Some say love it is a river
有人说,爱
That drowns the tender reed.
是一条浸有软芦苇的小河
Some say love it is a razor
有人说,爱
That leaves your soul to bleed.
是一柄分离血魂的剃刀
Some say love it is a hunger
有人说,爱
An endless aching need.
是一名无尽追求的饿者
I say love it is a flower
而我说,爱,是一朵花
And you it's only seed.
而你,是花唯一的种子
It's the heart afraid of breaking
心恐其碎
That never learns to dance.
不可舞动
It's the dream afraid of waking
梦恐其醒
That never takes the chance.
不可失时
It's the one who won't be taken
人恐其离
Who cannot seem to give,
不可施爱
And the soul afraid of dyin'
魂恐其众
That never learns to live.
永无生机
When the night has been too lonely
孤寂之夜
And the road has been too long,
漫长之路
And you think that love is only
幸运之人
For the lucky and the strong,
爱与相伴
Just remember in the winter
冬雪之下
Far beneath the bitter snows
深埋爱种
Lies the seed that with the sun's love
阳光轻抚
In the spring becomes the rose.
春成玫瑰
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1.drown vt.溺死,淹死,淹没
She drowned her sorrow/trouble in drink.她借酒消愁
look like a drowned rat 湿的像落汤鸡
TPO22 L4 music history
I think I read somewhere that they used music to drown out the sound of the film projectors
2.tender adj.柔软的,脆弱的
tender beef 嫩牛肉
a tender heart 心肠软
That’s a rather tender problem 那是个相当敏感的问题
3.reed 芦苇
TPO5 R reed boat 芦苇船
十七世纪法国数理科学家、思想家帕斯卡尔Pascal在他的书《思想录》中提到
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed. The entire universe need not arm itself to crush him. 人只不过是一根苇草,是自然界最脆弱的东西;但他是一根能思想的苇草。
seed 种子
weed 海草
4.razor 剃刀
as sharp as a razor
5.ache 疼痛 aching 疼痛的
His heart ached for her 心里特别想念她
6.beneath 在…之下,这个词主要用在书面用语或正式文体中
The boat sank beneath the waves. 小船淹没在浪涛中.