Circle gameJoni Mitchell

Yesterday a child came out to wonder
Caught a dragonfly inside a jar
Fearful when the sky was full of thunder
And tearful at the falling of a star

*And the seasons they go round and round
And the painted ponies go up and down
We're captive on the carousel of time
We can't return we can only look behind
From where we came
And go round and round and round
In the circle game

Then the child moved ten times round the seasons
Skated over ten clear frozen streams
Words like, when you're older, must appease him
And promises of someday make his dreams

Sixteen springs and sixteen summers gone now
Cartwheels turn to car wheels thru the town
And they tell him
“Take your time, it won't be long now
Till you drag your feet to slow the circles down”

So the years spin by and now the boy is twenty
Though his dreams have lost some grandeur coming true
There'll be new dreams, maybe better dreams and plenty
Before the last revolving year is through

圈圈游戏琼妮米契尔

昨天一位小孩来到世间溜达
抓了只蜻蜓装进瓶子里
天上轰隆隆的雷声把他吓坏
看到星星坠落又使他泪涟涟

春夏秋冬不停轮流交替
色彩缤纷的木马上下跳跃
我们被围困在时间的旋转木马
我们回不去了，只能转身
远望来时的方向
在这圈圈游戏里不断地
转呀，转呀，转……

之后几年间这孩子搬了十次家
在十个结冻的清澈小溪上溜冰
类似“等你长大些”的话一定可以安抚他
对未来的期许筑起了他的梦

如今十六个寒暑已经过去
镇上的马车变成了汽车
他们告诉他说：
「别急，等到你拖着脚步想让圈圈减速时，
　那天就离现在不远了。」

时间就这样流逝，现在男孩二十岁了
虽然在实现过程中他的梦变得黯淡
但是在最后一轮年岁结束之前
还有更新，或许更好更多的梦在等着他