慢舞 tick tock
你有沒有看過
孩子在木馬上一圈圈旋轉?
有沒有細聽過
雨水一點點拍打在地上
有沒有
追逐過翻飛的蝴蝶?
又或
悠然地
凝視冉冉墜落的太陽
慢一點,慢一點
請勿跳得太快
聽聽──
時間瞬間便逝
舞曲一朝終結
音樂
忽地便停止了
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去年這個時份,有人送了這首詩給我,今年生日,記憶自動走出來,興之所至便譯了中文。看完拙作,大家還是看原作好了 xd
SLOW DANCE
Have you ever watched kids
on a merry-go-round
Or listened to the rain
slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic
flight
Or gazed at the sun into the fading
night?
You better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
Do you run through each day on the
fly
When you ask "How are you?"
do you hear the reply?
When the day is done,
do you lie in your bed
With the next hundred chores
running through your head?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last
Ever told your child,
We'll do it tomorrow
And in your haste, not see his
sorrow?
Ever lost touch,
Let a good friendship die
'Cause you never had time
to call and say "Hi"?
You'd better slow down
Don't dance so fast
Time is short
The music won't last When you run so fast to get somewhere
You miss half the fun of getting
there.
When you worry and hurry through your
day,
It is like an unopened gift....
Thrown away...
Life is not a race.
Do take it slower
Hear the music
Before the song is over.
-----David L. Weatherford