When I was just a lad of ten
当我年仅十岁之时
My father said to me
我的父亲对我说
Come here and take a lesson
过来,吸取教训
From the lovely lemon tree
从那美丽的柠檬树上吸取教训
Don't put your faith in love My boy
孩子,别太相信爱情
My father said to me
我的父亲对我说
I fear you'll find that love
我担心你会找到爱
Is like the lovely lemon tree
就像迷人的柠檬树
Lemon tree very pretty
柠檬树很漂亮
And the lemon flower is sweet
但柠檬花儿香
But the fruit of the poor lemon
但苦涩的柠檬果
Is impossible to eat
酸涩难以入口
Beneath the lemon tree one day
柠檬树下有一天
My love and I did a lie
我和我爱人撒了个谎
A girl so sweet that when she smiled
一个甜美的女孩当她微笑时
The sun rose in the sky
太阳在天空升起
We passed that summer
我们度过了那个夏天
Lost in love beneath the lemon tree
在柠檬树下,迷失在爱里
The music of her laughter
她笑声如乐
Hid my father's words from me
对我隐瞒父亲的话
One day she left without a word
有一天她一句话也没说就走了
She took away the sun
她带走了我生命中的阳光
And in the dark she left behind
被她遗忘在黑暗中
I knew what she had done
我知晓她的所作所为
She'd left me for another
她离我而去另寻新欢
It's a common tale but true
这是一个普通的故事但却是真的
A sadder man but wiser now
经历了悲伤,现在更明智
I sing these words to you
我对你唱着歌
Lemon tree
柠檬树