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餘偶有感慨，便把心中之歌，無分亂唱、清唱，不論英語、中文，統統貼到美壇來，心裏明白，實在是莽撞之舉。所幸諸位網友宅心仁厚，並不加以取笑，且常有美語相加，實不愧美壇之名。有一網友名“好學又好問”者，鼓勵之餘，果有一問：“能點歌嗎？”實在令餘頗為感動--若隻是敷衍，絕不會有此一問。
隻是，網友所舉例之Greensleeves，餘卻並不會唱。唯知其曲調頗為憂傷反複，餘嚐於廣播中聆聽數次，並稍知其大意，隻是並無歌詞相伴。出差獨處之時，心係佳人，餘亦曾品味把玩，更體會其中憂愁無限，隻恐逾越“樂而不淫，憂而不傷”之訓，便未尋詞以伴。今網友相詢，現學顯然不敷，思覆之餘，隻能獻黔驢之技，以口哨回應記憶中之樂聲，並將歌詞附上，望能不負網友所問之萬一。
2011.9.24
http://space.wenxuecity.com/media/1316929487.mp3
Greensleeves
Alas, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously.
For I have loved you well and long,
Delighting in your company.
Chorus:
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
Alas, my love, that you should own
A heart of wanton vanity,
So must I meditate alone
Upon your insincerity.
(Chorus)
Your vows you've broken, like my heart,
Oh, why did you so enrapture me?
Now I remain in a world apart
But my heart remains in captivity.
(Chorus)
If you intend thus to disdain,
It does the more enrapture me,
And even so, I still remain
A lover in captivity.
(Chorus)
I have been ready at your hand,
To grant whatever you would crave,
I have both wagered life and land,
Your love and good-will for to have.
(Chorus)
Thou couldst desire no earthly thing,
But still thou hadst it readily.
Thy music still to play and sing;
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
(Chorus)
I bought thee kerchiefs for thy head,
That were wrought fine and gallantly;
I kept thee at both board and bed,
Which cost my purse well-favoredly.
(Chorus)
I bought thee petticoats of the best,
The cloth so fine as it might be;
I gave thee jewels for thy chest,
And all this cost I spent on thee.
(Chorus)
Thy smock of silk, both fair and white,
With gold embroidered gorgeously;
Thy petticoat of sendal right,
And these I bought thee gladly.
(Chorus)
My men were clothed all in green,
And they did ever wait on thee;
All this was gallant to be seen,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
(Chorus)
They set thee up, they took thee down,
They served thee with humility;
Thy foot might not once touch the ground,
And yet thou wouldst not love me.
(Chorus)
'Tis, I will pray to God on high,
That thou my constancy mayst see,
And that yet once before I die,
Thou wilt vouchsafe to love me.
(Chorus)
Ah, Greensleeves, now farewell, adieu,
To God I pray to prosper thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.
Greensleeves was all my joy
Greensleeves was my delight,
Greensleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady greensleeves.
