Father and Son

歌手：Cat Stevens

作詞：Cat Stevens

作曲：Cat Stevens

歌詞：

father:

It"s not time to make a change

兒子，現在無需做出改變

Just relax take it easy

放輕鬆

You"re still young that"s your fault

你還太年少，這也是你的弱點

There"s so much you have to know

你尚未懂得的事太多太多

Find a girl settle down

你或者可以尋得一位姑娘，互相托付終身

If you want you can marry

也可以與她攜手步入婚姻殿堂

Look at me I am old but I"m happy

你看，如今我已垂老，卻仍心懷喜悅

I was once like you are now and I know that it"s not easy

我也曾像你這般青春年少，因此我懂得，

To be calm when you"ve found something going on

要從容面對萬物奇妙發展並非易事

But take your time think a lot

不過，兒子，凡事三思而後行

think of everything you"ve got

思索你所擁有的一切

For you will still be here tomorrow

因為明日你或許依然在原地停留

But your dreams may not

但你的夢想並不會止步不前

son:

How can I try to explain

我該如何用言語去解釋這一切

Cause when I do he turns away again

每當我邁出一步，它們卻又令我捉摸不住

It"s always been the same same old story

日復一日

From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen

自我發出第一個音節起，就被迫去傾聽他人

Now there"s a way and I know that I have to go away

如今已有一條我自己的道路，我必須啟程

I know I have to go

我知道，我必須啟程

father:

It"s not time to make a change

現在無需做出改變

Just sit down take it slowly

慢慢來

You"re still young that"s your fault

你還太年少，這是你的弱點

There"s so much you have to go through

你尚未經歷的事也太多太多

Find a girl settle down

你或者可以尋得一位姑娘，互相托付終身

If you want you can marry

也可以與她攜手步入婚姻殿堂

Look at me

你看

I am old but I"m happy

如今我已垂老，卻仍心懷喜悅

son:

All the times that I cried

在那些我為此流過淚的日子裡

Keeping all the things I knew inside

我都將自己的心事深埋心底

It"s hard but it"s harder to ignore it

如鯁在喉的滋味不好受，但對它視而不見則讓我更為痛苦

If they were right I"d agree

如若他們的想法並無過錯，我絕不反駁

But it"s them they know not me

但他們是他們，我是我

Now there"s a way and I know

如今我已有了自己的道路

that I have to go away

因此，我必須啟程離去

I know I have to go

我知道，我必須啟程