The Wicked Sister-Méav

[00:00.000] 作曲 : Conor O'Reilly/Méav [00:23]A mother lived by the North Sea shore
北方海岸边的一位母亲 [00:26]Daughters were the babes she bore
生了两个女儿。 [00:28]One grew radiant as the sun
一位白皙如同光芒万丈的太阳， [00:30]Darkly grew the elder one
另一位却皮肤黝黑如同黑夜的阴霾。 [00:33]A knight came riding to their door
一位远道而来的骑士来到她们门前， [00:36]He travelled far to be their wooer
他是她们的追求者，希望能娶到心仪的姑娘。 [00:38]He courted both with gold and rings
他爱慕闪光的金子与名贵的珠宝戒指， [00:40]But loved the younger o'er all things
但那年轻的妹妹却比一切都要令他倾心。 [00:47]"Sister, won't you walk with me“
妹妹，和我出去散散步吧， [00:49]To watch the ships sail o'er the sea?"
看看海上航行的船只？” [00:53]As they walked the rocky shore
当她们走到崎岖的海岸边时， [00:55]The dark one pushed her sister o'er
那黑皮肤的姐姐一把将她的妹妹推下大海。 [00:58]"Sister, sister, let me live“
姐姐，姐姐，求你救救我，让我活下去吧， [01:00]All that's mine I'll surely give"
你想要我的什么东西我都一定给你。” [01:02]"Thy bridegroom I will take and more“
尔的新郎我是要定了，其他的也要归我， [01:04]But thou shalt never come ashore"
但是你可别想着能够上岸了。” [01:16]Off she floated like a swan
于是妹妹便这样如同天鹅一般 [01:18]The salt sea bore her body on
被海水托举着漂流。 [01:21]You could not see her lily feet
她百合花一般的纤足逐渐不可见， [01:23]Her golden fringes were so deep
她金色的长发在深深的海底沉没。 [01:26]A minstrel walking by the strand
一位吟游诗人在海滩上行走， [01:27]Saw her body float to land
看见她的尸体被海水冲刷到岸上。 [01:31]When he looked that lady on
当他定睛看清那美丽姑娘的尸体， [01:33]He sighed and made a heavy moan
不禁长叹一口气。 [01:53]He made a harp of her breastbone
他用她的胸骨做了一把竖琴， [01:56]Whose sound would melt a heart of stone
空灵的琴声连石头般坚硬的心都可以打动。 [01:59]Took the strands of her bright hair
他取下她亮色头发中的几根发丝， [02:01]And with them strung his harp so rare
拧成绳后做成了这把珍稀竖琴的琴弦。 [02:13]He brought the harp to the wedding hall
他把这把竖琴带去了婚礼礼堂， [02:16]There to play before them all
为所有的来宾与主人演奏一曲。 [02:18]When they set it on a stone
当竖琴被摆放在石头上时， [02:20]The harp began to play alone
竟自己开始演奏。 [02:41]The strings sang out a dreadful sound
琴弦用令人惊恐的声音悲泣： [02:44]"The bride her younger sister drowned“
这新娘的妹妹已经淹死了。 [02:46]Now her secret you all know
现在她的黑暗秘密已经大白于天下， [02:49]Her guilty tears will surely flow"
她悔恨的泪水必然流淌。“