里昂夜讀英語美文[368]:就從你站立的地方開始

 

 

Start Where You Stand -- Berton Braley

就從你站立的地方開始 -- 伯頓·布萊利

 

 

Start where you stand and never mind the past

從你站立的地方開始，別再介意過去

The past won't help you in beginning new

過去不會幫助你開始新的旅程

If you have left it all behind at last

如果你終于要把過去拋諸腦后

Why, that's enough, you're done with it, you're through

為什么？過去的已經過去，經歷過就已足夠

This is another chapter in the book

這是書中的另一章

This is another race that you have planned

是你計劃的另一場比賽

Don't give the vanished days a backward look

不要回頭看逝去的日子

Start where you stand

就從你站立的地方開始

The world won't care about your old defeats

這個世界不會在乎你過去的失敗

If you can start anew and win success

如果你能重新開始并贏得成功

 

 

 

The future is your time, and time is fleet

未來才是你的時間，時間過得很快

And there is much of work and strain and stress

而你會還有很多工作、緊張和壓力要去面對

Forget the buried woes and dead despairs

忘記那些被埋藏的悲傷和絕望

Here is a brand-new trial right at hand

這是一個全新的試驗

The future is for him who does and dares

未來屬于那些敢于行動的人

Start where you stand

就從你站立的地方開始

Old failures will not halt, old triumphs aid

過去的失敗不能使你停止，昔日的勝利為你助力

Today is the thing, tomorrow soon will be

今天很關鍵，而明天很快又要來到

Get in the fight and face it unafraid

加入戰(zhàn)斗，勇敢地面對它

And leave the past to ancient history

把過去留給古老的歷史

What has been, has been; yesterday is dead

發(fā)生過的事情已經發(fā)生，昨日已死

And by it you are neither blessed nor banned

通過它你既沒有祝福也沒有被禁止

Take courage, man, be brave and drive ahead

勇敢點，兄弟，勇往直前

Start where you stand

就從你站立的地方開始

 

 

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