The candle burns not for us, but for all those whom we failed to rescue from prison, who were shot on the way to prison, who were tortured, who were kidnapped, who "disappeared". That's what the candle is for.

  • -- Peter Benenson 彼得·本嫩森

蜡烛不是为我们而燃烧,而是为所有那些我们没能从监狱里救出的人而燃烧,他们在入狱的路上中弹,被拷打,被绑架,“失踪”了。这就是蜡烛的作用。

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The anti-apartheid prisoners on the island, like so many in every age and nation, found that Shakespeare had a peculiar ability to gentle their condition. They used to gather clandestinely to read the plays; on one occasion, the book was passed around for each man to mark his favourite lines.

岛上的反种族隔离囚犯,就像各个时代和国家的许多人一样,发现莎士比亚有一种特殊的能力来缓和他们的处境。他们过去常常偷偷地聚在一起看戏;有一次,这本书被分发给每个人,让他们写下自己最喜欢的台词。

When I'm forced by circumstances to be in a crowd of prisoners, it's all I can do to refrain from attack.

当我被迫和一群囚犯在一起时,我所能做的就是克制自己不去攻击他们。