英语诗歌:Slow Dance 放慢你的舞步

人生不是一场竞赛。

　　放慢你的脚步

　　倾听沿途的音符

　　在音乐还没结束以前。

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

　　Or listened to the rain slapping¹ on the ground?

　　Ever followed a butterfly's erratic² flight

　　Or gazed³ 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

　　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...

　　You’re listening to Faith Radio Online-Simply to Relax, I’m Faith.

　　Life is not a race.

　　Do take it slower,

　　Hear the music

　　Before the song is over.

　　If you have known how to compose your life, you have done a great deal more

　　than the person who knows how to compose a book. You have done more than

　　the one who has taken cities and empires.

　　你曾否看过孩子们骑旋转木马

　　或听过雨水拍打地面的声音呢？

　　你曾否追逐过飘忽不定的蝴蝶

　　或看着夕阳消失于地平线呢？

　　放慢你的舞步

　　不要匆匆忙忙

　　人生苦短

　　音乐不会永远奏下去。

　　你是否每天忙个不停

　　当问候别人时，你真的在意他们的回答吗？

　　每晚就寝时

　　你是否仍在脑海中念叨着无数的杂事呢？

　　放慢你的舞步

　　不要匆匆忙忙

　　人生苦短

　　音乐不会永远奏下去。

　　当你匆忙赶到目的地时，

　　也就错过了旅途中一半的乐趣。

　　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……

　　您正在收听的是

　　Faith轻松电台，

　　我是Faith。

　　人生不是一场竞赛。

　　放慢你的脚步

　　倾听沿途的音符

　　在音乐还没结束以前。

　　If you have known how to compose your life, you have   done a great deal more

　　than the person who knows how to compose a book. You have done more than

　　the one who has taken cities and empires.

　　如果你学会了如何谱写自己的人生，

　　那么你一点也不比著书立说者甚至攻城略地者逊色。

1 slapping   

adj.非常快的，大而壮的，极好的v.掌击，拍打( slap的现在分词 )；制止；镇压；（尤指生气地）啪的一声放下

参考例句：

• His impudence provoked her into slapping his face. 他的粗暴让她气愤地给了他一耳光。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• "Oh, that's right,'said Hsin-mei, slapping his own thigh. 辛楣拍大腿道：“对，对，对！ 来自汉英文学 - 围城

2 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。

3 gazed   

v.凝视，注视( gaze的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• He gazed at her with pure adoration. 他一往情深地注视着她。
• She gazed at him in amazement. 她惊异地注视着他。