英语诗歌精选 放慢你的舞步

Slow Dance

放慢你的舞步

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round

你曾否看过孩子们骑旋转木马

Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?

或听过雨水拍打地面的声音呢？

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic¹ flight

你曾否追逐过飘忽不定的蝴蝶

Or gazed at the sun into the fading night?

或看着夕阳消失于地平线呢？

You better slow down,

放慢你的舞步

Don't dance so fast.

不要匆匆忙忙

Time is short,

人生苦短

The music won't last.

音乐不会永远奏下去

Do you run through each day on the fly

你是否每天忙个不停

When you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply?

当问候别人时，你真的在意他们的回答吗？

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed

每晚就寝时

With the next hundred chores running through your head?

你是否仍在脑海中念叨着无数的杂事呢？

You'd better slow down

放慢你的舞步

Don't dance so fast

不要匆匆忙忙

Time is short

人生苦短

The music won't last

音乐不会永远奏下去。

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow.

你是否告诉过孩子们，我们可以把事情放到明天

And in your haste, not see his sorrow?

而由于你的仓促，却没注意到他的忧伤？

Ever lost touch, and let a good friendship die’Cause you never had time to call and say “ Hi ” ？

珍贵的朋友也由于你太忙碌， 无暇问候彼此而失去了联系，

You’d better slow down.

放慢你的舞步

Don’t dance so fast

不要大匆忙

Time is short

人生苦短

The music won’t last...

音乐不会永远演奏下去。

When you run so fast to get somewhere,

当你匆忙赶到目的地时，

you miss half the fun of getting there.

也就错过了旅途中一半的乐趣。

When you worry and hurry through your day, it is like an unopened gift ... Thrown away...

当你终日忧心忡忡并马不停蹄时，就像一份礼物还没被拆开… 就已丢弃…

Life is not a race.

人生不是一场竞赛。

Do take it slower

放慢你的脚步，

Hear the music Before the song is over.

在音乐还没结束以前，倾听沿途的音符。

1 erratic   

adj.古怪的，反复无常的，不稳定的

参考例句：

• The old man had always been cranky and erratic.那老头儿性情古怪,反复无常。
• The erratic fluctuation of market prices is in consequence of unstable economy.经济波动致使市场物价忽起忽落。