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第6章 Only Yesterday昨日恋情

Only yesterday when I was sad

And I was lonely,

You showed me the way

To leave the past

And all its tears behind me.

Only Yesterday

songwriter\composer: Unknown

singer:Carpenters

After long enough of being alonealone adj.单独的, 独一无二的, 孤独的, 独自的 ,

Every one must face

Their share of lonelinessloneliness n.孤独, 寂寞 .

昨天的我非常悲伤,

当我孤独时,

你给我指引方向,

告别过去,

抛开所有的不愉快。

昨日恋情

作词\作曲:佚名

演唱:卡朋特兄妹乐队

漫长的孤独之后,

每个人必须面对,

属于自己的那份寂寞。

In my own time nobody knew

The pain I was going through,

And waiting was all

My heart could do.

Hope was all I had until you came.

Maybe you cant see

How much you mean to me.

You were the dawndawn n.黎明, 拂晓, 破晓

Breakingg the night,

The promise of morning light,

Filling the world surrounding me.

When I hold you,

Baby, baby feels like baby,

Things will be all right.

Baby, baby, youre as baby,

Free as a song

Singing forever.

在我独处时没有人了解

我所承受的磨难,

等待

是我惟一所能做的。

在你到来之前希望就是我的全部。

也许你不明白

你对我的重要性。

你是冲破

黑夜的曙光,

是清晨的阳光,

照亮我的人生。

当我抱着你时,

宝贝,你就像个小孩子,

一切都会好起来。

宝贝,你就像个小孩子,

让自由的歌声,

永远响亮。

Only yesterday when I was sad

And I was lonely,

You showed me the way

To leave the past

And all its tears behind me.

Tomorrow may be even brighterbright adj.明亮的, 辉煌的, 欢快的, 聪明的, 伶俐的

Than today,

Since I threw my sadnesssadness n.悲哀, 悲伤 away,

Only yesterday.

I found my home here in your arms.

Nowhere else on earth

I really rather be.

Life waits for us, shareshare vt.分享, 均分, 共有, 分配 vi.分享 it with me.

The best is about to be.

So much is left for us to see.

昨天的我非常悲伤,

当我孤独时,

你给我指引方向,

告别过去,

抛开所有的不愉快。

和今天相比,

明天更美好,

因为就在昨天,

我缷下了悲伤的包袱。

你的怀抱给了我家的温暖,

世界上的任何地方

我都不想再去。

生活之门为我们大开,来与我共同分享。

最美好的事马上就要降临。

许多事等着我们亲自去做。

When I hold you,

Baby, baby feels like baby,

Things will be all right.

Baby, baby, youre as baby,

Free as a song

Singing forever.

Only yesterday when I was sad

And I was lonely,

You showed me the way

To leave the past

And all its tears behind me.

Tomorrow may be even brighter

Than today,

Since I threw my sadness away,

Only yesterday.

Only yesterday, only yesterday.

当我抱着你时,

宝贝,你就像个小孩子,

一切都会好起来。

宝贝,你就像个小孩子,

让自由的歌声,

永远响亮。

昨天的我非常悲伤,

当我孤独时,

你给我指引方向,

告别过去,

抛开所有的不愉快。

和今天相比,

明天更美好,

因为就在昨天,

我卸下了悲伤的包袱。

When I was sad

And I was lonely.

You showed me the way.

To leave the past

And all its tears behind me.

Tomorrow may be even brighter

Than today,

Since I threw my sadness away,

Only yesterday.

当我悲伤时,

当我孤独时,

你给我指引方向。

告别过去,

抛开所有的不愉快。

和今天相比,

明天更美好,

因为就在昨天,

我卸下了悲伤的包袱。

昨天,一个值得纪念的日子。只是在昨天,她告别了悲哀。

长时间独处后,每人必须面对自己的那一份寂寞。这似乎是真理。独处时的好处是没人知道自己的痛苦;独处时的心只有等待。女主人公就是这样长久独处、孤寂、痛苦、渴盼。在他之前,她不知该怎么办,只是希望着什么。他的到来对她至关重要。他就像那冲破黑夜的曙光,是晨光的希望,把她周围世界照亮。

爱是什么?如上所述,爱是曙光,把世界照亮。女主人公把没有爱的日子比作黑暗。有了爱的日子充满光明。

这首歌描写爱情的神奇力量,用的词是典雅的,表达的思想是高尚的。卡伦·卡朋特的演唱使这首词曲完美统一的歌具有近乎永恒的魅力。