初恋约妮成了我好朋友的新娘
初恋约妮成了我好朋友的新娘
万湖小舟今天是七夕节,我们中国人的情人节。觉得应该有些表白,抓住机会。不然恋人就成了别人的新娘,后悔莫及。不是吗? 请看我翻译的这首美国乡村音乐歌曲 “Don't Cry, Joni”。“Don't Cry, Joni”(或“Don't Cry Joni”)是一首由美国乡村音乐艺术家康威•特威蒂(Conway Twitty) 创作的歌曲。 他和他的女儿 Joni Lee 一起录制了这首歌,并于 1975 年 8 月将其作为专辑 The High Priest of Country Music 中的单曲发行。 该唱片在美国公告牌百强单曲榜上排名第 63。西人浪漫。这首爱情歌曲的歌词直白,诙谐和风趣。歌词采用双行押韵即aabb的形式。如果直译成中文就失去了它的韵味。就像把中文的律诗译成英语没有了平仄一样。不同的语言各有千秋和特色。翻译只能了解大概,大多失去了原汁原味。加上翻译歌词在音节数上可能也有一定的要求,翻译不容易。只为是七夕节凑个趣,尝试一下,看能不能保持英语双行的原韵,比如,"door" 对应"朵";"more" 对应"多";"day" 对应"贴";"say" 对应"蝶"。时间仓促,没来得及仔细推敲。祝大家七夕节快乐。“Don't Cry, Joni” (约妮别哭)
翻译: 万湖小舟(一)Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请等我在时间的长堤 I'll grow up someday you'll see
总有一天我会长大让你着迷Savin' all my kisses just for you
为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕 Signed with love forever true
步入清澈爱河的长途 (二)
Joni was the girl who lived next door
约妮是住在邻居家的花朵
I've known her I guess 10 years or more
认识她大约已有10年之多 Joni wrote me a note one day
约妮一天给了我张纸贴
And this is what she had to say
她心里住着一只小蝴蝶 (三)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请等我在时间的长堤 I'll grow up someday you'll see
总有一天我会长大让你着迷Savin' all my kisses just for you
为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕 Signed with love forever true
步入清澈爱河的长途 (四)
Slowly I read her note once more
细读着她的纸条感慨良多 Then I went over to the house next door
决定去邻居家伶惜花朵 Her teardrops fell like rain that day
她的泪像那天的雨倾泻 When I told Joni what I had to say
当我说约妮不能和你相约
(五)
Joni, Joni, please don't cry
约妮,约妮莫哭呆 You'll forget me by and by
你忘掉我会很快 You're just fifteen I'm twenty two
我二十二,你才十五Joni I just can't wait for you
约妮我若等你会很苦 (六)
Soon I left our little home town
很快我离开了小城家乡 Got me a job and tried to settle down
得到工作充满定居的希望But her words kept haunting my memory
可她的话一直撞击着我的心扉The words that Joni said to me
约妮的言语是那样的甜蜜 (七)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请等我在时间的长堤I'll grow up someday you'll see
总有一天我会长大让你着迷Savin' all my kisses just for you
为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕Signed with love forever true
步入清澈爱河的长途 (八)
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
打好背包飞机上我兴奋难掩I had to see Joni, I had to explain
去看约妮要当面和她畅谈How my heart was filled with her memory
告诉她我心里不能没有你And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
向约妮求婚说出我的秘密 (九)
I ran all the way to the house next door
我一路奔跑入邻居家落座But things weren't like they were before
然而时过境迁让我好难过 My teardrops fell like rain that day
我的泪像那天的雨倾泻When I heard what Joni had to say
当约妮说不能和我相约 (十)
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
吉米,吉米莫哭呆You'll forget me by and by
你忘掉我会很快 It's been five years since you've been gone
过去的五年是多么漫长Jimmy I married your best friend John.
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