i have a friend around the corner<br> 我有位朋友近在咫尺 <br><br> [英文原文] <br> <br><br> Most importantly, <br><br> Stay close to your friends and family,<br><br> For they have helped<br><br> Make you the person that you are today...<br><br> Pass this along to your friends;<br><br> Let it make a difference in your day and theirs;<br><br> The difference between<br><br> Expressing love and having regrets<br><br> Is that the regrets may stay around forever..<br><br> If you love someone, tell them.<br><br> Remember always to say what you mean,<br><br> Never be afraid to express yourself.<br><br> Take this opportunity to tell someone,<br><br> What they mean to you...<br><br> Seize the day and have no regrets..<br><br> Tomorrow," I say, " I will call on Carol,"<br><br> " Just to show that I'm thinking of her."<br><br> But tomorrow comes and tomorrow goes,<br><br> And distance between us grows and grows...<br><br> Around the corner!? ? yet miles away.<br><br> In this great city that has no end,<br><br> Yet the days go by and weeks rush on.<br><br> And before I know it, a year is gone.<br><br> And I never see my old friend's face.<br><br> For life is a swift and terrible race,<br><br> She knows I like her just as well,<br><br> In the days when I rang her bell,<br><br> And she rang mine...<br><br> If, we were younger then<br><br> And now we are busy, tired women...<br><br> Tired of playing a foolish game,<br><br> Tired of trying to make a name...<br><br> " Here's a telegram lady<br><br> Carol died today."<br><br> And that's what we get and deserve in the end...<br><br> Around the corner, a vanished friend<br><br> [参考译文]这座大城漫漫无际,时光日复一日、周复一周在流逝。<br><br> 不知不觉,一年已经过去,而我尚未与老友会上一面。生活像一场快速紧张的比赛,她知道我依然喜欢她。<br><br> 曾几何时我按响她的门铃,她按响我的……<br><br> 那时我们还年轻,现在我们已是忙碌疲惫的女人,厌倦了玩愚蠢的游戏,厌倦了争名夺利……<br><br> 最重要的是,贴近你的朋友和家人,因为是他们帮助你成为今日的你……<br><br> 把这忠告也传给你的友人;让你的和他们的生活有所改变;表达爱意和感到懊悔区别就在于懊悔或许久久不肯离去……<br><br> 如果你爱某人,就告诉他们。<br><br> 记住永远要将内心的话倾诉,不必羞于表达自己的情感。<br><br> 抓住每一次机会告诉友人他们对你多么重要……<br><br> 现在就说,不再后悔……<br><br> "明天,"我说,"我要去看看卡罗尔""就是告诉她我惦念她。"但是明天来了,明天又走了,我们之间的距离越来越大……<br><br> 近在咫尺--却又相距万里。<br><br> "女士,电报--卡罗尔今天去世。"这就是我们到头来的结果……<br><br> 近在咫尺,一位朋友永远失去。<br><br> <br> |