the trees they grow high, and the leaves they do grow green,
树已长高,叶子已变绿
many is the time my true love i've seen,
多少次我看着这一切如同望着我的爱人
many an hour i have watched him all alone,
许多时候我都在孤单地注视着他
he's young but he's daily growing.
他很年轻但他在一天天长大
father, dear father, you've done me great wrong,
父亲,亲爱的父亲, 你犯了一个很大的错误
you have married me to a boy who is too young,
你把我嫁给了一个那么年轻的男孩
i am twice twelve and he is but fourteen,
我已经24了而他14岁
he's young but he's daily growing.
他很年轻, 但我想他会日渐成长
daughter, dear daughter, i've done you no wrong,
女儿, 我亲爱的女儿,我并没有做错
i have married you to a great lord's son,
我把你嫁给了一个显耀贵族的儿子
he will be a man for you when i am dead and gone,
有一天当我不在了他会很好地照顾你
he's young but he's daily growing
他现在很年轻,但他会一天天成长
father, dear father, if you see fit,
父亲,亲爱的父亲,如果你同意
we'll send him to college for another year yet,
在来年我们把他送到大学去
i'll tie a blue ribbon all around his head,
我会为他裹上蓝色的头巾
to let the maidens know that he is married.
让别人知道他已经结婚了
one day i was looking over my father's castle wall,
一天我从父亲的城墙上远望
i spied all the boys playing with a ball,
我看到男孩们正在打球
and my own true love was the flower of them all,
而我的爱人是当中的佼佼
he's young but hh
