Dẫu thời gian có mỗi ngày mỗi khác
Vẫn qua nhanh, không đứng lại bao giờ
Quay lại nhìn đã hút bóng tuổi thơ
Chỉ còn lại một thiên đường trong mộng tưởng

Lá thu rụng, gió thổi bay tứ hướng
Ai biết về đâu ở mỗi cuối mùa
Có nghĩa gì những được mất hơn thua
Khi nhắm mắt xuôi tay, cuối đường sinh tử

Dẫu lòng đau vì làm thân lữ thứ
Nhưng thời gian đã rụng xuống phũ phàng
Đông qua rồi, mùa xuân sẽ lại sang
Muốn trì kéo… làm sao thay đổi được.

092010

THE FLEETING WORLD

Verse 1

Let’s fold away the worries of the seasons,
Forget awhile the burdens we have known.
Keep your smile — your gentle, fleeting reason,
Don’t let your lips grow pale, your laughter gone.

Verse 2

Though time may change, each dawn, each passing hour,
It never waits, it never stands for man.
Turn once again — childhood has lost its power,
Only a dream of paradise still stands.

Chorus

Autumn leaves fall, the winds of life still blowing,
Who knows where they will drift at season’s end?
What do we gain from loss, from vain outgrowing,
When all must close our eyes — where journeys blend?

Verse 3

The heart still aches, a traveler ever lonely,
As time sheds down — unfeeling, cold, unkind.
Winter will fade, and spring returns, though slowly,
We cannot hold what slips beyond the mind.

Bridge

So let the years go by in tender silence,
Let go the chains of longing and regret.
For every dawn that breaks will bring its kindness,
And every dusk — a peace we won’t forget.

Final Chorus

Autumn leaves fall, the winds of life still blowing,
Who knows where they will drift at season’s end?
What do we gain from loss, from vain outgrowing,
When all must close our eyes — where journeys blend?

Outro

Fold away those days of pain and sorrow,
Smile again as dawn lights up the sky.
This fleeting world — like mist, like wind, like shadow,
Only love will last when all else dies.

Thomas Looms

Johnny Flaggan