《明日歌》

文嘉

《明日歌》是明代著名才子文徵明的兒子文嘉所作。這首詩七次提到“明日”，反復告誡人們要珍惜時間，今日的事情今日做，不要拖到明天，不要蹉跎歲月。詩歌的意思淺顯，語言明白如話，說理通俗易懂，很有教育意義。 這首《明日歌》給人的啟示是：世界上的許多東西都能盡力爭取和失而復得，只有時間難以挽留。人的生命只有一次，時間永不回頭。

Song of Tomorrow

Wen Jia

明日復明日，明日何其多。

我生待明日，萬事成蹉跎。

世人若被明日累，春來秋去老將至。

朝看水東流，暮看日西墜。

百年明日能幾何，請君聽我明日歌。

Tomorrow comes and again comes tomorrow,

Tomorrows are like rivers that endlessly flow。

If all my things are put off till tomorrow,

My time wasted to no purpose will brew woe。

All mortals are tired for the sake of tomorrow,

The passage of time will make them old before they know。

In the morning they see water eastward running,

At dusky they see the sun in the west low hanging。

How many tomorrows are in your lifetime, do you know?

Please listen to me sing the Song of Tomorrow。