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匆匆(朱自清)

Days Gone By

Level 6 · Modern Essays · 现代散文 · 55 vocabulary words

Source: 朱自清《匆匆》 · Zhu Ziqing, Days Gone By

燕子yàn zi去qù了liǎo,有yǒu再zài来lái的de时候shí hou;杨yáng柳liǔ枯kū了liǎo,有yǒu再zài青qīng的de时候shí hou;桃花táo huā谢xiè了liǎo,有yǒu再zài开kāi的de时候shí hou。

Swallows go, but come again; willows die, and green again; peach flowers fall, and bloom again.

但是dàn shì,聪明cōng ming的de,你nǐ告诉gào su我wǒ,我们wǒ men的de日子rì zi为什么wèi shén me一yī去qù不bù复fù返fǎn呢ne?

But tell me, wise one — why do our days never return?

洗xǐ手shǒu的de时候shí hou,日子rì zi从cóng水shuǐ盆pén里lǐ过去guò qù;吃饭chī fàn的de时候shí hou,日子rì zi从cóng饭碗fàn wǎn里lǐ过去guò qù;默默mò mò时shí,便biàn从cóng凝níng然rán的de双shuāng眼前yǎn qián过去guò qù。

Washing, days pass in the basin; eating, in the bowl; in silence they pass before the fixed eyes.

我wǒ觉jiào察chá他tā去qù的de匆匆cōng cōng了liǎo,伸shēn出手chū shǒu遮zhē挽wǎn时shí,他tā又yòu从cóng遮zhē挽wǎn着zhuó的de手shǒu边biān过去guò qù。

Feeling them flee, I reach to hold them — they pass through my holding hands.

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