Down by the sally gardens

方博涵

歌词
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Down by the salley gardens
My love and I did meet
She passed the salley gardens
With little snow-white feet
She bid me take love easy
As the leaves grow on the tree
But I being young and foolish
With her would not agree
In a field by the river
My love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder
She laid her snow-white hand
She bid me take life easy
As the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish
And now I'm full of tears
Down by the salley gardens
My love and I did meet
She passed the salley gardens
With little snow-white feet
She bid me take love easy
As the leaves grow on the tree
But I being young and foolish
With her would not agree
3中文翻译
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Down by the Salley Gardens my love and I did meet
我曾和我的挚爱相遇在莎园中
She passed the Salley Gardens with little snow-white feet
她踏著雪白的纤纤玉足，轻轻走过莎园
She bid me take love easy as the leaves grow on the tree
她要我简单的追求真爱，就像大树长出树叶一般自然
But I being young and foolish with her did not agree
但我是那么的年轻愚笨，从来没有听从过她的心声
In a field by the river my love and I did stand
我曾和我的挚爱并肩伫立在河畔的旷野上
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand
她把她嫩白的小手，搭在我那微微倾斜的肩膀上
She bid me take life easy as the grass grows on the weirs
她要我简单的去生活，就像那生长在河畔的韧草一般
But I was young and foolish and now am full of tears
但我是那么的年轻愚笨， 现在唯有泪水涟涟，感怀满襟
4创作背景
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叶芝的手稿中记录了这首歌的创作背景。叶芝在爱尔兰西部的斯莱戈郊外的村庄里，听见了一位年迈的农民在哼唱一首民谣，名叫The Rambling Boys of Pleasure，歌词里就提到了Sally Gardens ("It was down by Sally’s Garden one evening late I took my way")。叶芝觉得很好听，就过去想听完整版。然而这位年迈的农民已经不记得完整的歌词了。于是，叶芝就自己为这首民谣填上了词，并命名为An Old Song Re-Sung。这首歌传唱开后，名称就被定为歌词的第一句——Down by the Sally Gardens。[2] 1909年，爱尔兰音乐家Herbert Hughes将曲调重新改编。
歌词中的这个Sally Gardens是位于斯莱戈的一条小河岸边。河岸边的居民砍下柳树枝来建造屋顶，而这些柳树在当地被称为Sallow（同英文中的Willow）。因此，这个地方就被人称作Sally Gardens，意思是柳树园。柳树园也是一些年轻恋人之间约会的地方。