The Circle Game - Joni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
我还是搞不懂人生
Caught a dragon fly inside a jar
抓一只蜻蜓塞进瓦罐
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
害怕布满天上的雷电
And tearful at the falling of a star
还哭泣只为坠落的星闪
And the seasons they go round and round
看那四季,不停的循环
And the painted ponies go up and down
儿时的木马转啊转
We're captive on the carousel of time
我们不能留住哪怕一点时间
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我们不能回头看我们只能展望未来
And go round and round and round in the circle game
一直都在人生中不停的循环
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
孩子随着十载岁月成长
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
滑过一条条冬日冰冻的河流
Words like when you're older must appease him
就像你老去时的话语使人安宁
And promises of someday make his dreams
还有几时的承诺去圆他的梦想
And the seasons they go round and round
看那四季,不停的循环
And the painted ponies go up and down
儿时的木马转啊转
We're captive on the carousel of time
我们不能留住哪怕一点时间
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我们不能回头看我们只能展望未来
And go round and round and round in the circle game
一直都在人生中不停的循环
Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now
现在过去了十六个春夏
Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town
车子开在小镇的街道
And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now
他们告诉他你已时日不多
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
直到你圆满地把人生旅途终了
And the seasons they go round and round
看那四季,不停的循环
And the painted ponies go up and down
儿时的木马转啊转
We're captive on the carousel of time
我们不能留住哪怕一点时间
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我们不能回头看我们只能展望未来
And go round and round and round in the circle game
一直都在人生中不停的循环
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
时间飞逝,男孩已经二十
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
可是他的梦想早已失去那份宏大
There's be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty
会有新的理想,也许是许多更好的梦
Before the last revolving year is through
在最后循环之年前出现
And the seasons they go round and round
看那四季,不停的循环
And the painted ponies go up and down
儿时的木马转啊转
We're captive on the carousel of time
我们不能留住哪怕一点时间
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我们不能回头看我们只能展望未来
And go round and round and round in the circle game
一直都在人生中不停的循环
And go round and round and round in the circle game
一直都在人生中不停的循环