Yesterday

《Yesterday》
Artist：Beetles

　　《Yesterday》是甲壳虫乐队演唱的代表作品之一，于1965年9月25日发行这首单曲时就荣登英美两国的排行榜首，并获英国Ivor Novello奖。从1965年至1972年间有大约一千多位歌手演唱或翻唱过这首歌曲，这或许是世界上翻唱次数最多的歌曲。

Yesterday

Yesterday,All my troubles seemed so far away.
Now it looks as though they're here to stay,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Suddenly, I'm not half the man I used to be,
There's a shadow hanging over me,
Oh, yesterday came suddenly.
Why she had to go I don't know,
She wouldn't say,
I said something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday.
Why she had to go I don't know,
She wouldn't say,
I said something wrong,
Now I long for yesterday.
Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play,
Now I need a place to hide away,
Oh, I believe in yesterday,
Mm....

歌词大意

昨天
昨天，所有烦恼似乎很遥远。
今天，烦恼仿佛就在眼前，
噢，我喜欢昨天。
猛然间我发觉我已今非昔比，
阴影笼罩着我，
噢，过去的生活是多么单纯。
我不懂她为何要走，
她也不愿告我说，
或许是我说错，
现在我渴望昨天。
昨天，爱情无忧无虑
今天，我不得不躲闪
噢，我喜欢昨天。
我不知她为何要走，
她也不愿告诉我，
或许是我说错，
现在我渴望昨天。
昨天，爱情无忧无虑，
今天，我不得不躲闪，
噢，我喜欢昨天。
呣……

歌词、句型分析

1．Yesterday，all my troubles seemed so for away.

　　= Yesterday，I didn't seem to have any troubles，which were for away from me．
　　昨天，所有烦恼似乎很遥远。
　　yesterday：此处并非就指the day before（前一天），而是指“过去”、“往日”、“以前的时光”等。

2．Now it looks as though they're here to say.

　　= Now it looks as if all my troubles stay with me．
　　　今天，烦恼仿佛缠绕着我。

3．Oh，I believe in yesterday.

　　噢，我信奉昨天。
　　believe in 相信（人格、价值）的存在

４．Now I long for yesterday.

　　= Now I look forward to yesterday．
　　现在我盼望昨天。
　　long（动词）意为：渴望，切盼（常与for或者to搭配）
　　long for + 名词 = long to + 动词原形意为：渴望，切望
　　例：The people of the world long for the peace．
　　　　全世界人民渴望和平。
　　　　Most people long to live peacefully.
　　　　大部分的人渴望和平