美國國歌意思

美國國歌《The Star-Spangled Banner》(星條旗之歌)是由弗朗西斯·斯科特·基(Francis Scott Key)在1814年創作的歌詞,它描述了在1812年戰爭期間,美國與英國之間的戰鬥。這首歌詞最初是基在目睹了美國國旗在巴爾的摩的麥克亨利堡上空飄揚,抵禦了英國艦隊的猛烈攻擊後所作的詩。

歌詞共有四節,其中最著名的是第一節:

Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light, What so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming, Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, O'er the ramparts we watched, were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there; Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?

這首歌詞的意思是詢問是否還能看到美國國旗在戰火中飄揚,這象徵著美國的自由和勇氣。整首歌表達了對國家的愛國情感和對戰爭中英雄主義的讚美。