The Trees They Do Grow High - Joan Baez (琼·贝兹)

Trees they grow high

树木在长高

The leaves they do grow green

叶子在变绿

Many is the time my true love I＇ve seen

许多次 我看到他 我的真爱

Many an hour I have watched him all alone

很多时候我看到的他 都是孤独的样子

He＇s young

他很年轻

But he＇s daily growing

但他每天都在成长

Father dear father

父亲 亲爱的父亲

You＇ve done me great wrong

你对我犯了个错误

You have married me to a boy

你把我嫁给了一个男孩

Who is too young

他太年轻了

I＇m twice twelve and he is but fourteen

我24岁 而他只有14岁

He＇s young

他太年轻了

But he＇s daily growing

但他每天都在成长

Daughter dear daughter

女儿 亲爱的女儿

I＇ve done you no wrong

我没有做错

I have married you to a great lord＇s son

我把你嫁给了伟大领主的儿子

He＇ll make a lord for you to wait upon

他会成为你所等待的王

He＇s young

他很年轻

But he＇s daily growing

但他每天都在成长

Father dear father if you see fit

父亲 亲爱的父亲 如果你觉得合适

We＇ll send him to college for one year yet

我们将送他去大学一年

I＇ll tie blue ribbons all around his head

我会在他头上系上蓝色的丝带

To let the maidens know that he＇s married

让女孩们知道他已经结婚了

One day I was looking over my father＇s castle wall

一天 我在我父亲的城墙上

I spied all the boys aplaying with the ball

看见很多男孩子在玩球

My own true love was the flower of them all

我的爱人是他们中的佼佼者

He＇s young but he＇s daily growing

他很年轻 但他每天都在成长

At the age of fourteen he was a married man

在14岁时 他已经结婚了

At the age of fifteen the father of a son

在15岁时 他是孩子的父亲

At the age of sixteen his grave it was green

在16岁时 他的坟墓是绿色的

And death had put an end to his growing

死亡终结了他的成长