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【《柳园里》】

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;

在莎莉花园深处,吾爱与我曾经相遇。

She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.

她穿越莎莉花园,以雪白的小脚。

She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;

她嘱咐我要爱得轻松,当新叶在枝桠萌芽。

But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.

但我当年年幼无知,不予轻率苟同。

In a field by the river my love and I did stand,

在河边的田野,吾爱与我曾经驻足。

And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.

她依靠在我的肩膀,以雪白的小手。

She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;

她嘱咐我要活得轻松,当青草在堤岸滋长。

But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

但我当年年幼无知,而今热泪盈眶。

简介：

这首闻名遐迩的歌曲，是根据诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝的同名诗歌〈Down By the Salley Garden〉谱曲而成，最初翻译为《柳园里》，是叶芝早年的诗作。他的早年诗歌韵律优美，感情细腻，辞藻华丽，象征意味浓郁，明显受到英国浪漫主义和法国象征主义诗歌的影响。

叶芝的手稿中记录了这首歌的创作背景。叶芝在爱尔兰西部的斯莱戈郊外的村庄里，听见了一位年迈的农民在哼唱一首民谣，名叫The Rambling Boys of Pleasure，歌词里就提到了Sally Gardens ("It was down by Sally’s Garden one evening late I took my way")。

叶芝觉得很好听，就过去想听完整版。然而这位年迈的农民已经不记得完整的歌词了。于是，叶芝就自己为这首民谣填上了词，并命名为An Old Song Re-Sung。

这首歌传唱开后，名称就被定为歌词的第一句——Down by the Sally Gardens。