Potter's Wheel (Live) - John Denver (约翰·丹佛)
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
The world is fast becoming younger
世界正迅速变得年轻
The news is all they've ever known
新闻是他们唯一所知
They've seen the wars the hurt the hunger
他们目睹了战争、痛苦和饥饿
How will they choose when they are grown
当他们长大后会如何选择
What do you tell forever's children
你该如何告诉永恒的孩子
When it's their turn to hurt and heal
当轮到他们去承受和治愈
Whatever spins a grim tornedo
无论是什么引发了可怕的龙卷风
Can also turn a potters wheel
也能转动陶工的轮盘
Take a little clay
取一小块黏土
Put it on a wheel
放在陶轮之上
Get a little hint
感受一丝启示
How god must feel
仿佛神明的触感
Give a little turn
轻轻转动
Listen to a spin
聆听旋转的声音
Make it into the shape
将它塑造成你心中的模样
You want it in
如你所愿
Tell with your life the bloody story
用生命诉说那血腥的故事
Teach to they're dreams not burning steel
教导他们梦想,而非燃烧的钢铁
It's not in bombs where lies the glory
荣耀不在炸弹中
But in what's shattered on the field
而在战场上破碎的一切
The potter's wheel takes love and caring
陶轮需要爱与关怀
Skill and patience fast and slow
技艺与耐心,快与慢
The works it makes are easily broken
它创造的作品易碎
Once they survive the potter's throw
一旦它们经受住陶轮的抛掷
Take a little clay
取一小块黏土
Put it on a wheel
放在陶轮之上
Get a little hint
感受一丝启示
How god must feel
仿佛神明的触感
Give a little turn
轻轻转动
Listen to a spin
聆听旋转的声音
Make it into the shape
将它塑造成你心中的模样
You want it in
如你所愿
Some day some children will be digging
某天 一些孩子将会挖掘
In some long forgotten ground
在那片被遗忘的土地上
And they'll find our civilisation
他们会发现我们的文明
Or what's left of it to be found
或是那些残存的痕迹
They'll find the weapons of destruction
他们会找到毁灭的武器
But buried deeper in the hole
但在更深的洞穴中
They'll find a message and a promise
他们会发现一条信息和一个承诺
In the sand the potter's bowl
在沙土中的陶轮之碗里
Take a little clay
取一小块黏土
Put it on a wheel
放在陶轮之上
Get a little hint
感受一丝启示
How god must feel
仿佛神明的触感
Give a little turn
轻轻转动
Listen to a spin
聆听旋转的声音
Make it into the shape
将它塑造成你心中的模样
You want it in
如你所愿
Take a little clay
取一小块黏土
Put it on a wheel
放在陶轮之上
Get a little hint
感受一丝启示
How god must feel
仿佛神明的触感
Give a little turn
轻轻转动
Listen to a spin
聆听旋转的声音
Make it into the shape
将它塑造成你心中的模样
You want it in
如你所愿
Earth and fire and wind conspire
大地、火焰与风共谋
With human hands and love
与人类的双手和爱
And fire
以及火焰
Take a little clay
取一小块黏土
Put it on a wheel
放在陶轮之上
Get a little hint
感受一丝启示
How god must feel
仿佛神明的触感
Give a little turn
轻轻转动
Listen to a spin
聆听旋转的声音
Make it into the shape
将它塑造成你心中的模样
You want it in
如你所愿