Don't Cry Joni
琼尼,别哭
Conway Twitty & Joni Lee
male:
男声:
Joni was a girl who lived next door
琼尼是一个住在邻家的女孩
I've known her I guess ten years or more
我想我们已经认识十年有余
Joni wrote me a note one day
有一天她送给我一封信
And this is what she had to say:
信里的话 是她发自内心的表白:
Female:
女声:
"Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请你告诉我 你会等我
I'll grow up some day you'll see
我总有一天会长大 让你注目
Saving all my kisses just for you
为你保留我所有甜蜜的吻
Signed with love forever true."
烙上印记 永远真心不变
Male:
男声:
Slowly I read her note once more
我慢慢地把信读了一遍又一遍
Then I went over to the house next door
然后去了邻家与她见面
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
那天她的眼泪纷落如雨
when I told Joni what I had to say:
当我告诉了她 我不得不说的话:
"Joni, Joni please don't cry
琼尼,琼尼,你不要哭
You'll forget me by and by
你终会慢慢把我遗忘在岁月中
You're just fifteen, I'm twenty-two
你才十五岁,我已二十二
and Joni I just can't wait for you."
琼尼,我恐怕不能把你等候
Soon I left our little home town
不久之后 我离开了那小小的村庄
Got me a job and tried to settle down
得到了一份工作 并且试图安定一生
but these words kept haunting my memory
但那些话语却总是在记忆里 萦绕不去
the words that Joni said to me:
那些 是琼尼对我说的话:
Female:
女声:
"Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请你告诉我 你会等我
I'll grow up some day you'll see
我总有一天会长大 让你注目
Saving all my kisses just for you
为你保留 我所有甜蜜的吻
Signed with love forever true."
烙下的印记 永远真心不变
Male:
男声:
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
我收拾好了行装,赶上飞机
I had to see Joni, I had to explain
我要去见琼尼 我要表露心迹
How my heart was filled with her memory
我的心早已为她 深深沉沦
and ask my Joni if she'd marry me
我要去问她 可否愿意为我披上婚纱
I ran all the way to the house next door
我不顾一切跑到邻家
but things weren't like they were before
但早已物是人非 人面桃花
My teardrops fell like rain that day
那天我的眼泪纷落如雨
when I hear what Joni had to say:
当我听到琼尼对我说的话:
Female:
女声:
"Jimmy, Jimmy please don't cry
吉米,吉米,你不要哭
You'll forget me by and by
你终会把我遗忘在岁月中
It's been five years since you've been gone
自你走后 已有五年漫漫光阴
and Jimmy I marry your best friend, John
吉米 我已嫁给了你最好的朋友 乔恩
这是一首旋律分明的美国乡村歌曲,低沉磁性的男声和婉转缠绵的女声一唱一和很有感觉。纯真的小女孩和隔壁的大哥哥,只是结局很忧郁。古有云:
君生我未生,我生君已老
恨不生同时,日日与君好
与这首歌有异曲同工之悲吧。(但很多人听到最后一句都笑场了……)
可以一听。
谢