翻譯“YESTERDAY ONCE MORE”歌詞

YESTERDAY ONCE MORE
Words & Music by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis

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When I was young
小的時候
I'd listen to the radio
聽著收音機
Waitin' for my favorite songs
等待我最喜愛的歌
When they played I'd sing along
隨著他們一起唱
It made me smile.
微笑蕩漾在臉上

Those were such happy times
那段如此快樂的時光
And not so long ago
 就在不久以前
How I wondered where they'd gone
我真想知道他們那裏去了
But they're back again
但他們又回來了
Just like a long lost friend
就像一位久違的老朋友
All the songs I loved so well.
所有的我喜愛的歌都那麽美妙

Every Sha-la-la-la
每個
Every Wo-o-wo-o
每個
Still shines
仍舊閃耀著光芒
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
每個
That they're startin' to sing's
他們正開始唱
So fine.
真棒

When they get to the part
當他們唱到
Where he's breakin' her heart
他使她的心受傷
It can really make me cry
感動得我熱淚盈眶
Just like before
好像又回到從前
It's yesterday once more
昨日又重現
Lookin' back on how it was
回首展望
In years gone by
似水流年
And the good times that I had
我曾經擁有的好時光
Makes today seem rather sad
令我今天更 加感傷
So much has changed.
那麽多的改變。

It was songs of love that

I would sing to then
那些我想歌唱那舊時的愛的歌啊
And I'd memorize each word
我記得每一個字
Those old melodies
那些古老的旋律
Still sound so good to me
仍舊那麽動聽
As they melt the years away.
好像他們融化了歲月

Every Sha-la-la-la
每個
Every Wo-o-wo-o
每個
Still shines
仍舊光芒四射
Every shing-a-ling-a-ling
每個
That they're startin' to sing's
他們正開始唱
So fine.
真棒

All my best memories
所有我的最美好的回憶
Come back clearly to me
清晰的回到我眼前
Some can even make me cry.
一些甚至能讓我哭泣

Just like before
就像從前
It's yesterday once more.
昨日再來



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Liner notes
from The Singles 1969-1973 written by Digby Diehl
As Richard and Karen began preparing material for their Now & Then album, the United States was in the midst of a '50s and '60s musical revival. Entire radio stations were going oldie, groups not heard from in years were re-emerging. Everywhere you looked, people were digging tunes out of the dust of '50s juke boxes. But as Richard observed, no one had written a song that was really a comment on this nostalgic trend. After coming up with the title and writing music to suit the shing-a-ling-a-ling lyrics of those old '50s backgrounds, Richard turned the rest of the lyric writing over to his partner John Bettis, and Yesterday Once More was born.

Perhaps because "Sha-la-la-la" is a sort of musical language from the oldies revival that is universal, Yesterday Once More became the Carpenters' biggest international hit. During one month the song was No. 1 in Japan, Israel, Venezuela, Belgium, Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong, and England. Naturally, in the U.S.A., home of American Graffiti, Yesterday Once More sold over a million copies and became the eighth gold single.

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