Boomerang - Slim Dusty
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
This is the tale of a new chum Jack
这是一个新移民杰克的故事
Who'd just come in from the great outback
他刚从广袤的内陆来到此地
I asked an old dark man how the boomerang came to be
我询问一位原住民老者 回力镖如何诞生
And he told me as only a dark fella can
他用原住民特有的方式告诉我
That they made it from a boomerang tree
它们取材自回力镖树
A boomerang a boomerang a boomerang tree
回力镖啊回力镖 回力镖树
I searched and searched but I never did see
我苦苦寻觅却始终未见
That's how the boomerang came to be
这就是回力镖的起源传说
They made it from a boomerang tree
它们取材于回旋镖树
I asked an old dark man where the kangaroo got it's tail
我问一位原住民老者 袋鼠的尾巴从何而来
And he told me as only a dark fella can
他用原住民特有的方式告诉我
They shipped them in on the birdsville mail
它们搭乘伯兹维尔邮车而来
Shipped them in on the birdsville mail
搭乘伯兹维尔邮车而来
A couple of a hundred to a bail
每捆装载数百只
Shipped them in on the birdsville mail
搭乘伯兹维尔邮车而来
And that's how the kangaroo got it's tail
这就是袋鼠尾巴的由来
I asked an old dark man where the roly poly goes
我问一位原住民老者 滚圆虫从何而来
And he told me as only a dark fella can
他用原住民特有的方式告诉我
That the big fella dabble dabble lives on those
说那神秘巨灵栖息在虫身之上
A big fella dabble dabble lives on those
神秘巨灵栖息在虫身之上
A big fella dabble dabble lives on those
神秘巨灵栖息在虫身之上
And every picaninny knows
每个孩童都知晓这个传说
That's where the roly poly goes
这就是滚圆虫的由来
Boomerang boomerang kangaroo tail
回力镖 回力镖 袋鼠尾巴摇
Roly poly birdsville mail
滚圆虫 邮车跑 鸟儿镇里绕
New chum new chum on the trail
新来的 新来的 循着小道找
All add up to a dark fella's tale
原住民的故事真奇妙
I asked an old dark man how you tell the coolibah tree
我问长者如何辨认桉树高
And he told me as only a dark fella can
他用原住民特有的方式告诉我
That they always write it with a capital 'C'
树名总要大写字母C
Always write it with a capital 'C'
永远都要大写字母C
Always write it with a capital 'C'
永远都要大写字母C
And that's how you tell the coolibah tree
这样你就能认出桉树的身影
Well that's what the dark man said to me
这就是那位长者告诉我的秘密
I asked an old dark man how the billabong got it's name
我问原住民老者比拉邦名字的由来
And he told me as only a dark fella can
他用原住民特有的方式告诉我
That he wasn't around when the billabong came
当比拉邦诞生时他尚未在场
Wasn't around when the billabong came
当比拉邦诞生时他尚未在场
Wasn't around when the billabong came
当比拉邦诞生时他尚未在场
Doesn't know how it's got it's name
他不知这名字从何而来
'Cause he wasn't around when the billabong came
因比拉邦出现时他不在场
Billabong boomerang kangaroo tail
比拉邦 回力镖 袋鼠尾巴
Roly poly birdsville mail
滚圆虫 邮车跑 鸟儿镇里绕
Coolibah new chum on the trail
新来的杰克沿着桉树小径
All add up to a dark fella's tale
原住民的故事真奇妙
All add up to a dark fella's tale
原住民的故事真奇妙
All add up to a dark fella's tale
原住民的故事真奇妙