昨天，正好聽到萱在唱國語版的
勾起了媽咪以前唸二專時所學過的歌．．．
Are you going to Scarborough fair?
你是否正要去史卡博羅博覽會？
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
香草、鼠尾草、迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there
請代我向當地的一個朋友問候
She once was a true love of mine
她曾經是我真摯的愛人
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt
告訴她.要替我做一件薄紗衣
(On the side of a hill, in the deep forest green)
(在山丘的那一邊.在蓊鬱的森林裡)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
香草、鼠尾草、迷迭香和百里香
(Tracing of sparrow on snow-crested brown)
(追尋雪冠棕雀的蹤影)
Without no seams nor needlework
不能有接縫，也不能有針線的痕跡
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain)
(毛毯、床單和山上的孩子)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
那麼.她才能算是我真摯的愛人
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
(睡夢中渾然不覺那嘹亮的召喚)
Tell her to find me an acre of land
告訴她.要為我找一畝地.
(On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves)
(在山丘的那一邊，幾片樹葉飄落下來)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
香草、鼠尾草、迷迭香和百里香
(Washes the grave with silvery tears)
(用銀色的淚水沖刷墳墓)
Between the salt water and the sea strand
土地必須位於灘頭鹹水與海水之間
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun)
(一位士兵洗淨並擦亮了步槍)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
那麼.她才能算是我真摯的愛人
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call)
(睡夢中卻渾然不覺那嘹亮的召喚)
Tell her to reap it in a sickle of leather
告訴她.要她用皮製的鐮刀去收割
(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions)
(戰爭在鮮紅的軍營裡怒吼燃燒)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
香草、鼠尾草、迷迭香和百里香
(Generals order their soldiers to kill)
(將軍下令要士兵們開始殺戮)
And to gather it all in a bunch of heather
然後再用一束石楠花綑紮.
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten)
(為了一個他們早已遺忘的理由而戰鬥)
Then she'll be a true love of mine
那麼.她才能算是我真摯的愛人
