The Mummers' Dance 伶人之舞

非常喜欢Loreena McKennitt的 the Mummers' dance. 试着重新翻译了一下。

The Mummers’ Dance 

伶人之舞 

 

When in the springtime of the year 

When the trees are crowded with leaves 

When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew 

Are dressed in ribbons fair 

一年之计

枝繁叶茂

挺拔的岑树、苍老的橡树、风流倜傥的白桦，妩媚娇羞的红豆杉

都系上了美丽的丝带

 

When owls call the breathless moon   

In the blue veil of the night 

The shadows of the trees appear 

Amidst the lantern　light 

在夜幕的蓝色面纱下

智慧鸟对着令人窒息的月亮鸣叫 （两句对调）

在阑珊的灯火之中

树影婆娑（两句对调）

 

We've been rambling all the night 

And some time of this day 

Now returning back again 

We bring a garland gay 

我们彻夜漫步

那一刻

又再重现

我们快乐的拿着花环

 

Who will go down to those shady groves And summon the shadows there 

And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms 

In the springtime of the year

在这一年之计（时间状语提前）

谁将走入那成荫的灌木丛

把影子召集

把丝带系在大树的臂膀上？

 

The songs of birds seem to fill the wood 

That when the fiddler plays 

All their voices can be heard 

Long past their woodland days 

鸟鸣穿越树林

提琴手在演奏

隔着郁郁葱葱的岁月 

互相唱和（两句对调）

 

We've been rambling all the night And some time of this day 

Now returning back again 

We bring a garland gay 

我们彻夜漫步

那一刻

又再重现

我们快乐的拿着花环

 

And so they linked their hands and danced 

Round in circles and in rows 

And so the journey of the night descends 

When all the shades are gone 

他们挽起手臂，翩翩起舞

围成圈，列成行，旋转旋转

当所有暮色褪去

夜才刚刚开始（两句对调） 

 

"A garland gay we bring you here “

And at your door we stand 

It is a sprout well budded out 

The work of our lord's hand” 

我们快乐地把花环带给你

在你的门前

这遍满蓓蕾的新条

是上帝完美的工

 

We've been rambling all the night 

And some time of this day 

Now returning back again 

We bring a garland gay 

我们彻夜漫步

那一刻

又再重现

我们快乐的拿着花环 （x2）