Jacket So Blue - Cara Dillon

Jacket So Blue - Cara Dillon

A ship's crew of sailors as you may understand
你知道有艘满载水手的大船
Bound for the West Indies or some foreign land
要开往西印度或其它任何地方
There's one lad amongst them I wish I never knew
水手中间 有位穿蓝夹克的小伙
He's my bonnie bonnie sailor with a jacket so blue
他掠走了我的心 却是个没有结果的故事
The first time I saw my love
第一次见他
He'd a spy glass in his hand
他手握着望远镜
I went to talk to him but he would not stand
我去同他讲话 他却没有停留
I went to talk to him but from me he flew
再去与他聊天 他却立刻溜走
And my heart it went along with him
他带走了我的心
And his jacket so blue
满眼都是这蓝夹克小伙的身影
Says I my noble sailor I'll buy your discharge
亲爱的这位水手 我愿付出钱款
I'll free you from sailing and set you at large
换你结束航程 重归自由
I'll free you from that man-o-war
只要你能真心对我
If your heart does be true
我可以让你远离战争
And I'd never let a stain on your jacket so blue
而且我绝不会让你的蓝夹克沾上污痕
Well said I my noble lady you'll buy my discharge
尊敬的小姐 您可付出钱款
You'll free me from sailing and set me at large
换我结束航程 重归自由
You'll free me from that man-o-war
只要我真心待您
If my heart does be true
您可让我远离战争
Ah but then what would my own lovely Scotch lassie do
可我爱恋的苏格兰姑娘可怎么办
For I have a lassie in my own country
在家乡我已有了意中人
And I would not slight her for her poverty
尽管她贫穷 却不应当被轻看
If I were to slight her then my heart wouldn't be true
我无法辜负她 无法不忠诚
For she never left a stain on my jacket so blue
因为她绝不会在我的蓝夹克上留下丁点污痕
I'll write off to Dublin to an artist of skill
我会向都柏林的一位画家写信
And I'll have my love's picture drawn out in it's full
请他仔细画下你的容貌
And I'll place it in my chamber quite close to my view
然后将画像挂在房间
And I'll say I loved a sailor with a heart that was true
证明我 曾真心爱过一位水手