歌词
The trees they grow high, and the leaves they do grow green
树已长高,叶子已变绿
Many is the time my true love I've seen
多少次我看着这一切如同望着我的爱人
Many an hour I have watched him all alone
许多时候我都在孤单地注视着他
He's young but he's daily growing
他很年轻但他在一天天长大
Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong
父亲,亲爱的父亲, 你犯了一个很大的错误
You have married me to a boy who is too young
你把我嫁给了一个那么年轻的男孩
I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen
我已经24了而他才14岁
He's young but he's daily growing
他很年轻, 但我想他会日渐成长
Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong
女儿, 我亲爱的女儿,我并没有做错
I have married you to a great lord's son
我把你嫁给了一个显耀贵族的儿子
He will make a lord for you when I am dead and gone
有一天当我不在了他会很好地照顾你
He's young but he's daily growing
他现在很年轻,但他会一天天成长
Father, dear father, if you see fit
父亲,亲爱的父亲,如果你同意
We'll send him to college for another year yet
在来年我们把他送到大学去
I'll tie a blue ribbon all around his head
我会为他裹上蓝色的头巾
To let the maidens know that he is married
让别人知道他已经结婚了
One day I was looking over my father's castle wall
一天我从父亲的城墙上远望
I spied all the boys playing with a ball
我看到男孩们正在打球
My own true love was the flower of them all
而我的爱人是当中的佼佼
He's young but he's daily growing
他现在很年轻但他在一天天成长
At the age of fourteen he was a married man14
岁时,他已为人夫
At the age of fifteen the father of a son15
岁时,他已为人父
At the age of sixteen his grave it was green16
岁时,他的坟墓郁郁苍苍
And death had put an end to his growing
死亡为他的成长画上了句号
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