一年之计在于春
——那些关于惜时的名句翻译

文／刘士聪 谷启楠 编译

春天代表着希望，春若不耕，秋无所望。关于惜时的古代名句有很多，如何译成英文呢？一起来看看吧！

盛年不重来，一日难再晨。

及时当勉励，岁月不待人。

——晋·陶渊明《杂诗》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

青春须早为，岂能长少年！

——唐·孟郊《劝学》

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，而知也无涯。

——《庄子·养生主》

Life is finite,but knowledge is infinite.

——Zh uangziby Zhuang Zhou and his followers of the Warring States Period

圣人不贵尺之璧而重寸之阴，时难得而易失也。

——《淮南子·原道训》

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

——Huainanz iby Prince Huainan Liu An and some of his followers of the Western Han Dynasty

子在川上曰：“逝者如斯夫，不舍昼夜。”

——《论语·子罕》

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

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

少年安得长少年，海波尚变为桑田。

——唐·李贺《嘲少年》

How can the young stay young for good,

Even oceans can become cropland.

——Li He,poet of the Tang Dynasty

百川东到海，何时复西归？

少壮不努力，老大徒伤悲。

——汉·无名氏《长歌行》

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

（选自《中国古代经典名句英译》，商务印书馆2012年版）