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第15章 Green Sleeves绿袖子

Green sleeves was all my joy,

Green sleeves was my delight.

Green Sleeves

songwriter\composer\singer: Unknown

Alas, my love, you do me wrong,

To cast me off discourteouslydiscourteously adv.不礼貌地, 粗鲁地 .

For I have loved you, oh, so long,

Delightingdelight n.快乐, 高兴, 喜悦 in your companycompany n.陪伴 .

绿袖子是我欢乐的全部,

绿袖子是我全部的快乐。

绿袖子

啊,我的爱人,你对不起我,

你无情无义抛弃了我,

我已爱上你,哦,这么久,

在你陪伴中多快乐。

Green sleevessleeve n.袖子 was all my joy,

Green sleeves was my delight.

Green sleeves was my heart of gold,

And who but my lady,

Green sleeves.

If you intend to be this way,

It does the more enraptureenrapture vt.使狂喜 me.

And even so I still remainremain v.保持,逗留,剩余,残存

A lover in captivitycaptivity n.囚禁, 被关 .

Green sleeves was all my joyjoy n.欢乐, 喜悦, 快乐, 乐事, 乐趣 ,

Green sleeves was my delight.

绿袖子是我欢乐的全部,

绿袖子是我全部的快乐。

绿袖子是我金子般的心,

只有她才是我心爱的人,

绿袖子。

如果你想要这样,

那会让我更陶醉。

即便这样我仍会

被爱情俘虏。

绿袖子是我欢乐的全部,

绿袖子是我全部的快乐。

Green sleeves was my heart of gold,

And who but my lady,

Green sleeves.

Mm…Mm…

Green sleeves now farewell adieuadieu n.再见, 再会 ,

God I pray will prosperprosper v.成功, 昌盛, (指上帝)使成功, 使繁荣 theethee pron.<古>(thou的宾格)你 ,

For I am still thythy pron.<古>(thou的所有格)你的 lover true,

Come once again and love me.

绿袖子是我金子般的心,

只有她才是我心爱的人,

……绿袖子。

…………

绿袖子,你要离别,

我祈祷上帝保佑你,

但我还是你真正的恋人,

回来吧,再爱我一次。

《绿袖子》这首歌属于传统民歌形式,具有典型的地方特色和风格趣味,反映出一个民族对待爱情的体现和态度。

或许,绿袖子只是心爱人的代表和象征,也许是心上人的衣着,也许是心上人对颜色的偏好,这不仅是我快乐的全部,也是我金子般心灵的美好体现。这种对心上人不存在任何虚伪、杂质的爱才是世界上最纯洁、最高尚的真爱。