Banks Of The Nile歌词由Fotheringay演唱,出自专辑《Nothing More - The Collected Fotheringay》,下面是《Banks Of The Nile》完整版歌词!
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Banks Of The Nile - Fotheringay
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Oh hark the drums do beat
听听战鼓的节奏
My love no longer can we stay
我的爱不复存在我们能否留下
The bugle-horns are sounding clear
号角已经吹响
And we must march away
我们必须扬长而去
Were ordered down to portsmouth
被派到朴次茅斯
And it's many is the weary mile
这漫长的旅程令人厌倦
To join the british army
加入英国军队
On the banks of the nile
在尼罗河畔
Oh willie dearest willie
亲爱的Willie
Don't leave me here to mourn
不要让我独自悲伤
Don't make me curse and rue
不要让我诅咒和悔恨
The day that ever I was born
从我出生那天起
For the parting of our love
让我们的爱就此别离
Would be like parting with my life
就像与我的生命分道扬镳
So stay at home my dearest love
所以待在家里吧亲爱的
And I will be your wife
我会做你的妻子
Oh my nancy dearest nancy
我最亲爱的南希
Sure that will never do
当然这永远不会发生
The government has ordered
政府已经下令
And we are bound to go
我们注定要离去
The government has ordered
政府已经下令
And the queen she gives command
女王发号施令
And I am bound on oath my love
我发誓亲爱的
To serve in a foreign land
在异国他乡服役
Oh but I'll cut off my yellow hair
但我会剪掉我的黄头发
And I'll go along with you
我会与你同行
I'll dress myself in uniform
我会穿上制服
And I'll see egypt too
我也会去看看埃及
I'll march beneath your banner
我会在你的旗帜下前进
While fortune it do smile
幸运女神面带微笑
And well comfort one another
我们会互相安慰
On the banks of the nile
在尼罗河畔
But your waist it is too slender
但你的腰肢太纤细
And your fingers they are too small
你的手指太小
In the sultry suns of egypt your
在埃及炙热的阳光下
Rosy cheeks would spoil
红润的脸颊
Where the cannons they do rattle
枪声四起
When the bullets they do fly
当子弹飞舞时
And the silver trumpets sound
银色的号角响起
So loud to hide the dismal cries
放声呐喊掩盖悲伤的哭喊
Oh cursed be those cruel wars
那些残酷的战争真可恶
That ever they began
从一开始
For they have robbed our country
因为他们掠夺了我们的国家
Of manys the handsome men
好多英俊潇洒的男人
They've robbed us of our sweethearts
他们夺走了我们的爱人
While their bodies they feed the lions
他们的身体滋养着狮子
On the dry and sandy deserts which
在干旱多沙的沙漠上
Are the banks of the nile
是尼罗河畔