《柠檬树》 Lemon Tree

一个悲伤的初恋故事，小男孩忘掉父亲的嘱咐，沉醉到爱情里，最后却上当受骗，他唱出柠檬树的歌。这是我第一盘乡村音乐磁带的第三首，The Brothers Four演唱，很多年前的事了，好听的歌总可以经久不衰。另外还有一首Fool's Garden演唱的《Lemon Tree》也很经典，下一章介绍。

柠檬树 Lemon Tree

-The Brothers Four

梅三思 译

When I was just a lad of ten, my father said to me

当我还是个十岁的小少年，父亲对我说，

"Come here and take a lesson from the lovely Lemon Tree"

“到这里来，跟可爱的柠檬树学一课。”

"Don't put your faith in love, my boy" my father said to me

“别相信爱情，我的孩子，”父亲对我说，

"I fear you'll find that love is like the lovely Lemon Tree"

“我恐怕你将会发现爱情就像可爱的柠檬树一样，”

Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

柠檬树多么美丽，柠檬花也很可爱，

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

但坏掉的柠檬果却不能吃。

Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

柠檬树多么美丽，柠檬花也很可爱，

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

但坏掉的柠檬果却不能吃。

Beneath the Lemon Tree one day, my love and I did lie

一天在柠檬树下，我和我的恋人并肩躺，

A girl so sweet that when she smiled the stars rose in the sky

多么可爱的女孩儿，当她微笑时就像星星布满天空。

We passed that summer lost in love beneath the lemon tree

我们度过了那个夏天，沉醉在爱河里，就在柠檬树下

the music of her laughter hid my father's words from me

她欢笑的乐音让我把父亲的话忘了个一干二净。

Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

柠檬树多么美丽，柠檬花也很可爱，

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

但坏掉的柠檬果却不能吃。

Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

柠檬树多么美丽，柠檬花也很可爱，

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

但坏掉的柠檬果却不能吃。

One day she left without a word. She took away the sun

一天，她不辞而别，她带走了太阳，

And in the dark she left behind, I knew what she had done

在她留下的黑暗里，我明白她做了什么，

She'd left me for another, it's a common tale but true

她移情别恋，这是个常见却真实的故事，

A sadder man but wiser now I sing these words to you

一个悲伤却更聪明的男人，我唱给你这首歌：

Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

柠檬树多么美丽，柠檬花也很可爱，

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

但坏掉的柠檬果却不能吃。

Lemon Tree very pretty and the lemon flower is sweet

柠檬树多么美丽，柠檬花也很可爱，

but the fruit of the poor lemon is impossible to eat

但坏掉的柠檬果却不能吃。

Lemon Tree ...Lemon Tree ...Lemon Tree ...Lemon Tree ...

柠檬树...柠檬树...柠檬树...柠檬树...