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《Father and Son》是英国民谣摇滚歌手Cat Stevens 的经典温情之作,被许多人翻唱过,它还曾作为电影《银河护卫队2》的插曲放在影片结尾部分。这首歌的歌词通过一对父与子之间的对话讲述了两代人之间的代沟以及难以割舍的亲情,真实感人。
后附音频和中英文歌词
歌 曲:《Father and Son》
歌 手:Cat Stevens
- ✿【中英文歌词】✿ -
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father:(父亲的话)
It's not time to make a change
现在还不是做出改变的时候
Just relax--take it easy
请放松点吧,别紧张
You're still young--that's your fault
你还是太年轻了,那是你的缺点
There's so much you have to know
你需要学习的东西还很多
Find a girl, settle down
找个女孩安定下来,不再浪迹天涯
If you want, you can marry
如果你想,那么你可以步入婚姻的殿堂
Look at me--I am old
看着我,我已逐渐老去
But I'm happy
但我却很活得很开心
I was once like you are now
我也曾像你这样年轻过
And I know that it's not easy
而且我知道那并不容易
To be calm when you've found
当你发觉外头有些奇妙的事情时
Something going on
务必保持冷静
But take your time--think a lot
凡事三思而后行
While think of everything you've got
思考你所拥有的一切
For you will still be here tomorrow
因为明天你的人依然会在这儿
But your dreams may not...
而你的梦想却并非如此……
son:(儿子的回答)
How could I try to explain?
我该怎么和你解释呢?
When I do--it turns away again
事实总是和意愿背道而驰
And it's always been the same
历史不断犯着相似的错误
Same old story
同样的故事正在发生
From the moment I could talk
那我能够说话的那一刻起
I was ordered to listen
我就被要求循规蹈矩
Now there's a way, and I know
现在,路在眼前,我知道
That I have to go away
我必须要走了
I know, I have to go...
是的,我必须走……
father:(父亲的话)
It's not time to make a change
现在还不是做出改变的时候
Just sit down
请坐下
and take it slowly
慢慢去找出解决的办法
You're still young--that's your fault
你还是太年轻了,那是你的缺点
There's so much you have to go through
你还需要经历更多风雨的洗礼
Find a girl, settle down
找个女孩安定下来,不再居无定所
If you want, you can marry
如果你想,那么你可以享受婚姻的幸福
Look at me--I am old
看着我,我已垂垂老矣
But I'm happy
但我依然开心
son:(儿子的回答)
All the times, that I've cried
每次当我泪流的时候
Keeping all the things I knew inside
我都将这一切深藏心底(指自己的理想和抱负)
And it's hard
这是很不容易的
But it's harder to ignore it
但更难的是要对它视而不见
If they were right--I'd agree
我承认,有时候别人的生活是对的
But it's them--they know
但那是别人,是他们追求的生活
Not me. Now there's a way, and I know
不是我,现在我知道该怎么做了
That I have to go away
我会离开你的生活,自己去闯荡
I know, I have to go.
是的,我该走了……