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021、Altan - Daily Growing（日渐长大）
" e9 N6 n0 T& e 又一首爱尔兰音乐天籁，有故事的歌曲，父女俩对话般的吟唱、以及歌中那种仿佛已经渗入骨髓的忧伤让人无比感伤。故事是这样的：一个女子在年轻的时候由于父亲的安排嫁给了一个显贵的子弟，她开始担心自己的年龄有一天会成为感情悲剧的主因，她埋怨父亲错误的将自己嫁给了一个比她小很多的男子。婚后第二年，他们有了自己的孩子，而她的夫君却也还是一个孩子，在一天天的长大。她送他去上学，为他裹了蓝色的头巾，她怕别人抢走父亲为自己选定依存的真爱。而命运的捉弄，却使她很快成了寡妇，在为爱人缝制寿衣的时候，她的悲哀成了整个曲子的灵魂……( `; q6 t/ |9 j. h
3 j, M. j8 O7 N3 _, @6 p( M2 U Daily Growing（日渐长大）$ Q0 {% F7 L9 a4 N. R( I6 G4 Y' N
The trees they grow high, the leaves they do grow green,树在长高,叶在变绿9 i7 @7 a* \( @2 b# u! A
Many is the time my true love I've seen,许多次，我看到他的可爱
* g9 ?+ ]* p4 |- g Many an hour I have watched him all alone,几多时，我独自对他长久凝视，
( ~- u/ A5 O' G; K0 ?3 z He's young but he's daily growing.他还小，但他正在长大9 M3 y, L# R- D5 u* C; a7 L
Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong,爸爸, 亲爱的爸爸, 你对你的女儿犯下一个巨大的错误
5 Q, y: R0 X. O6 u4 `. I4 I You have married me to a boy who is too young,你把我嫁给了一个没有成年的男孩
6 b1 j7 j4 L! z m6 n I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,我二十四，他十四
2 @4 S0 V( F- J, D5 U. Q( o He's young but he's daily growing.他还小，但他在长大0 Q* V+ _ k! ~, i5 h0 g' l
Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong,女儿, 亲爱的女儿,我给你的安排并没有错
/ |9 L5 Q7 u) E* }, J# g I have married you to a great lord's son,我把你嫁给豪门的儿子. D- u7 Y) S; w7 H2 a; f
He will be a man for you when I am dead and gone,一旦我老去，他将是你依靠的男人# q+ }) L8 I1 Y I
He's young but he's daily growing他还小, 但他在长大' o; k' l( ?1 x* g, c4 P
Father, dear father, if you see fit,爸爸, 亲爱的爸爸, 如果你认为合适
3 d4 h0 h7 v- P& q We'll send him to college for another year yet,来年过后, 送他读大学吧
9 ?: N( W& L* `1 p) M( ~- N2 z I'll tie a blue ribbon all around his head,我要用蓝绸带缠上他的头
1 e+ ~; z# `# n4 {2 b U, | To let the maidens know that he is married.告诉年轻的女孩, 他已经结婚9 b5 O/ ]$ e5 P4 L) Q m
One day I was looking over my father's castle wall,曾经有一天, 我越过爸爸的院墙
5 N2 n) S1 N6 e- x8 [) D; S I spied all the boys playing with a ball,我看到一群男孩在玩球1 r' ^- g) e4 Y) b0 X, {% a
And my own true love was the flower of them all,我的爱追逐其中! ~0 u4 g. h' [& W
He's young but he's daily growing.他还小, 但他在长大
. \ `$ d% }# e/ C* o And so early in the morning at the dawning of the day,那是曙光微现的清晨5 R/ |, U i7 v. `/ J! d: c6 H$ q
They went into a hayfield to have some sport and play,他们冲入草场锻炼游戏- n: p; l' p1 L: U( ?( r0 V# w
And what they did there she never would declare,他们的幼稚，她羞于告人
* o3 C; W) d! h* d7 w. n But she never more complained of his growing.但她无从抱怨，因为他在成长
5 B& F0 l0 R6 z8 Z At the age of fourteen he was a married man,十四岁，他成为已婚男人
9 Y2 |9 D5 U, Y8 M0 i2 x5 A* ~8 c At the age of fifteen the father of my son,十五岁,他已经是一个孩子的父亲
0 J, w8 }3 K3 h+ ?6 ~9 i At the age of sixteen his grave it was green,十六岁，他的墓地绿草如茵3 r, _# a+ e2 y' V/ K2 B$ p
And death had put an end to his growing.死亡终止他的成长
& ~7 p" V O0 I+ t9 y I'll buy my love some flannel, I'll make my love a shroud,我买来法兰绒，为我的可爱做着寿衣
1 Y D6 E, @$ X' [0 h! b! x With every stitch I put in it, the tears they will pour down,一针下去，泪如雨
# ~/ B1 v7 @/ h With every stitch I put in it, how the tears they will flow,一针上来，雨是泪7 L- f/ \* B" F' |8 A" t
Cruel fate has put an end to his growing.残酷的命运终结他的成长 |
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