The House Carpenter - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹)

Well met well met my own true love

再见 再见 我的真爱

Well met well met cried he

再见 再见 他哭道

I＇ve just returned from the salt salt sea

我才从死海上归来

All for the love of thee

全是因为我对你的爱

I could have married the King＇s daughter dear

我本可与国王的爱女成婚

She would have married me

她本会嫁给我

But I have forsaken her crowns of gold

但我却放弃了她的金冠

All for the love of thee

全是因为我对你的爱

Well if you could have married the King＇s daughter dear I＇m sure you are to blame

假如你娶了 国王的爱女 你一定会被谴责的

For I am married to a house carpenter

因为我已与一位木匠结婚

And find him a nice young man

并且发现他是一位好小伙

Oh will you forsake your house carpenter

你愿意放弃你的木匠

And go along with me

并同我离去吗

I＇ll take you to where the grass grows green

我会带你去那绿草如茵之地

To the banks of the salt salt sea

去那死海岸边

Well if I should forsake my house carpenter

假如我放弃了我的木匠

And go along with thee

并随你离去

What have you got to maintain me on

你有什么可以供养我

And keep me from poverty

并让我远离贫困

Six ships six ships all out on the sea

六艘船 六艘船都已在海上

Seven more upon dry land

还有第七艘在陆地上

One hundred and ten all brave sailor men

全部一百一十位勇敢的水手

Will be at your command

将听从你的指令

She picked up her own wee babe

她抱起她的小宝宝

Kisses gave him three

吻了他三遍

Said Stay right here with my house carpenter

说道 在这和我的木匠待在一起

And keep him good company

好好地陪伴他

Then she putted on her rich attire

然后她穿上她的华服

So glorious to behold

如此光彩夺目

And as she trod along her way

当她步行于路上时

She shown like the glittering gold

她如同金子般闪闪发光

Well they＇d not been gone but about two weeks

他们并没有离去 只不过离开了大约两周

I know it was not three

我清楚不是三周

When this fair lady began to weep

当这位美丽的小姐开始哭泣

She wept most bitterly

她哭得最为悲痛

Ah why do you weep my fair young maid

你为何哭泣 我美丽的少女

Weep it for your golden store

为了你的好商店吗

Or do you weep for your house carpenter

还是为了你再也不见的

Who never you shall see anymore

木匠而哭泣

I do not weep for my house carpenter

我并不是为了我的木匠而哭泣

Or for any golden store

也不是为了什么好商店

I do weep for my own wee babe

我是为了我再也见不到的

Who never I shall see anymore

自己的小宝宝而哭

Well they＇d not been gone but about three weeks

他们并未离去 只是离开了大约三周

I＇m sure it was not four

我确定不是四周

Our gallant ship sprang a leak and sank

我们堂皇的大船断裂然后沉没

Never to rise anymore

再也不会浮起

One time around spun our gallant ship

我们堂皇的大船旋转了一圈

Two times around spun she

她旋转了两圈

Three times around spun our gallant ship

我们堂皇的大船旋转了三圈

And sank to the bottom of the sea

然后沉入海底

What hills what hills are those my love

那些小山是什么 我的爱人

That rise so fair and high

如此美丽又高耸

Those are the hills of heaven my love

那些是天堂的小山 我的爱人

But not for you and I

但不是你和我的

And what hills what hills are those my love

那些小丘又是什么 我的爱人

Those hills so dark and low

如此阴暗又低矮

Those are the hills of hell my love

那些是地狱的小丘 我的爱人

Where you and I must go

是你我的归宿