The Rose

Some say love it is a river 有人说，爱是一条河流
That drowns the tender reed 河水沉溺了柔弱的芦苇
Some say love it is a razor 有人说，爱是一把剃刀
That leaves your soul to bleed 将你的灵魂从鲜血中释放
Some say love it is a hunger 有人说，爱是一种渴望
And endless aching need 你永远都不会觉得满足
I say love it is a flower 而我说，爱是一朵花
And you its only seed 你，则是它唯一的种子

It's the heart afraid of breaking 如果心太软弱 害怕受伤
That never learns to dance 那将永远 学不会纵情舞蹈
It's the dream afraid of waking 如果梦太美丽不愿醒来
That never takes the chance 那便会永远失去机会
It's the one who won't be taken 如果有人一味的索取
Who can not seem to give 那他将可能什么都无法得到
And the soul afraid of dying 如果灵魂畏惧死亡
That never learns to live 那将永远都不能真正的活着

When the night has been too lonely 当寂寞的夜晚降临
And the road has been too long 这孤单的道路似乎永无尽头
And you think that love is only 那是因为你一直认为爱
For the lucky and the strong 只是幸运者和强者的专属
Just remember in the winter 然而请一定不要忘记 当寒冬来临
Far beneath the bitter snow 将那埋藏在冰雪之下的是
Lies the seed that with the sun's love 充满阳光之爱的种子
In the spring becomes the rose 当那春天来临 它便会幻化为爱的玫瑰


另外一个版本
Some say love it is a river that drowns the tender reed
有人說愛是一條河,它會淹沒溫柔的蘆草
Some say love it is a razor that leaves your soul to bleed
有人說,愛是一把刀,它教人心靈泣血　
Some say love it is a hunger an endless aching need
有人說,愛是飢渴, 一個永遠痛苦的需求
I say love it is a flower and you it's only seed
而我說,愛是一朵花,一朵只會根植你心的花　
It's the heart afraid of breaking that never learns to dance
一個害怕破碎的心,不可能學會跳舞　
It's the dream afraid of waking that never takes the chance
一個害怕清醒的夢,不可能把握機會
It's the one who won't be taken who cannot seem to give
一個不願付出的人,他大概不會給予　
And the soul afraid of dying that never learns to live
而一個害怕死亡的靈魂,是不可能學會生命的真諦　
When the night has been too lonely
當夜晚太孤寂,
And the road has been too long
當道路太漫長,
And you think that love is only for the lucky and the strong
而你以為愛只是給那幸運且堅強的人們　
Just remember in the winter for beneath the bitter snow
只要記得,在冬天的冰雪深埋著一粒種子,
Lies the seed that with the sun's love in the spring becomes the rose
等待春天的陽光,即將變為一朵玫瑰

Life is a gift and you gotta learn to live it if you believe in love
生命是一個禮物,你必須學會掌握   若你相信愛,
you gotta learn to give it
你必須學會付出
Tryin' to find someone who's kind is hard to do
尋覓可愛的人,是困難的　
You want the love but you really don't know what to do
你想要愛,但實在不知道怎麼做
You're just afraid of someone breaking your heart
你就是害怕別人使你傷心　
You never learned to live you gave up from the start
你一開始就放棄怎能學會生命的真諦
You felt the pain but it made you strong
你感到痛苦,但它讓你堅強　
So remember no matter what you will go on
所以記得無論如何不要放棄