Song: Down by the Salley Gardens
Artist: Rita Eriksen

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears.



歌曲：漫步在莎莉花園
演唱：麗塔•埃裏克森 翻譯：佚名

在莎莉花園深處，吾愛與我曾經相遇。
她穿越了莎莉花園，用雪白的雙足。
她囑咐我要愛得輕鬆，就象新葉在枝椏萌芽。
但我當時年幼無知，不予輕率苟同。

在河邊的田野，我和我的愛人曾經駐立。
她將雪白的雙手搭在我微傾的肩膀。
她囑咐我要活得輕鬆，就象青草在堤岸滋長。
但我當時年幼無知，而今卻淚水盈盈。

歌曲《Down by the Salley Gardens》 簡介

這首歌曲的作曲者為威廉•巴特勒•葉芝 William Butler Yeats（1865.6.13—1939.1.28），愛爾蘭著名的詩人、劇作家和神秘主義者。葉芝也是“愛爾蘭文藝複興運動”的領袖，艾比劇院（Abbey Theatre）的創建者之一。In 1923, he was awarded a Nobel Prize in Literature for what the Nobel Committee described as "inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation".

Down by the Salley Gardens 有許多個不同的版本，聽起來，有不同的味道，如此地富有詩意。麗塔•埃裏克森具有天籟般嗓音，歌聲就有如溫暖的泉源般，向世人傳達出源源不斷的愛。Rita Eriksen is without doubt considered as one of Norway’s best lead singers because of her outstanding voice.She is also a master singing Norwegian traditional folk music. Rita is known for her ability to express different directions in her singing. （摘自網絡）

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