明日歌 Song of Tomorrow

海外逸士

明日复明日，
Tomorrow and tomorrow,
明日何其多！
How many tomorrows there are!
我生待明日，
If waiting for tomorrow all my life,
万事成蹉跎。
Everything will never be done.
世人苦被明日累，Humans are bitterly misled by tomorrow,
春去秋来老将至。
Spring gone, Autumn come, old age is here.
朝看水东流，
Watching water flowing east in the morning,
暮看日西坠。
Looking at the sun setting in west in the evening.
百年明日能几何？
How many tomorrows are there in a hundred years?
请君听我《明日歌》。So, you, please listen to my song of tomorrow.

自娱自乐

Yeah, tomorrow will never come, for as it comes, it is not tomorrow but today, so let's seize the day, seize the moment.

青衫来客

明日复明日，
Tomorrow and tomorrow,
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'Tomorrow and then tomorrow ' is a better translation, I think.

周道模

flow east?      flow to east?
Sorry, I"m wrong.           "east" can be used as a adverb.

自娱自乐

原帖由 青衫来客 于 2009-5-31 7:39:00 发表
明日复明日，
Tomorrow and tomorrow,
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'Tomorrow and then tomorrow ' is a better translation, I think.

tomorrow after tomorrow

金沙文字

tomorrow after tomorrow ！

青衫来客

Ok , this is better, never t. and t. , it is not desirable translation.

自娱自乐

原帖由 青衫来客 于 2009-5-31 14:35:00 发表
Ok , this is better, never t. and t. , it is not desirable translation.

You are absolutely spot on! I have no idea whatsoever what yishi is seeking?
This poem is imbued with unspeakable sentiment.

海外逸士

中文不是我的。其中有一句改了。
AND有“又”的意思﹐這種情況下﹐習慣用AND。用AFTER雖然不錯﹐但這裡不需要。
更不需要加THEN。

童天鉴日

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