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
燕子去了,有再来的时候;杨柳枯了,有再青的时候;桃花谢了,有再开的时候。
Swallows go, but come again; willows die, and green again; peach flowers fall, and bloom again.
但是,聪明的,你告诉我,我们的日子为什么一去不复返呢?
But tell me, wise one — why do our days never return?
洗手的时候,日子从水盆里过去;吃饭的时候,日子从饭碗里过去;默默时,便从凝然的双眼前过去。
Washing, days pass in the basin; eating, in the bowl; in silence they pass before the fixed eyes.
我觉察他去的匆匆了,伸出手遮挽时,他又从遮挽着的手边过去。
Feeling them flee, I reach to hold them — they pass through my holding hands.