Question

Enya -Down by The Sally Gardens 是什么意思??

Answer 1

　　Down by the salely gardens 是爱尔兰著名诗人William Butler Yeats写的诗。后来被人们作为歌词加以谱曲传唱，唱过此曲的歌手甚多。但是enya是没有唱过这首歌的，网上误传已久……
　　salley是爱尔兰语saileach,即willow(柳)之意。Down by the salely gardens译为经柳园而下。 也有译成莎莉花园的，我认为不够准确。

　　Down by the salely gardens
　　by William Butler Yeats
　　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 am full of tears.

　　经柳园而下，我曾遇上我的爱，
　　她走过柳园，纤足雪白。
　　她要我自然地去爱，就像树木吐出新芽。
　　但我，年少愚笨，不曾听从。

　　在河边的田野里，我曾和我的爱人驻足，
　　在我倾靠的肩上，她放下雪白的手。
　　她要我自然地生活，就像堤堰长出青草，
　　但那时，我年少愚笨，如今泪湿衣衫。