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021、Altan - Daily Growing（日渐长大）
4 {1 j% ]) A9 p, {! h 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……) A# C' H; y9 h9 B$ \8 @
/ e: K" \9 V4 _' b Daily Growing（日渐长大）0 g$ Z( u+ Q# ?" U8 R$ i8 i
The trees they grow high, the leaves they do grow green,树在长高,叶在变绿
$ j, [% T: W# u Many is the time my true love I've seen,许多次，我看到他的可爱3 R& v3 [# D" B
Many an hour I have watched him all alone,几多时，我独自对他长久凝视，
. j- ~* F8 O2 ` z' f& T He's young but he's daily growing.他还小，但他正在长大- L7 g( @* G/ V; [' a1 n' w! y
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
7 ]0 J0 ?0 j6 y: s 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7 a( `; Q4 n6 l1 r
I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,我二十四，他十四$ c8 b6 H: x, D( o
He's young but he's daily growing.他还小，但他在长大( }6 m( I7 n( ^
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
) S4 x+ M& m v6 a( I$ m I have married you to a great lord's son,我把你嫁给豪门的儿子
/ v" b2 _# |6 {: b7 O 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/ a( x: [1 p2 ]# N$ w( X
He's young but he's daily growing他还小, 但他在长大
3 K! m3 P$ ]) M. S9 N, a' n4 H Father, dear father, if you see fit,爸爸, 亲爱的爸爸, 如果你认为合适
' e+ H& C. p5 V5 D We'll send him to college for another year yet,来年过后, 送他读大学吧: N. n& H7 j5 S) T) o' f5 Z
I'll tie a blue ribbon all around his head,我要用蓝绸带缠上他的头. O1 q, @& q- r# h2 l# t. O- `
To let the maidens know that he is married.告诉年轻的女孩, 他已经结婚
! r0 \, ?, U) ]3 q0 h) F One day I was looking over my father's castle wall,曾经有一天, 我越过爸爸的院墙1 k. e( E( A/ ?% l( d0 }% u( D
I spied all the boys playing with a ball,我看到一群男孩在玩球0 `4 }7 a) }( t O2 A
And my own true love was the flower of them all,我的爱追逐其中
7 L6 ?# J" Y, ~6 a; ] B He's young but he's daily growing.他还小, 但他在长大
7 l' k5 E7 P0 A) N8 M And so early in the morning at the dawning of the day,那是曙光微现的清晨" J( `( G' T0 [: |% z; {7 I. H. T
They went into a hayfield to have some sport and play,他们冲入草场锻炼游戏
: r6 \# v3 O- [2 w And what they did there she never would declare,他们的幼稚，她羞于告人, V, S, S( C& C3 \
But she never more complained of his growing.但她无从抱怨，因为他在成长( }% s! P. S; I# B# q
At the age of fourteen he was a married man,十四岁，他成为已婚男人
0 d7 j% n1 ~& X# {- | At the age of fifteen the father of my son,十五岁,他已经是一个孩子的父亲. M; X7 v( W* l+ p$ ~: \8 M
At the age of sixteen his grave it was green,十六岁，他的墓地绿草如茵6 a# ~; K- j. b( O* D* O$ o2 R
And death had put an end to his growing.死亡终止他的成长
# o N: D0 g) R& D 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
5 x) o( a' G( m( y+ ^" l& A4 a With every stitch I put in it, the tears they will pour down,一针下去，泪如雨8 A, ?! [; g* B# Y8 e. _+ \
With every stitch I put in it, how the tears they will flow,一针上来，雨是泪3 ?6 t/ [& U) 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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