啊,體育, 天神的歡娛,生命的動力! 你猝然降臨在灰濛濛的林間空地, 苦難的人激動不已。 你像容光煥發的使者, 向暮年人微笑致意。 你像高山之巔出現的晨曦, 照亮了昏暗的大地。 啊,體育,你就是美麗! 你塑造的人體，變得高尚還是卑鄙, 要看它是被可恥的慾望引向墮落; 還是由健康的力量悉心培育。 沒有勻稱協調,便談不上什麼美麗。 你的作用無與倫比, 可使人體運動富有節律; 動作變得優美, 柔中含有剛毅。 啊,體育,你就是正義! 你體現了社會生活中追求不到的公平合理。 任何人不可超過速度一分一秒, 逾越高度一分一釐。 取得成功的關鍵, 只能是體力與精神融為一體。 啊,體育,你就是勇氣! 肌肉用力的全部含義是敢於搏擊。 若不為此,敏捷強健有何用? 肌肉發達有何益? 我們所說的勇氣, 不是冒險家押上全部賭注似的蠻幹, 而是經過慎重的深思熟慮。 啊,體育,你就是榮譽! 榮譽的贏得要公正無私, 反之便毫無意義。 有人耍弄見不得人的詭計, 以此達到欺騙同伴的目的。但他內心深處卻受著恥辱的絞縊。 有朝一日被人識破,就會落得名聲掃地。 啊,體育,你就是樂趣! 想起你,內心充滿歡喜, 血液迴圈加劇,思路更加開闊, 條理更加清晰。 你可使憂傷的人散心解悶, 你可使快樂的人生活更加甜蜜。 啊,體育,你就是培育人類的沃地！你透過最直接的途徑，增強民族體質，矯正畸形軀體, 防病患於未然，讓後代長得茁壯有力, 繼往開來,奪取桂冠的勝利。 啊,體育,你就是進步!為了人類的日新月異，軀體和精神的改善要同時抓起， 你規定良好的生活習慣, 要求人們對過度行為引起警惕。 你告訴人們遵守規則, 發揮人類最大的能力.而又無損健康的肌體。 啊，體育，你就是和平！ 你在各民族間建立愉快的聯絡。你在有節制、有組織、有技藝的體力較量中產生, 使全世界的青年學會相互尊重和學習, 使不同民族特質成為高尚而公平競賽的動力！ 編輯本段作品評價 從思想深刻上講，或從藝術美感上講，《體育頌》都堪稱奧林匹克運動史上傑出的詩章之一。它永遠是一曲氣壯奧運會的正氣歌，永遠是催人向“更高、更快、更強”境界挺進的戰鬥號角。顧拜旦《體育頌》的奧運精神和美學力量將感召並激勵千秋萬代！所有地球的孩子們，都會將它作為標準，目標，來創造人類美好的未來。 這篇文章的體育精神是：對人類個體的力與美的創造，精神方面的正義、勇氣、榮譽、樂趣的培養，對人類整體的培育，以及體育精神的弘揚。 編輯本段英文原文 【英文原版】 Art and SportArt and SportArt and Sport ODE TO SPORT * I. O Sport, pleasure of the Gods, essence of life, you appeared suddenly in the midst of the grey clearing which writhes with the drudgery of modern existence, like the radiant messenger of a past age, when mankind still smiled. And the glimmer of dawn lit up the mountain tops and flecks of light dotted the ground in the gloomy forests. II. O Sport, you are Beauty! You are the architect of that edifice which is the human body and which can become abject or sublime according to whether it is defiled by vile passions or improved through healthy exertion. There can be no beauty without balance and proportion, and you are the peerless master of both, for you create harmony, you give movements rhythm, you make strength graceful and you endow suppleness with power. Ill. O Sport, you are Justice! The perfect equity for which men strive in vain in their social institutions is your constant companion. No one can jump a centimetre higher than the height he can jump, nor run a minute longer than the length he can run. The limits of his success are determined solely by his own physical and moral strength. IV. O Sport, you are Audacity! The meaning of all muscular effort can be summed up in the word ‘dare’. What good are muscles, what is the point of feeling strong and agile, and why work to improve one’s agility and strength, unless it is in order to dare? But the daring you inspire has nothing in common with the adventurer’s recklessness in staking everything on chance. Yours is a prudent, well-considered audacity. V. O Sport, you are Honour!The laurels you bestow have no value unless they have been won in absolute fairness and with perfect impartiality. He who, with some shameful trick, manages to deceive his fellow competitors feels guilt to his very core and lives in fear of the ignominious epithet which shall forever be attached to his name should his trickery be discovered. VI. O Sport, you are Joy! At your behest, flesh dances and eyes smile; blood races abundantly through the arteries. Thoughts stretch out on a brighter, clearer horizon. To the sorrowful you can even bring salutary diversion from their distress, whilst the happy you enable fully to savour their joie de vivre. VII. O Sport, you are Fecundity! You strive directly and nobly towards perfection of the race, destroying unhealthy seed and correcting the flaws which threaten its essential purity. And you fill the athlete with a desire to see his sons grow up agile and strong around him to take his place in the arena and, in their turn, carry off the most glorious trophies. VIII. O Sport, you are Progress! To serve you, a man must improve himself both physically and spiritually. You force him to abide by a greater discipline; you demand that he avoid all excess. You teach him wise rules which allow him to exert himself with the maximum of intensity without compromising his good health. IX. O Sport, you are Peace! You promote happy relations between peoples, bringing them together in their shared devotion to a strength which is controlled, organized and self-disciplined. From you, the young worldwide learn self-respect, and thus the diversity of national qualities becomes the source of a generous and friendly rivalry. *Awarded a prize in the sports literature competition in the V Olympiad Stockholm 1912. ** Pierre de Coubertin pseudonym. 作者簡介 皮埃爾·德·顧拜旦（Le baron Pierre De Coubertin，1863～1937），是法國著名教育家、國際體育活動家、教育學家和歷史學家、現代奧林匹克運動的發起人。1863年1月1日出生於法國巴黎的一個非常富有的貴族家庭。1896年至1925年，他曾任國際奧林匹克委員會主席，並設計了奧運會會徽 、奧運會會旗 。由於他對奧林匹克不朽的功績，被國際上譽為“奧林匹克之父”。
啊,體育, 天神的歡娛,生命的動力! 你猝然降臨在灰濛濛的林間空地, 苦難的人激動不已。 你像容光煥發的使者, 向暮年人微笑致意。 你像高山之巔出現的晨曦, 照亮了昏暗的大地。 啊,體育,你就是美麗! 你塑造的人體，變得高尚還是卑鄙, 要看它是被可恥的慾望引向墮落; 還是由健康的力量悉心培育。 沒有勻稱協調,便談不上什麼美麗。 你的作用無與倫比, 可使人體運動富有節律; 動作變得優美, 柔中含有剛毅。 啊,體育,你就是正義! 你體現了社會生活中追求不到的公平合理。 任何人不可超過速度一分一秒, 逾越高度一分一釐。 取得成功的關鍵, 只能是體力與精神融為一體。 啊,體育,你就是勇氣! 肌肉用力的全部含義是敢於搏擊。 若不為此,敏捷強健有何用? 肌肉發達有何益? 我們所說的勇氣, 不是冒險家押上全部賭注似的蠻幹, 而是經過慎重的深思熟慮。 啊,體育,你就是榮譽! 榮譽的贏得要公正無私, 反之便毫無意義。 有人耍弄見不得人的詭計, 以此達到欺騙同伴的目的。但他內心深處卻受著恥辱的絞縊。 有朝一日被人識破,就會落得名聲掃地。 啊,體育,你就是樂趣! 想起你,內心充滿歡喜, 血液迴圈加劇,思路更加開闊, 條理更加清晰。 你可使憂傷的人散心解悶, 你可使快樂的人生活更加甜蜜。 啊,體育,你就是培育人類的沃地！你透過最直接的途徑，增強民族體質，矯正畸形軀體, 防病患於未然，讓後代長得茁壯有力, 繼往開來,奪取桂冠的勝利。 啊,體育,你就是進步!為了人類的日新月異，軀體和精神的改善要同時抓起， 你規定良好的生活習慣, 要求人們對過度行為引起警惕。 你告訴人們遵守規則, 發揮人類最大的能力.而又無損健康的肌體。 啊，體育，你就是和平！ 你在各民族間建立愉快的聯絡。你在有節制、有組織、有技藝的體力較量中產生, 使全世界的青年學會相互尊重和學習, 使不同民族特質成為高尚而公平競賽的動力！ 編輯本段作品評價 從思想深刻上講，或從藝術美感上講，《體育頌》都堪稱奧林匹克運動史上傑出的詩章之一。它永遠是一曲氣壯奧運會的正氣歌，永遠是催人向“更高、更快、更強”境界挺進的戰鬥號角。顧拜旦《體育頌》的奧運精神和美學力量將感召並激勵千秋萬代！所有地球的孩子們，都會將它作為標準，目標，來創造人類美好的未來。 這篇文章的體育精神是：對人類個體的力與美的創造，精神方面的正義、勇氣、榮譽、樂趣的培養，對人類整體的培育，以及體育精神的弘揚。 編輯本段英文原文 【英文原版】 Art and SportArt and SportArt and Sport ODE TO SPORT * I. O Sport, pleasure of the Gods, essence of life, you appeared suddenly in the midst of the grey clearing which writhes with the drudgery of modern existence, like the radiant messenger of a past age, when mankind still smiled. And the glimmer of dawn lit up the mountain tops and flecks of light dotted the ground in the gloomy forests. II. O Sport, you are Beauty! You are the architect of that edifice which is the human body and which can become abject or sublime according to whether it is defiled by vile passions or improved through healthy exertion. There can be no beauty without balance and proportion, and you are the peerless master of both, for you create harmony, you give movements rhythm, you make strength graceful and you endow suppleness with power. Ill. O Sport, you are Justice! The perfect equity for which men strive in vain in their social institutions is your constant companion. No one can jump a centimetre higher than the height he can jump, nor run a minute longer than the length he can run. The limits of his success are determined solely by his own physical and moral strength. IV. O Sport, you are Audacity! The meaning of all muscular effort can be summed up in the word ‘dare’. What good are muscles, what is the point of feeling strong and agile, and why work to improve one’s agility and strength, unless it is in order to dare? But the daring you inspire has nothing in common with the adventurer’s recklessness in staking everything on chance. Yours is a prudent, well-considered audacity. V. O Sport, you are Honour!The laurels you bestow have no value unless they have been won in absolute fairness and with perfect impartiality. He who, with some shameful trick, manages to deceive his fellow competitors feels guilt to his very core and lives in fear of the ignominious epithet which shall forever be attached to his name should his trickery be discovered. VI. O Sport, you are Joy! At your behest, flesh dances and eyes smile; blood races abundantly through the arteries. Thoughts stretch out on a brighter, clearer horizon. To the sorrowful you can even bring salutary diversion from their distress, whilst the happy you enable fully to savour their joie de vivre. VII. O Sport, you are Fecundity! You strive directly and nobly towards perfection of the race, destroying unhealthy seed and correcting the flaws which threaten its essential purity. And you fill the athlete with a desire to see his sons grow up agile and strong around him to take his place in the arena and, in their turn, carry off the most glorious trophies. VIII. O Sport, you are Progress! To serve you, a man must improve himself both physically and spiritually. You force him to abide by a greater discipline; you demand that he avoid all excess. You teach him wise rules which allow him to exert himself with the maximum of intensity without compromising his good health. IX. O Sport, you are Peace! You promote happy relations between peoples, bringing them together in their shared devotion to a strength which is controlled, organized and self-disciplined. From you, the young worldwide learn self-respect, and thus the diversity of national qualities becomes the source of a generous and friendly rivalry. *Awarded a prize in the sports literature competition in the V Olympiad Stockholm 1912. ** Pierre de Coubertin pseudonym. 作者簡介 皮埃爾·德·顧拜旦（Le baron Pierre De Coubertin，1863～1937），是法國著名教育家、國際體育活動家、教育學家和歷史學家、現代奧林匹克運動的發起人。1863年1月1日出生於法國巴黎的一個非常富有的貴族家庭。1896年至1925年，他曾任國際奧林匹克委員會主席，並設計了奧運會會徽 、奧運會會旗 。由於他對奧林匹克不朽的功績，被國際上譽為“奧林匹克之父”。