Introduction
Can you be confused between lust and love？ If so， perhaps you may want to reconsider romance， the long slow process by which you， as a part of a possible couple， can get to know your prospective partner as a person， before you decide to intimately explore each others bodies and sexual organs.
If during this long period of friendship either of you decide， for whatever reason not to develop the relationship， you can both politely say goodbye with a minimum of hurt feelings.
Your life consists of choices. How well do you know yourself？ Should you decide to control your sexual appetite and delay the responsibilities of marriage？ Is it a joy to discover your adult interests， your parents， your culture， and your world？ Having sexual intercourse， while usually quite pleasurable， is never a necessity. Other activities， like getting an education， may have a far greater priority and usefulness.
No one ever died because they didn't have sex. But no one believes you are serious about human friendship and love if you are busy imitating the promiscuous sexual habits of monkeys？
“Pocahontas” first shown in 1995， is another of Disney's many excellent animated full length movies. In “Pocahontas，”the questioning “Just Around The Riverbend”and the romantic “Colors Of The Wind，”are both delightfully sung by Judy Kuhn. Alan Menken composed both of these songs， and the lyrics were written by Stephen Schwartz.
Judy Kuhn is famous for acting and singing in many Broadway theater productions in New York. In 1993 she had a solo CD debut called “Just in Time-Judy Kuhn Sings the Music of Jule Styne. ”That first CD won rave reviews from American music critics. She is married to David Schwab and in Movember 1994， she gave birth to a lovely daughter named Anna.
Alan Menken， winner of multiple Academy Awards， also composed music for Disney's“Aladin，” “The Little Mermaid，”“The Hunchback of Notra Dame，”and “Beauty and the Beast. ”
Stephen Schwartz is well respected for his lyrics and work with Menken on “The Hunchback of Notre Dame，” as well as other creative writings.
Disney's “Pocahontas” is based on the life of an intelligent young Indian woman who lived 400 years ago. It explores the relationship between father and daughter， the difficulty in waiting for romantic love， and the conflict between greedy individuals and the wiser people who simply want to live in peace.
Beautiful young Pocahontas struggles to find her own path in life. Should she marry Kokoum， a fierce Indian warrior who has the respect and support of her father？ Or should she wait until she finds a man that she can love and respect， a man of her dreams， a dream giver？ This is the question posed in richly metaphorical language in “Just around the Riverbend，”wherein life is seen as a river and the unknowable future lies hidden just around the next bend of the river.
Like Pocahontas， do you ask yourself the same types of questions？ Should I stop travelling on an unknowable river where I make my own choices？ Or is it better to seek the sexual pleasures and protection of marriage to a man like Kocoum， “a handsome sturday husband who builds handsome sturdy walls and never dreams that something might be coming？
Just around the Riverbend
Vocal： Judy Kuhn， singing as Pocahontas
Music： Alan Menken
Lyrics： Stephen Schwartz
What I love most about rivers is：
You can't step in the same river twice.
The water's always changing， always flowing.
But people， I guess， can't live that.
We all must pay a price.
To be safe， we lose our chance of ever knowing
What's around the riverbend，
Waiting just around the riverbend.
I look once more
Just around the riverbend，
Beyond the shore
Where the gulls fly free.
Don't know what for？
What I dream the day might send
Just around the riverbend，
Coming for me.
I feel it there beyond those tree，
Or right behind these waterfalls.
Can I ignore that sound of distant drumming
For a handsome sturdy husband，
Who builds handsome sturdy walls，
And never dreams that something might be coming？
Just around the riverbend，
Just around the riverbend.
I look once more
Just around the riverbend，
Beyond the shore，
Somewhere past the sea.
Don't know what for…
Why do all my dreams extend
Just around the riverbend？
Just around the riverbend…
Should I choose the smoothest course
Steady as the beating drum？
Should I marry Kocoum？
Is all my dreaming at an end？
Or do you still wait for me， Dream Giver，
ust around the riverbend？
[参考译文]
就在河流拐弯处
我热爱河流，
主要是因为
你不可能两次进入同一条河流。
河水经常在变化，在流动。
但是，我想人却不可能像河流那样生活。
我们都必须付出代价。
为了安全，会失去机会去了解
在河流拐弯处等待我们的那未知数，
在河流拐弯处。
我再次环顾河流拐弯处，
遥望彼岸，
海鸥在自由飞翔。
不知道为什么？
在河流拐弯处，
我梦中的未知将给我带来什么？
我感觉到那未知的东西就在树林那边，
也许就在那些瀑布后面。
我能仅仅为了一个英峻健壮的丈夫
而忽略远方咚咚的鼓声吗？
他虽能修建漂亮而坚牢的墙，
却从不梦想
更美好的东西也许会到来。
在河流拐弯处，
在河流拐弯处。
我再次环顾河流拐弯处，
遥望彼岸，
遥望大海那边的某一个地方。
不知道为的是什么……
为何我所有的梦都延伸到
河流拐弯处？
在河流拐弯处……
我应该选择像鼓声那样稳定
那样平坦的道路吗？
我应该与Kocoum结婚吗？
我的梦是否已经到了终点？
托梦者，你是否还在河流拐弯处，
等待着我？
[语言点解析]
1．You can't step in the same river twice.
河水在不断流动，所以当你再次踏进河里，你接触的是新的河水。
2．But people， I guess， can't live like that we all must pay a price.
To be safe， we lose our chance of ever knowing.
What's around the riverbend
Waiting just around the riverbend.
生活不是河流。生活需要稳定。但是事实上，生活就像河流一样，不断在变化。Pocahontas此时此刻犹豫不定：她是否应该付出一定的代价，听从梦的召唤，去追求在河流拐弯处等待她的未知？她是否应该按照父亲的意愿与Kokoum结婚，过一种稳定的生活？
3．I feel it there beyond those trees.
it：在这里指的是前面所提到的what's around the riverbend waiting just around the riverbend.
即：the unknown“未知”，更确切地讲，这个未知是“a man that she might love”.
4．For a handsome sturdy husband
Who builds handsome sturdy walls
And never dreams that something might be coming？ 这里指的是Kocoum
