Slow Dance

Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round,

or listened to rain slapping the ground?

Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight,

or gazed at the sun fading into the night?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,

time is short, the music won't last.

Do you run through each day on the fly,

when you ask "How are you?", do you hear the reply?

When the day is done, do you lie in your bed,

with the next hundred chores running through your head?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,

time is short, the music won't last.

Ever told your child, we'll do it tomorrow,

and in your haste, not see his sorrow?

Ever lost touch, let a friendship die,

'cause you never had time to call and say hi?

You better slow down, don't dance so fast,

time is short, the music won't last.

When you run so fast to get somewhere,

you miss half the fun of getting there.

When you worry and hurry through your day,

it's like an unopened gift thrown away.

Life isn't a race, so take it slower,

hear the music before your song is over.

有專心看過在旋轉木馬上嬉戲的孩子們

或是雨水拍打在地上的聲音?

有注視過蝴蝶古怪的飛行途徑

或是太陽落入黑夜時的美妙景色?

你最好放慢腳步, 舞不要跳得太快.

舞曲很短, 音樂不會永不停止.  

是否每天都急急忙忙的渡過,

當問“你好嗎?”時, 有專心聽過回答?

當一天工作結束躺在床上時,

心思是否還繫在明天要作的事情?

你最好放慢腳步, 舞不要跳得太快.

舞曲很短, 音樂不會永不停止.  

在匆忙跟你的孩子說“明天我們在玩”時,

有看過他眼中的哀愁嗎?

有過與朋友失去聯繫,

只因你總是“沒時間打電話說聲Hi”?

你最好放慢腳步, 舞不要跳得太快.

舞曲很短, 音樂不會永不停止.

當只想要急快的抵達目的地,

即無法享受途中的美景

當你每天憂愁急促的渡過,

就好比一個個未開封的禮物被白白丟棄了.

生存不是競賽, 該慢慢享受,

在舞曲結束前, 好好地聆聽音樂.

(翻譯: Shirleybear)