Day Is Done

Day is Done 长日将尽
Translated by Virgil


When the day is done
当长日将尽
Down to earth then sinks the sun
夕阳坠地，沉沉西斜
Along with everything that was lost and won
世事输赢，随之消逝
When the day is done.
当长日将尽

When the day is done
当长日将尽
Hope so much your race will be all run
勉强跑完所有比赛
Then you find you jumped the gun
发现自己统统抢跑
Have to go back where you began
不得不再从头来过
When the day is done.
当长日将尽

When the night is cold
当夜晚寒冷
Some get by but some get old
有人苟且偷生，有人衰老死去
Just to show life's not made of gold
只是佐证生命 并非时刻美好
When the night is cold.
当夜晚寒冷


When the bird has flown
当鸟儿离去
Got no-one to call your own
已然无人可冠你名
Got no place to call your home
已然无处可安己身
When the bird has flown.
当鸟儿离去

When the game's been fought
当比赛结束
Newspapers blow across the court
报纸被风刮过赛场
Lost much sooner than you would have thought
溃败快得始料未及
Now the game's been fought.
可比赛已经结束

When the part is through
走完这年岁
Seems so very sad for you
人生似已悲剧注定
Didn't do the things you meant to do
壮志满怀终不得酬
Now there's no time to start anew
重来时机却已失去
Now the part is through.
走完这年岁

When the day is done
当长日将尽
Down to earth then sinks the sun
夕阳坠地，沉沉西斜
Along with everything that was lost and won
世事输赢，随之消逝
When the day is done.
当长日将尽


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