The Circle Game

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
昨天一位小孩來到世間溜達
Caught a dragon fly inside a jar
抓了只蜻蜓裝進瓶子裡
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
天上轟隆隆的雷聲把他嚇壞
And tearful at the falling of a star
看到星星墜落又使他淚漣漣
And the seasons they go round and round
春夏秋冬不停輪流交替
And the painted ponies go up and down
色彩繽紛的木馬上下跳躍
We're captive on the carousel of time
我們被圍困在時間的旋轉木馬
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我們回不去了, 只能轉身遠望來時的方向
And go round and round and round in the circle game
在這圈圈遊戲裡不斷地轉呀，轉呀，轉……
Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
之後幾年間這孩子搬了十次家
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
在十個結凍的清澈小溪上溜冰
Words like when you're older must appease him
類似“等你長大些” 的話一定可以安撫他
And promises of someday make his dreams
對未來的期許築起了他的夢
And the seasons they go round and round
春夏秋冬不停輪流交替
And the painted ponies go up and down
色彩繽紛的木馬上下跳躍
We're captive on the carousel of time
我們被圍困在時間的旋轉木馬
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我們回不去了, 只能轉身遠望來時的方向
And go round and round and round in the circle game
在這圈圈遊戲裡不斷地轉呀，轉呀，轉… …
Six-teen springs and six-teen summers gone now
如今十六個寒暑已經過去
Cart-wheels turn to car-wheels thou' the town
側手翻變成駛過鎮上的車輪
And they tell him take you're time it won't be long now
他們告訴他說∶ 別急
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down
等到你拖著腳步想讓圈圈減速時，那天就離現在不遠了。
And the seasons they go round and round
春夏秋冬不停輪流交替
And the painted ponies go up and down
色彩繽紛的木馬上下跳躍
We're captive on the carousel of time
我們被圍困在時間的旋轉木馬
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我們回不去了, 只能轉身遠望來時的方向
And go round and round and round in the circle game
在這圈圈遊戲裡不斷地轉呀，轉呀，轉…
So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
時間就這樣流逝, 現在男孩二十歲了
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
雖然在實現過程中他的夢變得黯淡
There's be new dreams may be better dreams and plenty
但是在最後一輪年歲結束之前
Before the last revolving year is through
還有更新，或許更好更多的夢在等著他
And the seasons they go round and round
春夏秋冬不停輪流交替
And the painted ponies go up and down
色彩繽紛的木馬上下跳躍
We're captive on the carousel of time
我們被圍困在時間的旋轉木馬
We can't return we can only look behind from where we came
我們回不去了, 只能轉身遠望來時的方向
And go round and round and round in the circle game
在這圈圈遊戲裡不斷地轉呀，轉呀，轉…
And go round and round and round in the circle game
在這圈圈遊戲裡不斷地轉呀，轉呀，轉…