The older I get

西洋歌曲The older I get - 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CelnBziFqs

“The older I get”

一首非常優美的英文歌，老牌鄉村歌手Alan Jackson的創作，深具啟發性，尤其對退休年紀的人，感觸尤深。每句歌詞都寫入心底，每個音符都敲進靈魂。

Alan Jackson利用鄉村歌曲的輕快、灑脫音調，寫出歷經滄桑而回歸淡泊的老年意境。細讀歌曲的英文原句，體會英文詩歌的文字之美。

The Older I Get

英文原創：Alan Jackson

歌詞中文翻譯：洪明洲

( 中文翻譯以新詩形體格式呈現)

 

The older I get

The more I think

You only get a minute, better live while you're in it

'Cause it's gone in a blink

 

年紀愈大，想得愈多

活在當下

因為「當下」稍縱即逝

 

And the older I get

The truer it is

It's the people you love, not the money and stuff

That makes you rich

 

年紀愈大，活得愈真實

你所愛的人，讓你富有，而不是金錢或財富

 

And if they found a fountain of youth

I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet

 

即便有回春之泉，我一滴也不沾

感受正享受的最美好歲月，才有趣

The older I get

The fewer friends I have

But you don't need a lot when the ones that you got

Have always got your back

 

年紀愈大，朋友愈少

只要有知己，朋友不須很多

就沒有後顧之憂

 

And the older I get

The better I am

At knowing when to give 

And when to just not give a damn

 

年紀愈大，活得愈幸福

愈知奉獻，愈能淡泊自在

 

And if they found a fountain of youth

I wouldn't drink a drop and that's the truth

Funny how it feels I'm just getting to my best years yet

 

即便有回春之泉，我一滴也不沾

感受我正享受的最美好歲月，才有趣

 

The older I get

And I don't mind all the lines

From all the times I've laughed and cried

Souvenirs and little signs of the life I've lived

 

年紀愈大，愈能放下

放下所有歡樂與悲傷，放下曾擁有的記憶

 

The older I get

The longer I pray

I don't know why, I guess that I

Got more to say

 

年紀愈大，祈禱時間愈長

大概是想說的話愈來愈多

 

And the older I get

The more thankful I feel

For the life I've had, and all the life I'm living still

 

年紀愈大，感恩的心愈強

感謝我生命中擁有的，

感謝我曾活過的每一時刻