分手信A dear John letter

正在战场上的美国大兵接到心上人的信，一打开却是恋人要求分手的消息，因为她已经嫁给了大兵的兄弟。这首歌由美国著名的女乡村音乐歌手史琪特·戴维丝（Skeeter Davis）演唱，她的另一首金曲是1963年的"The End of the World"。

分手信 A dear John letter

-Skeeter Davis,Bobby Bare

梅三思 译

Dear John

亲爱的约翰

Oh! how I hate to write

哦，我真不想写这封信

Dear John

亲爱的约翰

I must let you know tonight

今晚我必须让你知道

That my love for you has died away 

我对你的爱已经消亡

Like grass upon the lawn

就像草坪上割下来的草

And tonight I wed another 

今晚我嫁给了别人

Dear John

亲爱的约翰

I was overseas in battle 

我正在海外的战场上

When the postman came to me

当邮差走过来

He handed me a letter 

他递给我一封信

And I was just as happy as I could be

我当时真是欣喜若狂

Cause the fighting was all over 

因为战争就快结束了

And the battles have all been won

我们几乎赢得了所有的战役

But then I opened up the letter 

然后我打开信

And that started dear John

开头便是亲爱的约翰

Would you please send back my picture

你能寄还我的照片吗

 My husband wants it now

我的丈夫现在想要它

When I tell you who I'm wedding 

当我告诉你我要嫁给谁时

You won't care, do you? anyhow

你一点也不在乎，对吧？不管怎样

And it hurts me so to tell you

告诉你这些可真让我难过

That my love for you has gone

我对你的爱已经消散

But tonight I wed your brother 

今晚我就要嫁给你的兄弟

Dear John

亲爱的约翰