BTS' Speech at the United Nations | Speak Yourself (2018)

My name is Kim Nam-joon, also known as RM, the leader of the group BTS.

我叫金南俊，也就是RM，是防彈少年團（BTS）的隊長。

It is an incredible honor to be invited to an occasion with such significance重要性 for today's young generation.

受邀參加這樣一個對當今年輕一代意義重大的活動，我感到無比榮幸。

Last November, BTS launched the Love Myself campaign開展運動 with UNICEF, built on our belief that true love first begins with loving myself.

去年十一月，我們與聯合國兒童基金會共同發起了“愛我”運動，其核心理念是：真正的愛始於愛自己。

We've been partnering搭檔 with UNICEF's End Violence program to protect children and young people all over the world from violence.

我們一直與聯合國兒童基金會的“終結暴力”專案合作，致力於保護全球兒童和青少年免受暴力侵害。

And our fans have become a major part of this campaign with their action and with their enthusiasm.

我們的粉絲透過實際行動和滿腔熱情，成為了這場運動的重要組成部分。

We truly have the best fans in the world.

我們真的擁有世界上最棒的粉絲。

And I'd like to begin by talking about myself.

我想先從介紹我自己開始。

I was born in Ilsan, a city near Seoul, South Korea.

我出生在韓國首爾附近的一個城市——一山。

It is a really beautiful place with a lake, hills, and even an annual flower festival.

那裡風景優美，有湖泊、山丘，甚至每年還會舉辦花卉節。

I spent a very happy childhood there, and I was just an ordinary boy.

我在那裡度過了非常快樂的童年，那時我只是個普通男孩。

I used to look up at the night sky and wonder, and I used to dream the dreams of a boy.

我曾仰望夜空，充滿好奇，也曾懷揣著少年的夢想。

I used to imagine that I was a superhero who could save the world.

我曾幻想自己是個能拯救世界的超級英雄。

In an intro to one of our early albums, there's a line that says, "My heart stopped when I was maybe nine or ten."

在我們早期的一張專輯簡介中，有這樣一句話：“我的心在九歲或十歲時停止了跳動。”

Looking back, I think that's when I began to worry about what other people thought of me and started seeing myself through穿過 their eyes.

回首往事，我認為那時我開始擔心別人對我的看法，並試著透過他們的眼睛看自己。

I stopped looking up at the night skies, the stars.

我不再仰望星空了。

I stopped daydreaming.

我也不再做白日夢了。

Instead, I just tried to jam myself into the molds模式 that other people made.

相反，我只努力把自己塞進別人設定的模具裡。

Soon, I began to shut out my own voice and started to listen to the voices of others.

很快，我開始封閉自己的聲音，轉而傾聽他人的聲音。

No one called out my name, and neither did I.

沒人呼喚我的名字，我也沒有呼喚別人的名字。

My heart stopped, and my eyes closed shut.

我的心停止了跳動，雙眼緊閉。

So, like this, I, we, all lost our names.

所以，就像這樣，我，我們，都失去了名字。

We became like ghosts.

我們變得像幽靈一樣。

But I had one sensory感官的, and that was music.

但我保留了一種感官，那就是音樂。

There was a small voice inside of me that said, "Wake up, man, and listen to yourself."

我內心深處有個微弱的聲音在說：‘醒醒吧，夥計，聽聽你自己的心聲。’

But it took me a long time to hear music calling my real name.

但直到很久以後，我才聽到音樂呼喚著我真正的名字。

Even after making the decision to join BTS, there were a lot of hurdles障礙.

即使決定加入防彈少年團後，我們仍面臨許多障礙。

Some people might not believe, but most people thought we were hopeless.

也許有人不信，但大多數人認為我們沒有希望了。

And sometimes I just wanted to quit.

有時候我真的想放棄。

But I think I was very lucky that I didn't give it all up.

但我認為自己很幸運，沒有徹底放棄一切。