美国为什么被称为「灯塔国」,还有其它称谓吗?

美国为什么被称为「灯塔国」,还有其它称谓吗?

源于美帝的象征自由女神像底座上所铭刻的十四行诗:

选自犹太女诗人爱玛·拉扎露丝(Emma Lazarus)的十四行诗《新巨人》):

The New Colossus

Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,

With conquering limbs astride from land to land;

Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand

A mighty woman with a torch whose flame

Is imprisoned lightning, and her name

Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand

Glows world-wide welcome;

her mild eyes command

The air-bridged harbor that twin cities .

"Keep ancient lands your storied pomp!" cries she with silent lips.

"Give me your tired your poor,

Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,

The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.

Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me,

I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"

译文:

不似希腊伟岸铜塑雕像

拥有征服疆域的臂膀

红霞落波之门你巍然屹立

高举灯盏喷薄光芒

您凝聚流光的名字 ——

放逐者之母

把广袤大地照亮

凝视中宽柔撒满长桥 海港

“扼守你们旷古虚华的土地与功勋吧!”她呼喊

颤栗着缄默双唇:

把你们疲惫的人 你们贫穷的人 你们渴望呼吸自由空气的挤在一堆的人 都给我 把那些无家可归、饱经风浪的人 都送来 在这金色的大门旁, 我要为他们把灯举起。