朋友时，曾被朋友抛弃。因此，今天我来到华沙，代表美国、代表北约，重申我们对波兰安全坚定不移的承诺。第五条写得很清楚：对一个成员国的攻击，就是对所有成员国的攻击。作为盟友，我们有庄严的责任，也有条约规定的约束性义务，捍卫你们的领土完整。我们一定会履行。我们此刻和永远都站在一起，因为你们的自由也是我们的自由。波兰永远不会孤军奋战。
But not just Poland -- Estonia will never stand alone. Latvia will never stand alone. Lithuania will never stand alone. Romania will never stand alone. 不只是波兰：爱沙尼亚永远不会孤军奋战，拉脱维亚永远不会孤军奋战，立陶宛永远不会孤军奋战，罗马尼亚也永远不会孤军奋战。
These are not just words. They’re unbreakable commitments backed by the strongest alliance in the world and the armed forces of the United States of America -- the most powerful military in history. You see our commitment today. In NATO aircraft in the skies of the Baltics. In allied ships patrolling the Black Sea. In the stepped-up exercises where our forces train together. And in our increased and enduring American presence here on Polish soil. We do these things not to threaten any nation, but to defend the security and territory of ourselves and our friends. 这绝非空话。这是不可动摇的承诺，有世界上最强大的联盟以及美利坚合众国的武装力量——历史上最强大的军队——作为后盾。今天，你们能够看到我们的承诺：北约飞机飞行在波罗的海国家上空，盟国舰艇巡逻黑海，我们的部队在增加的联合演习中共同训练，美国在波兰土地上的驻军也增加并将持续存在。我们做这些，不是为了威胁任何国家，而是为了保卫自己和朋友的安全与领土。
Yesterday, I announced a new initiative to bolster the security of our NATO allies and increase America’s military presence in Europe. With the support of Congress, this will mean more pre-positioned equipment to respond quickly in a crisis, and exercises and training to keep our forces ready; additional U.S. forces -- in the air, and sea, and on land, including here in Poland. And it will mean increased support to help friends like Ukraine, and Moldova and Georgia provide for their own defense. 昨天，我宣布一项新倡议，以加强北约盟友的安全，增加美国在欧洲的军事存在。得到国会支持后，这意味着预先部署更多装备，以便在危机中迅速应对；开展演习和训练，让部队保持战备；在空中、海上和陆地增派美军，包括在波兰这里。我们也将增加支持，帮助乌克兰、摩尔多瓦和格鲁吉亚这样的朋友具备自卫能力。
Just as the United States is increasing our commitment, so must others. Every NATO member is protected by our alliance, and every NATO member must carry its share in our alliance. This is the responsibility we have to each other. 正如美国正在加大承诺，其他国家也必须这样做。每个北约成员国都受到联盟保护，每个成员国也都必须承担自己的那份责任。这是我们彼此应尽的责任。
Finally, as free peoples, we join together, not simply to safeguard our own security but to advance the freedom of others. Today we affirm the principles for which we stand. 最后，作为自由人民，我们团结起来，不只是为了维护自身安全，也是为了推动他人的自由。今天，我们重申自己所坚守的原则。
We stand together because we believe that people and nations have the right to determine their own destiny. And that includes the people of Ukraine. Robbed by a corrupt regime, Ukrainians demanded a government that served them. Beaten and bloodied, they refused to yield. Threatened and harassed, they lined up to vote; they elected a new President in a free election -- because a leader’s legitimacy can only come from the consent of the people. 我们站在一起，因为我们相信，人民和国家有权决定自己的命运，乌克兰人民也不例外。遭到腐败政权掠夺后，乌克兰人要求一个为他们服务的政府。即使被殴打、鲜血淋漓，他们也拒绝屈服。面对威胁和骚扰，他们排队投票，在自由选举中选出了新总统；因为领导人的合法性只能来自人民的同意。
Ukrainians have now embarked on the hard road of reform. I met with President-elect Poroshenko this morning, and I told him that, just as free nations offered support and assistance to Poland in your transition to democracy, we stand with Ukrainians now. Ukraine must be free to choose its own future for itself and by itself. We reject the zero-sum thinking of the past -- a free and independent Ukraine needs strong ties and growing trade with Europe and Russia and the United States and the rest of the world. 乌克兰人如今已踏上艰难的改革道路。今天早上，我会见了当选总统波罗申科，告诉他：正如当年自由国家在波兰向民主转型时给予你们支持和帮助，如今我们也与乌克兰人民站在一起。乌克兰必须能由自己、为自己自由选择未来。我们拒绝过去那种零和思维。一个自由独立的乌克兰，需要与欧洲、俄罗斯、美国和世界其他国家保持紧密联系，并不断扩大贸易。
Because the people of Ukraine are reaching out for the same freedom and opportunities and progress that we celebrate here today -- and they deserve them, too. 因为乌克兰人民正在争取我们今天在这里庆祝的同样的自由、机会和进步，而他们同样理应享有这些。
We stand together because we believe that upholding peace and security is the responsibility of every nation. The days of empire and spheres of influence are over. Bigger nations must not be allowed to bully the small, or impose their will at the barrel of a gun or with masked men taking over buildings. And the stroke of a pen can never legitimize the theft of a neighbor’s land. So we will not accept Russia’s occupation of Crimea or its violation of Ukraine’s sovereignty. 我们站在一起，因为我们相信，维护和平与安全是每个国家的责任。帝国和势力范围的时代已经结束。大国不能被允许欺凌小国，不能靠枪口或蒙面人占领建筑物把意志强加于人。一纸签名也永远不能使窃取邻国领土的行为合法化。因此，我们不会接受俄罗斯占领克里米亚，也不会接受它侵犯乌克兰主权。
Our free nations will stand united so that further Russian provocations will only mean more isolation and costs for Russia. Because after investing so much blood and treasure to bring Europe together, how can we allow the dark tactics of the 20th century to define this new century? 我们的自由国家将团结一致，使俄罗斯今后每一次挑衅都只会让它更加孤立、付出更高代价。我们曾投入如此多的鲜血和财富来促成欧洲团结，怎能容许20世纪的黑暗手段来定义这个新世纪？
We stand together because we know that the spirit of Warsaw and Budapest and Prague and Berlin stretches to wherever the longing for freedom stirs in human hearts, whether in Minsk or Caracas, or Damascus or Pyongyang. Wherever people are willing to do the hard work of building democracy -- from Tbilisi to Tunis, from Rangoon to Freetown -- they will have a partner in our nations. For in the struggles of these citizens we recall our own struggles. In their faces we see our own. And few see this more clearly than the people of Poland. 我们站在一起，因为我们知道，华沙、布达佩斯、布拉格和柏林的精神，会延伸到每一个人心中燃起自由渴望的地方，无论是明斯克、加拉加斯、大马士革还是平壤。无论在哪里，只要人们愿意为建设民主付出艰苦努力，从第比利斯到突尼斯，从仰光到弗里敦，都能找到我们这些国家作为伙伴。因为在这些公民的斗争中，我们想起自己的斗争；在他们脸上，我们看到了自己。很少有人比波兰人民更清楚这一点。
The Ukrainians of today are the heirs of Solidarity -- men and women like you who dared to challenge a bankrupt regime. When your peaceful protests were met with an iron fist, Poles placed flowers in the shipyard gate. 今天的乌克兰人是团结工会的继承者，正如你们当年那些敢于挑战破产政权的男女。你们和平抗议遭到铁腕镇压时，波兰人在造船厂的大门前摆放鲜花。
Today, Ukrainians honor their fallen with flowers in Independence Square. We remember the Polish voter who rejoiced to “feel the taste of Poland again.” Her voice echoes in the young protestor in the Maidan who savored what she called “a taste of real freedom.” “I love my country,” she said, and we are standing up for “justice and freedom.” And with gratitude for the strong support of the Polish people, she spoke for many Ukrainians when she said, “Thank you, Poland. We hear you and we love you.” 今天，乌克兰人在独立广场用鲜花纪念逝者。我们记得那位欣喜于“再次尝到波兰滋味”的波兰选民。她的声音在独立广场一位年轻抗议者的话中回响；那位年轻人品味着她所说的“真正自由的滋味”。她说：“我爱我的国家”，我们正在为“正义与自由”挺身而出。她感谢波兰人民的大力支持，说出了许多乌克兰人的心声：“谢谢你，波兰。我们听见了你们，也爱你们。”
Today we can say the same. Thank you, Poland -- thank you for your courage. Thank you for reminding the world that no matter how brutal the crackdown, no matter how long the night, the yearning for liberty and dignity does not fade away. It will never go away. Thank you, Poland, for your iron will and for showing that, yes, ordinary citizens can grab the reins of history, and that freedom will prevail -- because, in the end, tanks and troops are no match for the force of our ideals. 今天，我们也能说同样的话。谢谢你，波兰，感谢你们的勇气。感谢你们提醒世界：无论镇压多么残酷，无论黑夜多么漫长，人们对自由与尊严的渴望都不会消退，永远不会消失。谢谢你，波兰，感谢你们钢铁般的意志，证明普通公民确实能够握住历史的缰绳，自由终将获胜；因为归根结底，坦克和军队敌不过我们理想的力量。
Thank you, Poland -- for your triumph -- not of arms, but of the human spirit, the truth that carries us forward. There is no change without risk, and no progress without sacrifice, and no freedom without solidarity. 谢谢你，波兰，感谢你们的胜利。这不是武力的胜利，而是人类精神的胜利，是引领我们前进的真理：没有风险就没有变革，没有牺牲就没有进步，没有团结就没有自由。
Dziękuję, Polsko! God bless Poland. God bless America. God bless our unbreakable alliance. 谢谢你，波兰！愿上帝保佑波兰，保佑美国，保佑我们牢不可破的联盟。
Thank you very much. 非常感谢。
