我回答他："做一个战士。"
My answer was, "Be a fighter."
另一个朋友问我："怎样对付生活？"
Another friend asked me, "How should I live?"
我仍旧答道："做一个战士！"
Again my answer was, "Be a fighter!"
《战士颂》的作者曾经写过这样的话：
The author of In Praise of the Fighter says:
我激荡在这绵绵不息，滂沱四方的生命洪流中，
Riding on the ceaseless rushing torrent of life, I should pursue and overtake it so as to create an even greater and deeper torrent of my own.
我就应该追逐洪流，且看它流向何方。
If I were a lamp, it would be my duty to light up thick darkness.
有力的水手在狂风暴雨里操舟，
If I were the sea tide, I would marshal rolling waves to cleanse the beach of all accumulated filth.
他虽然把握着舵，
This quotation reflects aptly the state of mind of a fighter.
却让船破浪向前。
Fighters are always young.
所以我要战斗一生，永远没有休止。
They never lose heart or despair.
战士是永远追求光明的。
They never think of difficulties or obstacles and are always confident of ultimate success.
他并不躺在晴空下享受阳光，
They are like angels.
却在黑暗里燃烧火炬，
And their youth comes from their never-ending struggle against all evils, old and new.
给人们照亮道路，
They destroy whatever is decadent and keep whatever is good.
使他们走向黎明。
This is why fighters are always young and never old.
驱散黑暗，这是战士的任务。
They fight to make life better, to liberate all, to help people live in comfort, to enable them to live a better life.
他不躲避黑暗，
They fight continuously, fight an ever-advancing fight, a fight for ever-lasting happiness, and a fight for the interest of all.
却要面对黑暗，
They fight not for themselves, but for the whole mankind.
跟躲藏在阴影里的魑魅、魍魉搏斗。
The spirit of a fighter permeates the whole universe throughout the ages.
他要消灭它们而取得光明。
This is the song of a fighter, my song, my dear friend's song.
战士是不知道妥协的。
I'm a fighter.
他得不到光明便不会停止战斗。
This is my true confession.
战士是不知道灰心与绝望的。
I wish my dear young friends would all become fighters!
他甚至在失败的废墟上，
Fighters are always young.