The Bonnie Boy - Mary O'Hara
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
The trees are growing high
树木已亭亭如盖
My loving grass is growing green
我爱的草地正郁郁葱葱
And many the cold and winter night
多少寒冷冬夜
That I alone have been
唯我独守空帷
It is a cruel and beaten night
这残酷漫长的夜
That I must lie alone
我只能独自躺卧
Oh the bonny boy is young
啊 那俊朗少年尚年幼
But he's growing
却已悄然长大
Oh father dear father
亲爱的父亲啊父亲
I think you did me wrong
我想您做错了决定
For to go and get me married
不该让我这么早出嫁
To one that is so young
嫁给如此年轻的人
He is but sixteen years
他才十六岁年华
And I am twenty-one
而我已经二十有一
Oh the bonny boy is young
啊 那俊朗少年尚年幼
But he's growing
却已悄然长大
Oh daughter dear daughter
亲爱的女儿啊
I did not do you wrong
我并未亏待你
For to go and get you married
为你寻得如意郎君
To one that is so young
嫁给如此年轻的人
He will be a match for you
他本与你天作之合
And I am dead and gone
如今我却已离世
Oh the bonny boy is young
啊 那俊朗少年尚年幼
But he's growing
却已悄然长大
Oh father dear father
亲爱的父亲啊父亲
I'll tell you what I'll do
让我告诉您我的打算
I'll send my love to college
我要送心上人去求学
For another year or two
再等他一两年时光
And all around his college cap
在他学士帽的周围
I'll bind a ribbon blue
我要系上蓝色缎带
For to let the ladies know
好让那些姑娘们知道
That he's married
他已名草有主
A year it went by
一年时光匆匆流逝
And I passed the college wall
我走过学院围墙
And saw the young collegians
看见年轻的学子们
A-playing at the ball
在球场欢快嬉戏
I spiting mean amongst them
我默默注视其中
The fairest of them all
最耀眼的那一个
Oh my bonny boy was young
啊 我亲爱的少年正当年少
And still growing
生命之花仍在绽放
At the age of sixteen years
十六岁的少年郎
He was a married man
已成家室之主
And at the age of seventeen
十七岁的年纪
The father of a son
已为人父
But at the age of eighteen
十八岁的年华
All his graved grass grow green
坟头青草已萋萋
The cruel death put an end to his growing
残酷死神终结了他的成长
I'll buy my love a shroud
我将为挚爱购置寿衣
Of the ornamental brown
选用典雅的棕褐色布料
And whilst they are making it
当匠人们缝制之时
The tears they will run down
我的泪水将不断滑落
It once I had a true love
我曾拥有真挚的爱人
But now he's lying low
而今他已长眠地下
And I'll nurse his bonny boy
我会抚育他俊朗的孩儿
While he's growing
直到他茁壮成长