2016年12月10日下午4點30分，2016年諾貝爾獎頒獎儀式在瑞典斯德哥爾摩音樂廳正式舉行。諾貝爾文學獎得主鮑勃·狄倫因事未能出席。此前，鮑勃·狄倫已提前知會諾獎評委會，他會缺席這次領獎，而由有著“朋克教母”之稱的美國女歌手、詩人帕蒂·史密斯代為領獎，並演唱鮑勃·狄倫1963年經典作品《大雨將至》。他的獲獎感言由美國駐瑞典大使代為朗讀。
下面80後勵志網把鮑勃·狄倫的諾貝爾獲獎感言中英文整理給大家：
我從未自問“我的歌是文學嗎”
演講時間：2016年12月10日
——美國駐瑞典大使代諾貝爾文學獎得主鮑勃·狄倫朗讀的獲獎感言
鮑勃·狄倫獲獎感言英文全文：
Good evening, everyone. I extend my warmestgreetings to the members of the Swedish Academy and to all of the otherdistinguished guests in attendance tonight.
I'm sorry I can't be with you in person,but please know that I am most definitely with you in spirit and honored to bereceiving such a prestigious prize. Being awarded the Nobel Prize forLiterature is something I never could have imagined or seen coming. From anearly age, I've been familiar with and reading and absorbing the works of thosewho were deemed worthy of such a distinction: Kipling, Shaw, Thomas Mann, PearlBuck, Albert Camus, Hemingway. These giants of literature whose works are taughtin the schoolroom, housed in libraries around the world and spoken of inreverent tones have always made a deep impression. That I now join the names onsuch a list is truly beyond words.
I don't know if these men and women everthought of the Nobel honor for themselves, but I suppose that anyone writing abook, or a poem, or a play anywhere in the world might harbor that secret dreamdeep down inside. It's probably buried so deep that they don't even know it'sthere.
If someone had ever told me that I had theslightest chance of winning the Nobel Prize, I would have to think that I'dhave about the same odds as standing on the moon. In fact, during the year Iwas born and for a few years after, there wasn't anyone in the world who wasconsidered good enough to win this Nobel Prize. So, I recognize that I am invery rare company, to say the least.
I was out on the road when I received thissurprising news, and it took me more than a few minutes to properly process it.I began to think about William Shakespeare, the great literary figure. I wouldreckon he thought of himself as a dramatist. The thought that he was writingliterature couldn't have entered his head. His words were written for thestage. Meant to be spoken not read. When he was writing Hamlet, I'm sure he wasthinking about a lot of different things: "Who're the right actors forthese roles?" "How should this be staged?" "Do I reallywant to set this in Denmark?" His creative vision and ambitions were nodoubt at the forefront of his mind, but there were also more mundane matters toconsider and deal with. "Is the financing in place?" "Are thereenough good seats for my patrons?" "Where am I going to get a humanskull?" I would bet that the farthest thing from Shakespeare's mind wasthe question "Is this literature?"
When I started writing songs as a teenager,and even as I started to achieve some renown for my abilities, my aspirationsfor these songs only went so far. I thought they could be heard in coffeehouses or bars, maybe later in places like Carnegie Hall, the London Palladium.If I was really dreaming big, maybe I could imagine getting to make a recordand then hearing my songs on the radio. That was really the big prize in mymind. Making records and hearing your songs on the radio meant that you werereaching a big audience and that you might get to keep doing what you had setout to do.
Well, I've been doing what I set out to dofor a long time, now. I've made dozens of records and played thousands ofconcerts all around the world. But it's my songs that are at the vital centerof almost everything I do. They seemed to have found a place in the lives ofmany people throughout many different cultures and I'm grateful for that.
But there's one thing I must say. As aperformer I've played for 50,000 people and I've played for 50 people and I cantell you that it is harder to play for 50 people. 50,000 people have a singularpersona, not so with 50. Each person has an inpidual, separate identity, aworld unto themselves. They can perceive things more clearly. Your honesty andhow it relates to the depth of your talent is tried. The fact that the Nobelcommittee is so small is not lost on me.
But, like Shakespeare, I too am oftenoccupied with the pursuit of my creative endeavors and dealing with all aspectsof life's mundane matters. "Who are the best musicians for thesesongs?" "Am I recording in the right studio?" "Is this songin the right key?" Some things never change, even in 400 years.
Not once have I ever had the time to ask myself,"Are my songs literature?"
So, I do thank the Swedish Academy, bothfor taking the time to consider that very question, and, ultimately, forproviding such a wonderful answer.
My best wishes to you all,
Bob Dylan
很抱歉，我沒能與你們在一起，但請知道，在精神上，我絕對與你們同在，很榮幸獲得了這麼一個有聲望的獎。被授予諾貝爾文學獎，是我從來不敢想像或預見到的事情。從小，我就熟悉、閱讀並受益於那些被認為值得獲得該項殊榮的人的作品：吉卜林、湯瑪斯·曼、賽珍珠、加繆、海明威這些文學巨人總是給人深刻的印象，他們的作品在學校課堂上被教授，被收藏在世界各地的圖書館，被人們用虔誠的語調談論著。現在我加入這樣的名列，
我不知道這些男人和女人們是否曾經想過自己能夠獲得諾貝爾文學獎，但我想，在這個世界的任何地方，任何寫過一本書、一首詩、或是一部戲劇的人，在內心深處都會擁有這麼一個秘密的夢想。這個夢想被埋藏得太深，他們甚至都不知道它在那裡。
有人曾告訴我，我不可能獲得諾貝爾獎，我也不得不認為這個幾率與我站在月球上的幾率相同。事實上，在我出生的那一年和隨後的幾年，世界上沒有一個人被認為優秀得可以贏得諾貝爾獎。所以，我認為，至少可以說，我現在屬於這個非常少數的群體。
收到這個令人驚訝的消息時，我正在路上。我花了好幾分鐘才確定它沒錯。我開始回想起威廉·莎士比亞這位偉大的文學人物。
我敢打賭，在莎士比亞的頭腦中最不需要考慮的事情是：“這是文學嗎？”
當我還是一個剛開始寫歌的少年時，甚至當我開始因為我的能力而取得一定知名度時，
當然，現在，很長時間以來我一直在做我起初想要做的事情。在世界各地，我已經製作了幾十張唱片，舉行了幾千場音樂會。不過，我的歌曲才幾乎是我做的所有事情的中心。它們似乎在不同文化的許多人的生活中找到了一個位置，我非常感謝。
但我必須說，作為一個表演者，我為50000人表演過，也為50人表揚過。我可以告訴你，為50人表演更難，因為5萬人會形成一個單一人格，但50人不會。每個人都是一個個體，有獨立的身份，一個自己的世界，他們可以更清楚地感知事物。你的誠實，以及它如何與你的天賦的深度相關聯會受到考驗。諾貝爾委員會這麼小，我沒有忽略這個事實。
但就像莎士比亞，我也經常忙於努力追求創造性和處理生活所有方面的平庸事情。“誰是這些歌曲最好的音樂家？“我在合適的錄音室錄音嗎？“這首歌的調子正確嗎？”有些事情永遠不會改變，即使在400年後。
我從來沒有時間問自己一次：“我的歌是文學嗎？”
所以，我真的感謝瑞典學院，既花時間考慮這個問題，並最終提供這樣一個美妙的答案。
給大家獻上我最好的祝福。
鮑勃·狄倫
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給大家獻上我最好的祝福。
鮑勃·狄倫
本文由80後勵志網整理編輯，轉載請注明來源，連結位址：http://www.201980.com/yanjiang/yingyu/23347.html
