Translation of the song 孔子不要打我 artist Jeremy Chang
孔子不要打我
Don't beat me, Confucius
至圣先师
The greatest sage and teacher
唯有孔子
Is only Confucius;
传道授业解惑
Preaching, teaching and dispelling doubts -
你要说什么
What do you wanna say?
五四红卫兵
The May 4 Movement, the red guards
文化大革命
The Great Cultural Revolution
破四旧立四新
To attack on the Four Olds and to establish the Four News
不相信你也不相信自己
Can trust neither you nor myself
不相信我也不相信你
Can trust neither you nor me
为了思想大跃进
To make our ideology leap forward
文批现行思想反革命
We strike on the ideological counterrevolutionary
我 思想的奴隶
I, enslaved by ideology
终于忍不住想要告诉你
Can't wait any longer to tell you
不相信你也不相信自己
Can trust neither you nor myself
思想君主的专制
The ideology of despotism
没有随封建社会而去
Didn't die with the absolute monarchy
不相信你也不相信自己
Can trust neither you nor myself
思想的国度里还分皇帝与奴隶
In the realm of ideology still exists emperor and slaves
多元化的社会里
In the diversified society
每个人都有说话的权力
Everyone has the right to talk
得到真理唯有彻底开放心灵
To gain the truth, we must be fully open-minded
孔子不要打我 我要言论自由
Don't beat me Confucius, I need the freedom of speech
不再有思想的对错
There's no longer correctness of thoughts
孔子不要打我 孔子不要骂我
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
打骂要有理由 不然我会反动
You need to get a reason or I would be reactionary
孔子不要打我 孔子不要骂我
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
打骂要有理由 不然我会反动
You gotta have a reason or I would be reactionary
孔子不要打我 打我
Don't beat me Confucius, don't beat me
孔子不要骂我 骂我
Don't scold me Confucius, don't scold me
思想哪分左右倾
Ideology should be neither left nor right
思无邪思无邪
Pure thought, pure thought
用实验证明真理
Let's prove the truth with practice
古今思想
Modern thoughts and ancient
妨害修身
These are in the way of self-cultivation
妨害齐家
Of family regulation
妨害治国
Of country's governance
妨害平天下
Of preserving peace and order
非黑即白非白即黑 孔子
All or none, black and white, Confucius
二必其一没有道理 孔子
This is unreasonable, Confucius
言论自由言论自由
Freedom of speech, freedom of speech
言论自由言论自由
Freedom of speech, freedom of speech
孔子不要打我孔子不要打我
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't beat me Confucius
孔子不要打我孔子不要打我
Don't beat me Confucius, Don't beat me Confucius
孔子不要骂我孔子不要骂我
Don't scold me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
孔子不要骂我孔子不要骂我
Don't scold me Confucius, Don't scold me Confucius
我要思想无罪 我要言论自由 啊
I need innocence of thought, I need freedom of speech
思想无罪言论自由言论自由
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
自由有自由自由自由自由
Freedom, freedom, freedom...
口白：
Monologue:
我们的古老朋友，孔子，
Confucius, our ancient friend,
生于西元前571年，享年73岁，
Born in 571 BC, dead at 73,
伟大的实践教育家，
A great practical educator,
保守封建期的前卫思想家，
A vanguard of thought during the conservative era;
生前反对奴隶制，
Opposed to slavery,
反对君主专制，
And to absolute monarchy,
死后却被历代统治者，
However, by the rulers of past dynasties,
为了强化封建政权奉为至圣，
To augment the despotism, he was praised as the greatest sage,
断章取义他的言论，
While his statement was garbled,
奴隶人民的自由思想
For the enslavement of people's thoughts.
不相信你也不相信自己
Trust neither you nor myself
思想的国度里没有皇帝
The realm of ideology needs no emperor
不相信你也不相信自己
Trust neither you nor myself
只相信真理越作越明
But that the more the truth is debated, the clearer it becomes
思想无罪言论自由
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
思想无罪言论自由
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
思想无罪言论自由
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
思想无罪言论自由
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
我相信你也相信我自己
I trust you and trust myself
总有一天会一起回到
One day we'll all regain
春秋时代的百家争鸣
The diversity of idea as in the Spring and Autumn Period
思想无罪言论自由
Innocence of thought, freedom of speech
归还给广大的人民
Will be returned to the common people