“With this faith we will be able to hear out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.”

[영어로 읽는 세기의 名연설] <16> 마틴 루터 킹 목사의 '워싱턴 평화 행진' 연설 (下)

We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies，heavy with fatigue of travel，cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities.

We cannot be satisfied as long as the Negro's basic mobility is from a smaller ghetto to a larger one.

We can never be satisfied as long as our children are stripped of their selfhood and robbed of their dignity by signs stating "for whites only."

We cannot be satisfied as long as a Negro in Mississippi cannot vote and a Negro in New York believes he has nothing for which to vote.

No，we are not satisfied，and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.

I am not unmindful that some of you have come here out of excessive trials and ①tribulation.

Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells.

Some of you have come from areas where your quest for freedom left you ②battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality.

You have been the veterans of creative suffering.

Continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is ③redemptive.

Go back to Mississippi: go back to Alabama: go back to Louisiana: go back to the slums and ghettos of the northern cities，knowing that somehow this situation can，and will be changed.

Let us not ④wallow in the valley of despair.

I say to you today，my friends，that though we must face the difficulties of today and tomorrow，I still have a dream.

It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.

I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed － we hold these truths to be self－evident; that all men are created equal.

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia，the sons of former slaves and sons of former slave－owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day，even the state of Mississippi，a desert state sweltering with the heat of injustice，sweltering with the heat of oppression，will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

I have a dream my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today！

I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governor's lips are presently ⑤dripping with the words of

⑥interposition and ⑦nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be ⑧exalted，every hill and mountain shall be made low，the rough places willl be made plains，and the crooked places willl be made straight and the glory of the Lord shalll be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope.

This is the faith with which I return to the South.

With this faith we will be able to hear out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope.

With this faith we will be able to transform the ⑨jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.

With this faith we will be able to work together，to pray together，to go to struggle together, to go to jail together，to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with new meaning－"my country'tis of thee: sweet land of liberty: of thee I sing: land where my fathers died，land of the pilgrim's pride: from every mountain side，let freedom ring"

And if America is to be a great nation，this must become true.

So let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York.

Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania.

Let freedom ring from the snow－capped Rockies of Colorado.

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous peaks of California.

But not only that : Let freedom ring from the Stone Mountain of Georgia.Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.

Let freedom ring from every hill and ⑩molehill of Mississippi，from every mountainside，let freedom ring.

And when we allow freedom to ring，when we let it ring from every village and hamlet，from every state and city，we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children － black men and white men，Jews and ⑪Gentiles，Catholics and Protestants － will be able to join hands and to sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual，"Free at last，free at last: thank God Almighty，we are free at last."

▶ Words & Idiom

① tribulation : 고난，시련

② battered : 학대를 받은

③ redemptive : 속죄의

④ wallow : 간신히 나아가다

⑤ dripping : 떨어지는 만큼

⑥ interposition : 방해，미국의 주가 연방보다 우위에 있다는 설

⑦ nullification : 미국의 주에서 연방법을 폐기하는 것

⑧ exalted : 고귀한，지위가 높은

⑨ jangling : 딸랑딸랑 울리는，귀에 거슬리는

⑩ molehill : 두더지가 파놓은 흙두둑