一年之計在于春

劉士聰 谷啟楠編譯

春天代表著希望，春若不耕，秋無所望。關于惜時的古代名句有很多，如何譯成英文呢？一起來看看吧！

盛年不重來，一日難再晨。

及時當勉勵，歲月不待人。

——晉·陶淵明《雜詩》十二首之一

The exuberant years of life will not return，

The morning of the day does not repeat itself.

Seize your time and brace yourself up，

For time does not stop to wait for you.

—Tao Yuanming， poet of the Jin Dynasty

青春須早為，豈能長少年！

——唐·孟郊《勸學》

Do something worthy while you are young， for youth does not stay long.

—Meng Jiao， poet of the Tang Dynasty

吾生也有涯，而知也無涯。

——《莊子·養生主》

Life is finite， but knowledge is infinite.

—Zhuangzi by Zhuang Zhou and his followers of the Warring States Period

圣人不貴尺之璧而重寸之陰，時難得而易失也。

——《淮南子·原道訓》

A sage cherishes an inch of time instead of a foot of jade， because time is hard to attain and easy to lose.

—Huainanzi by Prince Huainan Liu An and some of his followers of the Western Han Dynasty

子在川上曰：“逝者如斯夫，不舍晝夜。”

——《論語·子罕》

The Master， standing by the river， said， “Time passes by like this， flowing away day and night.”

—The Analects， A Confucian classic recording the words and deeds of Confucius and his dialogues with his disciples

少年安得長少年，海波尚變為桑田。

——唐·李賀《嘲少年》

How can the young stay young for good，

Even oceans can become cropland.

—Li He， poet of the Tang Dynasty

百川東到海，何時復西歸？

少壯不努力，老大徒傷悲。

——漢·無名氏《長歌行》

All rivers flow into the East Sea.

They never flow back to the west.

If you do not work hard when young，

It’s no use crying over spilt milk when old.

—An anonymous poet of the Han Dynasty

（選自《中國古代經典名句英譯》，商務印書館2012年版）

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