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流浪的龙:

      The Chieftains，酋长乐队。爱尔兰国宝级乐队，丁磊大叔喜欢的“宇宙最强乐队”。很好奇爱尔兰不到500万人，居然拥有那么多优秀的乐队--小红莓、恩雅、英格玛、U2，还有一大票文学家（萧伯纳、叶芝、乔伊斯、王尔德）。那都柏林一定是个文艺之都了。

    这首《 the star of county down》，一般译作“道宁郡之星”，更浪漫的名字叫“南方城镇的星子”。浓厚的凯尔特风格，怡人的风笛声。梦回中世纪的小镇，天真无邪的姑娘。

Near banbridge town in the county down

班布里奇小镇附近

One morning last july,

去年七月的一个早晨

From a boreen green came a sweet colleen

来自乡间草地来了个可爱姑娘

And she smiled as she passed me by.

她经过时浅浅一笑

She looked so sweet from her two bare feet

从赤裸的双脚到棕发的光泽

To the sheen of her nut brown hair.

她显得如此可爱

Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself

这样一个犹如的精灵 我开始心绪不宁

For to see I was really there.

为了一面，我四处追寻

 

Chorus: 副歌：

From bantry bay up to derry quay and

从班特里海湾到德里码头

From galway to dublin town,

从戈尔韦到都柏林

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

从来没有这样的少女

That I met in the county down.

像在小镇遇见的棕发姑娘

As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,

看着她向前飞驰，我只能无力挠头

And I looked with a feelin' rare,

这是从未有过的感觉

And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,

我向一个过路人询问

"whose the maid with the nut brown hair"? “

那个栗色头发的姑娘是谁？”

He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,

他笑着告诉我

"that's the gem of ireland's crown. “

她是爱尔兰王冠上的宝石

It's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,

来自班恩河之岸的小罗茜麦肯

She's the star of the county down".

她是南方城镇的星子”

 

Chorus: 副歌：

From bantry bay up to derry ouay and

从班特里海湾到德里码头

From galway to dublin town,

从戈尔韦到都柏林

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

从来没有这样的少女

That I met in the county down.

像在小镇遇见的棕发姑娘

At the harvest fair she'll be surely there

她将在收获祭上出现

And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,

我将穿上节日盛装

With my shoes shone bright and my hat cocked

鞋子闪耀，帽沿上翘

Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.

准备好微笑和玫瑰

No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke

不将抽烟，不将拴马

Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.

直到我的我的犁锈成棕色

Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside

直到微笑的新娘坐在我的火炉旁

Sits the star of the county down.

坐着南方城镇的星子

From bantry bay up to derry ouay and

从班特里海湾到德里码头

From galway to dublin town,

从戈尔韦到都柏林

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

从来没有这样的少女

That I met in the county down.

像在小镇遇见的棕发姑娘

From bantry bay up to derry ouay and

从班特里海湾到德里码头

From galway to dublin town,

从戈尔韦到都柏林

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

从来没有这样的少女

That I met in the county down.

像在小镇遇见的棕发姑娘

From bantry bay up to derry ouay and

从班特里海湾到德里码头

From galway to dublin town,

从戈尔韦到都柏林

No maid I've seen like the brown colleen

从来没有这样的少女

That I met in the county down.

像在小镇遇见的棕发姑娘