賴世雄精講英文歌曲(19): 玫瑰，玫瑰，我愛妳

本曲大意

這首歌顯然描寫的是異國之戀。老美在二次世界大戰(zhàn)、韓戰(zhàn)、越戰(zhàn)時(shí)，與亞洲諸多國家的當(dāng)?shù)嘏嬋肭榫W(wǎng)，唯戰(zhàn)后這些老外得隨軍返國，許多鴛鴦因此被拆散，這首歌描述的正是此一典例。早年由馬龍?白蘭度主演的『櫻花戀』及關(guān)家倩主演的『蘇絲黃的世界』都是描寫異國之戀的經(jīng)典電影，值得租來一看回味一下。

英文歌詞

Rose, Rose, I love you with an aching heart. What is your future, now we have to part? Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away. Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay.

Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose. Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes. In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, "Please make way for Rose," you can hear them say.

All my life I shall remember oriental music and you in my arms. Perfumed flowers in your tresses, lotus€?cented breezes and swaying palms.

Rose, Rose, I love you with your almond eyes. Fragrant and slender, neath tropical skies. I must cross the seas again and never see you more, way back to my home on a distant shore.

Rose, Rose, Ill leave you; my ship is in the bay. Kiss me farewell, now; theres nothing to say. East is east and west is west. Our worlds are far apart. I must leave you now, but I leave my heart.

歌詞翻譯

玫瑰，玫瑰，我愛妳愛得心都痛了。現(xiàn)在我們要分開了，妳將何去何從呢?當(dāng)輪船開航時(shí)，我看到妳站在碼頭上。美麗的馬來亞之花啊!我無法停留。

讓路，哦，為我美麗的東方玫瑰讓路。不論她走到哪里，男人都會蜂擁而上去看她。不管她坐黃包車經(jīng)過街道時(shí)或在酒店里，你都會聽到有人喊道：『請讓路給玫瑰!』

我一輩子都會記得東方音樂和妳在我懷中的情景，妳的鬈發(fā)插上了彌漫香味的花朵，棕櫚樹在飄著蓮花香的微風(fēng)中搖曳。

玫瑰，玫瑰我愛妳及妳那雙杏眼，在熱帶藍(lán)天下妳身上散發(fā)出芬芳，且身影窈窕。我必須再度啟程前往大洋遙遠(yuǎn)的另一端，那是我生長的故鄉(xiāng)。我再也見不到妳了。

玫瑰，玫瑰，我要離開妳了，我的船就在海灣。和我吻別，現(xiàn)在毋需再多說。東方是東方，西方是西方。我們的世界相隔那么遠(yuǎn)。我現(xiàn)在必須離開妳，但我把心留給妳。

字詞句型分析

1.Rose, Rose, I love you with an aching heart.

→Rose, Rose, I love you so much that my heart aches.

玫瑰，玫瑰，我是如此地愛妳以致于心痛。

ache vi. 痛, 疼

例:After climbing the mountain, I ached all over.(爬山以后，我感覺渾身疼痛。)

2.What is your future, now we have to part?

=Now that we have to part, what is your future?

現(xiàn)在我們既然要分開了，妳將何去何從呢?

now that...　　既然 (現(xiàn)在)……

*此乃副詞連接詞, 引導(dǎo)現(xiàn)在式或現(xiàn)在完成式的副詞子句。

例:Now that you have money, you should help the poor.(既然你現(xiàn)在有錢，就應(yīng)該幫助窮人。)

3.Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away.

→I see you standing on the wharf as the steamer moves away.

當(dāng)輪船慢慢駛出去時(shí)，我看到妳站在碼頭上。

jetty n. 碼頭=wharf

4.Flower of Malaya　　馬來亞之花 (指漂亮的女孩子)

5.Make way, oh, make way, for my Eastern Rose. Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes. In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, "Please make way for Rose," you can hear them say.

→Wherever my girlfriend Rose goes in her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, men would gather around just to admire her beauty.

每當(dāng)玫瑰坐黃包車經(jīng)過街道或在酒店時(shí)，男人都擁到那里去爭睹她的風(fēng)采。

a.make way　　讓路

例:I made way for the old man.(我讓路給那老人。)

b.crowd vi. 群聚, 擁擠=gather

例:They crowded into the classroom to hear the famous lecturer.(他們擠進(jìn)教室聽這位名演講者的課。)

c.rickshaw n. 人力車, 黃包車

d.cabaret n. (法國式有歌舞助興的) 酒店, 餐館

6.All my life I shall remember oriental music and you in my arms. Perfumed flowers in your tresses, lotus€?cented breezes and swaying palms.

我一輩子都會記得此地的東方音樂及妳在我懷里的那種感覺。妳的鬈發(fā)插上了彌漫香味的花朵，棕櫚樹在飄著蓮花香的微風(fēng)中搖曳。

a.all my life　　一輩子

例:I will love you all my life.(我將一輩子愛妳。)

b.oriental a. 東方諸國的, 亞洲的, 東方文明的

c.perfume n. 香水, 香氣 & vt. 噴以香水, 使香

perfumed 有香味的 (過去分詞, 作形容詞)

d.tresses n. (女人) 長發(fā) (恒為復(fù)數(shù))

e.lotus-cented a. 有蓮花味道的

f.sway vi. 搖擺, 搖曳, 動(dòng)搖

例:The grass is swaying in the breeze.(草在微風(fēng)中搖曳。)

g.palm n. 棕櫚 (熱帶性植物)

7.Rose, Rose, I love you with your almond eyes. Fragrant and slender, neath tropical skies.

→Rose, Rose, I love you with your almond eyes. You smell fragrant and look slender beneath the tropical skies.

我愛妳以及妳那雙美麗的杏眼。在熱帶的天空下妳身上散發(fā)出芬芳且身影窈窕。

a.almond n. 杏仁

almond eyes　　杏眼=almond-haped eyes

b.fragrant a. 芬芳的

例:The garden is fragrant with flowers.(這花園洋溢著花香。)

c.slender a. 纖細(xì)的; 苗條的

例:She has slender fingers.(她有細(xì)長的手指。)

d.neath　prep.　在……的下面=beneath

e.tropical a. 熱帶的

temperate a. (氣候) 溫帶的

arctic a. 北極地區(qū)的

subtropical a. 亞熱帶的

例:Taiwan is an island located in the subtropical zone.(臺灣是位于亞熱帶的一個(gè)島。)

8.I must cross the seas again and never see you more, way back to my home on a distant shore.

→I must leave for my home on the other side of the ocean, and there is no chance I can see you again.

我必須啟程前往大洋遙遠(yuǎn)的另一端，那是我生長的故鄉(xiāng)，我倆沒有再見面的機(jī)會了。

a.shore n. 海岸, (海、湖、河) 岸

例:The boat was near the shore.(這艘船在海岸附近。)

b.distant a. 遠(yuǎn)離的; 遙遠(yuǎn)的

例:We saw a distant flash of light as the boat approached.

(當(dāng)船靠近時(shí)，我們看到遠(yuǎn)處有一道閃光。)

9.bay n. 海灣, 灣