这是一段怎样的时光?
我亦只有此生……
《the rose》，演唱者：Bette Midler，贝蒂-米德勒。贝蒂是美国的著名歌手及演员，身价上亿的那种。
这里就不讨论歌手，来谈谈这首经典老歌。此歌首唱于1978的同名电影《the rose》,后来就被无数次翻唱。《the rose》的歌词是首凄美的诗歌，像歌剧，写的真是很美。爱是一朵花，而你是唯一的种子。好美的情诗，鼓舞人们勇敢去爱。
some say love it is a river
有人说 爱是一条河
that drowns the tender reed
会淹没轻柔的芦苇
some say love it is a razer
有人说 爱是一把剃刀
that leaves your soul to bleed
让你的灵魂流血
some say love it is a hunger
有人说 爱是一种焦渴
an endless aching need
一种无尽的带痛渴求
i say love it is a flower
而我说 爱是一朵花
and you it s only seed
而你 则是唯一的种子
it s the heart afraid of breaking
如果心儿害怕破碎
that never learns to dance
就永远无法学会起舞
it s the dream afraid of waking
如果害怕从美梦中醒来
that never takes the chance
就永远也抓不住机会
it s the one who won t be taken
一个人如果不愿被索取
who cannot seem to give
貌似也不会给予
and the soul afraid of dying
如果灵魂害怕去死
that never learns to live
就永远学不会怎么去活
when the night has been too lonely
当夜晚太过漫长
and the road has been too long
当前路太过遥远
and you think that love is only
或者当你认为
for the lucky and the strong
只有幸运者和强者才有资格得到爱的时候
just remember in the winter
你要记得在冬天
far beneath the bitter snows
在厚厚的积雪底下
lies the seed that with the sun‘s love
一颗种子一直都在那里躺着等阳光洒下
in the spring becomes the rose
春天里，它会绽放成最美的玫瑰
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