聽泉
Ting Quan
Listening to Spring
by
楊芳儀 & 徐曉菁
Yang Fang yi & Xu Xiao qing
潺潺的水兒流呀流不停
Chan Chan De Shui Er Liu Ya Liu Bu Ting
The water of gurgling stream flows non-stop
串串的輕響呀數不盡
Chuan Chuan De Qing Xiang Ya Shu Bu Jin
Strings of light sounding sound are countless
繁華的時節湧山泉
Fan Hua De Shi Jie Yong Shan Quan
At the season of busy blossoming, the mountain springs gush out
湧出一季清新
Yong Chu Ji Qing Xin
Gush out a season of freshness
潺潺的水兒流呀流不停
Chan Chan De Shui Er Liu Ya Liu Bu Ting
The water of gurgling stream flows non-stop
串串的輕響呀數不清
Chuan Chuan De Qing Xiang Ya Shu Bu Jin
Strings of light sounding sound are countless
拋下了煩憂聽山泉
Pao Xia Liao Fan You Ting Shan Quan
Throw down the worries and sorrow, and listen to the mountain spring
聆賞一季溫馨
Ling Shang Ji Wen Xin
carefully listen and appreciate the warmth of the season
悠悠哉哉傳天聲
You You Zai Zai Chuan Tian Sheng
Leisurely delivers the sound of heaven
綿綿無盡總輕盈
Mian Mian Wu Jin Zong Qing Ying
(which is) extending without ending and always light and swift
問著你也問著我
Wen Zhu Ni Ye Wen Zhu Wo
Asking you and also asking me
這世界什麼事兒愁了人
Zhe Shi Jie Shi Mo Shi Er Chou Liao Ren
In this world what kind of things would worry people
潺潺的水兒流呀流不停
Chan Chan De Shui Er Liu Ya Liu Bu Ting
The water of gurgling stream flows non-stop
串串的輕響呀數不清
Chuan Chuan De Qing Xiang Ya Shu Bu Jin
Strings of light sounding sound are countless
拋下了煩憂聽山泉
Pao Xia Liao Fan You Ting Shan Quan
Throw down the worries and sorrow, and listen to the mountain spring
聆賞一季溫馨
Pao Xia Liao Fan You Ting Shan Quan
carefully listen and appreciate the warmth of the season
Translated by Shu
Quote of listening:
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk. ~Doug Larson
We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak. ~Epictetus
Lenin could listen so intently that he exhausted the speaker. ~Isaiah Berlin
Listen or thy tongue will keep thee deaf. ~Native American Indian Proverb
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen. ~Winston Churchill
The young people who come to me in the hope of hearing me utter a few memorable maxims are quite disappointed. Aphorisms are not my forte, I say nothing but banalities…. I listen to them and they go away delighted. ~Andre Gide
I tell you everything that is really nothing, and nothing of what is everything, do not be fooled by what I am saying. Please listen carefully and try to hear what I am not saying. ~Charles C. Finn
No one really listens to anyone else, and if you try it for a while you’ll see why. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966
Home is where you can say anything you like cause nobody listens to you anyway. ~Author Unknown
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. ~Peter F. Drucker
If animals could talk, the world would lose its best listeners. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
My wife says I never listen to her. At least I think that’s what she said. ~Author Unknown
The most precious gift we can offer anyone is our attention. ~Thich Nhat Hanh
Don’t worry that children never listen to you; worry that they are always watching you. ~Robert Fulghum
Lots of people talk to animals…. Not very many listen, though…. That’s the problem. ~Benjamin Hoff, The Tao of Pooh
The only valid censorship of ideas is the right of people not to listen. ~Tommy Smothers
I guess I’ve spent my life listening to what wasn’t being said. ~Eli Khamarov, America Explained!
Children have never been good at listening to their elders, but they have never failed to imitate them. ~James Baldwin
No one is listening until you fart. ~Author Unknown
Women like silent men. They think they’re listening. ~Marcel Achard, Quote, 4 November 1956
These quotes come from:
http://www.quotegarden.com/listening.html