《What You Are》歌词

[00:00:00] What You Are (你算什么) - Jewel (珠儿)

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[00:00:17] I'm driving around town

[00:00:18] 我开车在小镇周围闲逛

[00:00:19] Kinda bored with the windows rolled down

[00:00:22] 有些无聊，摇下了车窗

[00:00:22] See a girl on the bus stop bench

[00:00:25] 看见一个女孩坐在公交车站的长椅上

[00:00:25] Dressed to draw attention

[00:00:26] 穿得很闪闪亮亮

[00:00:27] Hoping everyone will stare

[00:00:30] 希望让大家都能够盯着她望

[00:00:31] If she don't stand out she thinks she'll disappear

[00:00:34] 她想，如果她不够醒目的话，她就会隐没在人海之中

[00:00:34] Wish I could hold her tell her show her

[00:00:37] 我多想陪在她身边，告诉她，给她讲

[00:00:37] What she wants is already there

[00:00:39] 她梦想着要实现的其实已经实现了

[00:00:42] A star is a star

[00:00:45] 因为星星就是星星

[00:00:45] It doesn't have to try to shine

[00:00:48] 它并不需要努力去闪闪发亮

[00:00:49] Water will fall

[00:00:51] 水自然会向下流

[00:00:51] A bird just knows how to fly

[00:00:54] 一只小鸟就自然会知道它该怎样展翅飞翔

[00:00:54] You don't have to tell a flower how to bloom

[00:00:58] 其实你不需要告诉一朵花怎样盛开

[00:00:58] Or light how to fill up a room

[00:01:00] 或者告诉光明该怎样把整个屋子点亮

[00:01:01] You already are what you are

[00:01:04] 因为你，已经是你自己了

[00:01:05] And what you are is beautiful

[00:01:07] 而且，你自己，是美丽的

[00:01:14] Heard a story the other day

[00:01:16] 那天听了一个故事

[00:01:16] Took place at the local VA

[00:01:19] 它就发生在弗吉尼亚州

[00:01:19] A father talking to his dying son

[00:01:22] 一个父亲对着自己临死的儿子哭诉

[00:01:22] This was his conversation

[00:01:24] 这是他们的谈话

[00:01:25] "It's not supposed to be like this

[00:01:28] 怎么会是这样呀

[00:01:28] You can't go first I can't handle it"

[00:01:31] 你怎能提前离我而去呢，我无法承受这一切

[00:01:31] The boy said "Dad now don't you cry

[00:01:34] 孩子却说：爸爸，现在不必为我哭泣

[00:01:34] Remember when I was a child what you used to tell me when I'd ask why "

[00:01:40] 您可曾记得我童年时，我问为什么的时候，您是如何回答的吗？

[00:01:41] (You'd say) Gravity is gravity

[00:01:44] 您告诉我说：地心引力，就是地心引力

[00:01:44] It doesn't try to pull you down

[00:01:45] 它并不想拉你下来

[00:01:46] Stone is stone

[00:01:48] 石头就只是石头

[00:01:49] It can't help but hold its ground

[00:01:52] 它看起来没什么用，但是却支撑起了整块陆地

[00:01:52] The wind just blows though you can't see

[00:01:55] 风其实一直在吹，尽管我们看不见

[00:01:56] It's everywhere like I'll always be

[00:01:59] 风其实无处不在，就像我们要永远作好我们自己一样永恒

[00:01:59] You already are what you are

[00:02:02] 因为你，已经是你自己了

[00:02:02] And what you are is strong enough

[00:02:06] 而且，你自己，是很坚强的

[00:02:12] Look in the mirror

[00:02:13] 望着镜中的自己

[00:02:13] Now that's another story to tell

[00:02:16] 我又有一个故事要讲述了

[00:02:17] I give love to others

[00:02:19] 我把爱奉献给大家

[00:02:20] But I give myself hell

[00:02:22] 但却对自己如同地狱般苛刻

[00:02:23] I'd have to tell myself

[00:02:25] 我必须告诉自己

[00:02:26] "In every scene there's a perfect plan"

[00:02:28] 任何情况下都有着一个完美的策略

[00:02:29] Everything I hoped to be

[00:02:32] 每一件事，我都希望

[00:02:32] I already am

[00:02:34] 我，能够做好，我自己

[00:02:37] A flower is a flower

[00:02:39] 花儿就是花儿

[00:02:39] It doesn't have to try to bloom

[00:02:42] 其实它并不需要努力盛开

[00:02:42] And light is light

[00:02:45] 光明就是光明

[00:02:45] Just knows how to fill a room

[00:02:48] 就会知道如何把整个屋子点亮

[00:02:49] And dark is dark

[00:02:51] 黑暗就是黑暗

[00:02:51] So the stars have a place to shine

[00:02:54] 所以，星星才会显得闪闪发亮

[00:02:55] The tide goes out

[00:02:56] 海水涨潮

[00:02:57] So it can come back another time

[00:03:00] 是因为只有这样，它们才能在另一刻退潮

[00:03:00] Goodbye makes a love so sweet

[00:03:04] 分手了，爱情才如此甜蜜

[00:03:04] And love is love so it can teach us

[00:03:07] 其实，爱情就是爱情，所以，它能够让我们懂得

[00:03:07] We already are what we are

[00:03:11] 我们，其实已经是我们自己了

[00:03:13] And what we are is beautiful

[00:03:17] 而且，我们自己，是美丽的

[00:03:19] And strong enough

[00:03:21] 是很坚强的

[00:03:22] And good enough

[00:03:24] 是很好的

[00:03:25] And bright enough

[00:03:30] 是很闪亮的