歌词
Near banbridge town in the county down
班布里奇小镇附近
One morning last july,
去年七月的一个早晨
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
绿茵小道上走来一个可爱的姑娘
And she smiled as she passed me by.
她微笑着与我擦肩而过
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
赤着脚丫的她如此可爱
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
栗色的头发熠熠闪光
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
真是个迷人的精灵 我摇醒自己
For to see I was really there.
提醒自己确实没做梦
From bantry bay up to derry quay and
从班特里海湾到德里码头
From galway to dublin town,
从戈尔韦到都柏林
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
我再没见过其他的少女
That I met in the county down.
比得上南方小镇遇见的姑娘
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
她快步走在前面，我只能无力挠头
And I looked with a feelin' rare,
怀着莫名的情绪我默默看着她
And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
我支吾着问路人
"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “
那个栗色头发的姑娘是谁？”
He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
他微笑着告诉我
"that's the gem of ireland's crown. “
她是爱尔兰王冠上的宝石
She's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
她是来自班恩河之岸的小罗茜麦肯
She's the star of the county down".
她是南方小镇的星”
From bantry bay up to derry quay and
从班特里海湾到德里码头
From galway to dublin town,
从戈尔韦到都柏林
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
我再没见过其他的少女
That I met in the county down.
比得上南方小镇遇见的姑娘
...
At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
她将在收获祭上出现
And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,
我将穿上节日盛装
Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
只为等待我栗色玫瑰的一个微笑
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
我将不再抽烟也不再骑马
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
直到我的我的犁锈成棕色
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
直到我的炉边，坐着我含笑的新娘
Sits the star of the county down.
那南方小镇的星
...
From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
从班特里海湾到德里码头
From galway to dublin town,
从戈尔韦到都柏林
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
我再没见过其他的少女
That I met in the county down.
比得上南方小镇遇见的姑娘