以萬丈豪情帶回空空行囊
It was in 1989
1989 年
near the completion of what we now know
旅行者 2 號即將完成
was just the first phase of the VoyagerII mission
我們現今所知的初期飛行任務
Voyager II
旅行者 2 號
the incredibly persistent precisespacecraft
這艘無比精密耐用的太空飛船
whose 12-year-mission
肩負著一個歷時 12 年的任務
would take it past Jupiter in 1979
它將于 1979 年經過木星
and Saturn in 1981
于 1981 年臨近火星
and finally on to Neptune in 1989
最終于 1989 年飛往海王星
where traveling at 10 kilometers persecond
在那里它將以 10 千米每秒的速度飛行
Newton was right
牛頓說對了
something starts in motion stays inmotion
原本運動的物體在不受外力作用時將保持運動狀態
Traveling in muscle car turns at 42000miles per hour
這輛大馬力跑車將以 42000 英里每小時的速度拐彎
It will pass within 3000 miles with thenorth pole of Neptune
而后在距離海王星北極不到 3000 英里的地方與之擦肩
and just before it was meant to leaveour solar system
就在它決心離開太陽系之前
just before it was meant to
就在它打算
retire to a pleasant life in the cosmos
退居于茫茫宇宙
studying ultraviolet sources among thestars
享受一段穿梭星體間觀測紫外光源的和樂人生之前
just as it was about to do that
在那之前
the people of NASA couldn't resist
太空總署的人卻情不自禁地
they sent a signal to Voyager II
向旅行者 2 號發送了一個指令
and they turn the camera completelyaround
掉轉了它的攝像頭
so that Voyager II was travelingforwards
讓探索前行的旅行者 2 號
looking backwards over shoulder andlooking back
在那一刻轉頭回望
they took a picture of Earth
他們拍了一張地球的照片
a small blue dot
一個藍色小圓點
a single beam of sunlight
浸在一束陽光中
and that
而那
should anyone never ask you
有朝一日若有人問起
is the definition of art
即是藝術之義
and at the time nobody ask
彼時,沒人問過
why they turn the camera around
為什么他們要掉轉攝像頭
but should anyone never ask you
但有朝一日若有人問起
they turn the camera around not forscience
他們掉轉攝像頭,其實并非為了科學事業
but for the same reason
而是正如
when your parents drop you off on your firstday of school
你開學第一天,父母開車,把你在校門前放下
you wanted to be brave
你鼓足勇氣
and start off on a new adventure
向新的未知邁出第一步
but you couldn't resist
但你情不自禁
you look back
你轉頭
over your shoulder
回望
and you took a picture of that moment
你定格了那個瞬間
that's why the people of NASA
這就是太空總署的那群人
turn the camera around
掉轉攝像頭的原因
they couldn't resist
他們情不自禁
they had to see what home look like
他們想要看清家的模樣
so far away from home
遠遠地,遠遠地
and that
而那
should any one never ask
有朝一日若有人問起
is what defines us
正定義著我們
agency:FCB芝加哥
client:克拉克橋寫作學校( Clark bridge a school of writing )
視頻:https://www.adsoftheworld.com/media/digital/clark_street_bridge_looking_back
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