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LESSON 79 THE SONG OF THE POTTER
第七十九課 陶工之歌
Turn, turn, my wheel! Turn round and round, without a pause, without a sound; So spins the flying world away!
轉啊，轉，我的輪子！轉過來轉過去，一聲不響，不停歇：就這樣，讓這個飛逝的世界轉動！
This clay, well mixed with marl and sand, follows the motion of my hand; For some must follow, and some command, though all are made of clay!
這塊陶土，混合了泥灰和沙土，隨著我手而動；有的人聽命，有的人發號施令，全都是為了制成陶土！
Turn, turn, my wheel! All things must change to something new, to something strange;
轉啊，轉，我的輪子！手上的一切必須煥然一新，讓人陌生；
Nothing that is can pause or stay; The moon will wax, the moon will wane, the mist and cloud will turn to rain, the rain to mist and cloud again, tomorrow be today.
沒有什么能停下來或保持原樣；月有圓缺，大霧和陰云會化成大雨，雨又化成霧和云，今日去時待明朝。
Turn, turn, my wheel! All life is brief; What now is bud will soon be leaf, what now is leaf will soon decay;
轉啊，轉，我的輪子！萬物一夕間；此刻是蓓蕾，彼時即綠葉，此刻是綠葉，彼時即枯萎；
The wind blows east, the wind blows west; The blue eggs in the robin's nest will soon have wings and beak and breast, and flutter and fly away.
風兒向東吹，風兒向西吹；知更鳥巢里待敷的蛋，頃刻間就長出了翅膀、喙和胸膛，振翅遠去了。
Turn, turn, my wheel! This earthen jar, a touch can make, a touch can mar; And shall it to the Potter say, what makest thou? Thou has no hand?
轉啊，轉，我的輪子！這個陶罐磨之能成，碰之即破；陶工會說，你磨成了什么？你沒有手嗎？
As men who think to understand a world by their creator planned, who wiser is than they.
這么思考的人會明白由他們的造物主創造的世界，心里盤算誰比他們更聰明。
