歌词
This next song is a poem,
接下来的这首歌是一首诗
written by a very famous writer
由一位非常著名的诗人
called William Butler Yeats form Sligo.
来自爱尔兰斯莱戈的威廉·巴特勒·叶芝所著.
It's a very simple love song,
这是一首很简朴的情歌,
and the name of the song is called "The Salley Gardens",
这首歌的名字叫作《柳园》,
are better known "Down by the Salley Gardens".
更广为人知的是《柳园深处》.
Down by the salley gardens
在柳园深处
my love and I did meet
我和我的爱人曾经相遇
She passed the salley gardens
她走过柳园
with little snow-white feet
盈盈雪足翩翩莲步
She bid me take love easy
她说愿我爱得简单
as the leaves grow on the tree
就像树上发出的绿叶
But I, being young and foolish
但是我却年少无知
with her would not agree
不以为然
In a field by the river
在河畔旷野
my love and I did stand
我和我的爱人曾经伫立
And on my leaning shoulder
在我斜倚的肩上搭着
she laid her snow-white hand
她纤纤的素手
She bid me take life easy
她说愿我活得自在
as the grass grows on the weirs
就像河岸生长的青草
But I was young and foolish
但那时的我年少无知
and now am full of tears
而今唯余叹泣
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