The Circle Game

The Circle Game - 何嘉莉

詞：Joni Mitchell

曲：Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder

昨日一孩童在游玩

Caught a dragon fly inside a jar

抓住一只怪兽放在瓶中

Fearful when the sky was full of thunder

他如此害怕当天空充满危险

And tearful at the falling of a star

流星雨是他的泪水

And the seasons they go round and round

季节变换

And the painted ponies go up and down

受伤的心起伏不定

We're captive on the carousel of time

我们被时间的旋转所迷惑

We can't return we can only look behind from where we came

我们不能回头看我们来时的路

And go round and round and round in the circle game

在这场游戏中一遍又一遍

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons

孩童转了很多次

Skated over ten clear frozen streams

渡过清冷的河流

Works like when you're older must appease him

好像时间会让他放缓脚步

And promises of someday make his dreams

并承诺他终有一天会梦想成真

And the seasons they go round and round

季节交替

And the painted ponies go up and down

受伤的心起伏不定

We're captive on the carousel of time

我们被时间的旋转所迷惑

We can't return we can only look behind from where we came

我们不能回头看我们来时的路

And go round and round and round in the circle game

在这场游戏中一遍又一遍

Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now

16个春夏秋冬

Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town

始终交替

And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now

孩童被告诫不要虚度光阴

Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down

不要让你的脚步拖慢了你的行进

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty

时光飞逝孩童已近20

Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true

他的梦想已经实现

There're be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty

还有更多的梦想

Before the last revolving year is through

在最后一个交替之前

And the seasons they go round and round

季节更替

And the painted ponies go up and down

受伤的心起伏不定

We're captive on the carousel of time

我们被时间的旋转所迷惑

We can't return we can only look behind from where we came

我们不能回头看我们来时的路

And go round and round and round in the circle game

在交替中一遍又一遍

And go round and round and round in the circle game

在交替中一遍又一遍