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021、Altan - Daily Growing（日渐长大）
1 @% z7 w+ W2 h, E' B( D& a" i3 ^ 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……; S) e6 H7 r" x5 A3 m. }+ T0 s
1 M4 R( t0 J9 H2 X- S Daily Growing（日渐长大）7 B+ j0 R2 S% h. W' D2 w0 m. l
The trees they grow high, the leaves they do grow green,树在长高,叶在变绿4 n/ e% P) P9 s7 C
Many is the time my true love I've seen,许多次，我看到他的可爱6 Y7 T6 C' A7 [7 ^ a1 n
Many an hour I have watched him all alone,几多时，我独自对他长久凝视，
: }3 G9 {3 v% C; L5 m+ o He's young but he's daily growing.他还小，但他正在长大
, ?% E7 M9 I6 `* N* ~* U" y+ M7 V 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
n" i1 ?0 }7 b# [1 R; B0 R 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
( U+ {0 ^5 p- m: s I am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,我二十四，他十四9 s! z3 d W& F# ^: O& {' L6 F
He's young but he's daily growing.他还小，但他在长大1 q4 D# l7 C" y& l' E/ L H" H9 }
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
/ W e% D9 C& {& |& S I have married you to a great lord's son,我把你嫁给豪门的儿子" V7 \5 |; F& L0 i
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
, ?1 U/ d. M; \+ F& ?! h# \$ L5 A He's young but he's daily growing他还小, 但他在长大
2 F3 d- K! M: n& p8 M+ b Father, dear father, if you see fit,爸爸, 亲爱的爸爸, 如果你认为合适4 e0 X: ~# I- r
We'll send him to college for another year yet,来年过后, 送他读大学吧0 ?# W1 Q& Z0 c4 X
I'll tie a blue ribbon all around his head,我要用蓝绸带缠上他的头
" |" G U* a8 ?: d- C- x% s To let the maidens know that he is married.告诉年轻的女孩, 他已经结婚; P. p3 \% C( a7 m) K$ [
One day I was looking over my father's castle wall,曾经有一天, 我越过爸爸的院墙
8 s# l/ j7 g/ h, t/ [ I spied all the boys playing with a ball,我看到一群男孩在玩球9 P$ N$ l+ x! {! }" ^! ^* S* `* U
And my own true love was the flower of them all,我的爱追逐其中
3 _* N8 v1 s- }& C, l He's young but he's daily growing.他还小, 但他在长大' I0 T+ o* K2 F9 M' @) N
And so early in the morning at the dawning of the day,那是曙光微现的清晨8 |8 L! Y8 I4 U! u
They went into a hayfield to have some sport and play,他们冲入草场锻炼游戏
$ X1 d# s" Y% H2 G1 X And what they did there she never would declare,他们的幼稚，她羞于告人) `+ p8 J0 P& b1 l7 V- s' g" Z
But she never more complained of his growing.但她无从抱怨，因为他在成长" e: c4 w5 Z8 E3 r& x
At the age of fourteen he was a married man,十四岁，他成为已婚男人. X( X' R( Y* s: q
At the age of fifteen the father of my son,十五岁,他已经是一个孩子的父亲
% _" Q# o! {. z( ? At the age of sixteen his grave it was green,十六岁，他的墓地绿草如茵# S# [5 \ k# J7 H
And death had put an end to his growing.死亡终止他的成长; K) f1 E" F" l
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 q) T( k' R/ t/ ]4 e With every stitch I put in it, the tears they will pour down,一针下去，泪如雨" v0 r4 W' l& L. o8 K
With every stitch I put in it, how the tears they will flow,一针上来，雨是泪, }0 }- t& K' u6 B g) D( R8 v
Cruel fate has put an end to his growing.残酷的命运终结他的成长 |
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