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第4章 Oh, Susanna噢,苏珊娜

Oh, Susanna, oh, dont you cry for me.

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Oh, Susanna

songwriter\composer\singer: Stephen Foster

I came from Alabama with my banjobanjo n.班卓琴, 五弦琴 on my kneeknee n.膝, 膝盖 .

Im going to Louisiana my true love for to see.

It rained all night.

The day I left the weather it was dry,

The sun so hot I froze to death.

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

噢,苏珊娜

作词\作曲\演唱: 斯蒂芬·福斯特

带着心爱的五弦琴,我从阿拉巴马出发了。

我要去路易斯安那,寻找我的真爱。

昨天晚上一直在下雨。

但我出发那天却晴了。

阳光灼热,但我却心冷如死。

Susanna, dont you cry.

Oh, Susanna, oh, dont you cry for me.

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Oh, Susanna.Oh, dont you cry for me.

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

I had a dream the other night,

When everything was stillstill adj.静止的, 静寂的 ,

I thought I saw Susanna,

Coming down the hill.

The buckbuck n.<美口> 元, 雄鹿, 公羊, 公兔 wheat cake was in her mouth,

The tears were in her eye,

Says I Im coming from Alabama with my banjo on my knee,

Susanna, dont you cry.

苏珊娜,别哭泣,

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

夜深人静的时候,

我做了一个梦,

梦贝苏珊娜,

从山上下来。

她嘴里吃着荞麦饼,

但眼泪晶莹,

我离开阿拉巴马带着心爱的五弦琴来找你,

苏珊娜,别哭泣。

Oh, Susanna, oh, dont you crycry v.吵着要, 恳求, 迫切需要 for me.

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Oh, Susanna, oh, dont you cry for me.

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

I soon will be in New Orleans,

And then Ill run around.

And when I find Susanna,

Ill fall down upon the ground.

But if I dont find her, Dis darkiell surely die,

And when Im dead and burried,

Susanna, dont you cry.

Oh, Susanna, oh, dont you cry for me,

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

Oh, Susanna, oh dont you cry for me,

Ive come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee.

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

我很快要去新奥尔良,

我将四处寻访,

当我找到苏珊娜,

我愿跪倒在她身旁。

但是假如我找不到她,冥府的鬼将会死掉,

当我死后,

苏珊娜,别哭泣。

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

噢,苏珊娜,你别为我哭泣,

我来自阿拉巴马,还带着心爱的五弦琴。

这是一首古老而动人的歌曲。歌中表达了主人公对苏珊娜的刻骨铭心的爱。为了这份爱他可以献出自己年轻的生命,为了爱人,黄土埋身也心甘情愿。他远离家乡,四处寻找心上人,冒酷暑顶着烈日心却像冰一样的冷,但此心不变。