Matty Groves – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Fairport Convention

歌词与翻译

通过这首英国民谣摇滚经典《Matty Groves》，您将掌握古英语叙事歌谣的韵律结构与戏剧性对话。歌曲以贵族夫人与平民的致命私通为线索，呈现中古英语词汇的独特魅力，搭配电吉他与传统提琴的碰撞，是学习英国民间文学与摇滚诗学的完美素材。

[中文]

一个假期，一个假期

这是今年的第一个假期

唐纳德勋爵的妻子走进了教堂

来听福音

当聚会结束时

她环顾四周

她看到了小马蒂·格罗夫斯

在人群中走动

“跟我回家吧，小马蒂·格罗夫斯

今晚跟我回家

跟我回家吧，小马蒂·格罗夫斯

和我一起睡到天亮"

“哦，我不能回家，我不想回家

今晚和你一起睡

从你手指上的戒指看

我可以看出你是唐纳德勋爵的妻子"

“但如果我是唐纳德勋爵的妻子

唐纳德不在家

他在远处的玉米田里

把小牛带回家"

...

一个站在旁边的仆人

听到了他们的对话

他发誓要让唐纳德知道

在太阳落山之前

他急于传达这个消息

他低下身子跑了起来

当他来到宽阔的水流时

他脱下鞋子游了过去

...

小马蒂·格罗夫斯躺下了

小睡了一会儿

当他醒来时，唐纳德勋爵

正站在他的脚边

他说：“你觉得我的羽毛床怎么样

你觉得我的床单怎么样？

你觉得我的夫人怎么样

她在你怀里睡着了？"

“哦，我喜欢你的羽毛床

我也喜欢你的床单

但我更喜欢你那位美丽的夫人

她在我怀里睡着了"

“好吧，快起来，快起来，”唐纳德喊道

“尽快起来

在美丽的英格兰不会有人说

我杀了一个赤裸的人"

“哦，我起不来，我不想起床

我这辈子都起不来

因为你有两把长剑

而我只有一把小刀"

“确实，我有两把剑

而且它们花了我很多钱

但你会占上风

而我会处于劣势"

“你将会先出手

要像个男人一样出手

我会紧接着出手

如果可以的话，我会杀了你"

...

于是马蒂先出了一拳

他重重地打伤了唐纳德

唐纳德紧接着出手

而马蒂再也没有出手

然后唐纳德勋爵抱起了他的妻子

把她坐在了他的膝盖上

他说：“你最喜欢我们谁

马蒂·格罗夫斯还是我？"

然后他的妻子开口了

从未听她如此坦率地说

“我宁愿亲吻死去的马蒂的嘴唇

也不愿意你或你的华丽"

...

唐纳德勋爵跳了起来

大声叫喊

他一剑刺穿了妻子的心

把她钉在了墙上

“一个坟墓，一个坟墓，”唐纳德喊道

“把这些情人埋葬

但要把我的夫人埋在上面

因为她出身高贵"

...

[英语]

A holiday, a holiday

And the first one of the year

Lord Donald's wife came into the church

The gospel for to hear

And when the meeting, it was done

She cast her eyes about

And there she saw little Matty Groves

Walking in the crowd

"Come home with me, little Matty Groves

Come home with me tonight

Come home with me, little Matty Groves

And sleep with me 'til light"

"Oh, I can't come home, I won't come home

And sleep with you tonight

By the rings on your fingers

I can tell you are Lord Donald's wife"

"But if I am Lord Donald's wife

Lord Donald's not at home

He is out in the far cornfields

Bringing the yearlings home"

And a servant who was standing by

And hearing what was said

He swore Lord Donald he would know

Before the sun would set

And in his hurry to carry the news

He bent his breast and ran

And when he came to the broad mill stream

He took off his shoes and he swam

Little Matty Groves, he lay down

And took a little sleep

When he awoke, Lord Donald

Was standing at his feet

Saying, "How do you like my feather bed

And how do you like my sheet?

How do you like my lady

Who lies in your arms asleep?"

"Oh well, I like your feather bed

And well, I like your sheets

But better I like your lady gay

Who lies in my arms asleep"

"Well, get up, get up", Lord Donald cried

"Get up as quick as you can

It'll never be said in fair England

I slew a naked man"

"Oh, I can't get up, I won't get up

I can't get up for my life

For you have two long beaten swords

And I not a pocket knife"

"Well, it's true I have two beaten swords

And they cost me deep in the purse

But you will have the better of them

And I will have the worse"

"And you will strike the very first blow

And strike it like a man

I will strike the very next blow

And I'll kill you if I can"

So Matty struck the very first blow

And he hurt Lord Donald sore

Lord Donald struck the very next blow

And Matty struck no more

And then Lord Donald he took his wife

And he sat her on his knee

Saying, "Who do you like the best of us

Matty Groves or me?"

And then up spoke his own dear wife

Never heard to speak so free

"I'd rather a kiss from dead Matty's lips

Than you or your finery"

Lord Donald, he jumped up

And loudly he did bawl

He struck his wife right through the heart

And pinned her against the wall

"A grave, a grave", Lord Donald cried

"To put these lovers in

But bury my lady at the top

For she was of noble kin"

重点词汇

词汇	含义
wife /waɪf/ A1	noun - 妻子
home /hoʊm/ A1	noun - 家
sleep /sliːp/ A1	verb - 睡觉
hear /hɪər/ A1	verb - 听
saw /sɔː/ A1	verb - 看见
tell /tel/ A1	verb - 告诉
standing /ˈstændɪŋ/ A2	verb - 站立
swore /swɔːr/ B1	verb - 发誓
feet /fiːt/ A1	noun - 脚
like /laɪk/ A1	verb - 喜欢
cried /kraɪd/ A2	verb - 哭
swords /sɔːrdz/ B1	noun - 剑
strike /straɪk/ B1	verb - 打击
hurt /hɜːrt/ A2	verb - 伤害
dead /ded/ A1	adjective - 死的
heart /hɑːrt/ A2	noun - 心脏
grave /ɡreɪv/ B1	noun - 坟墓
noble /ˈnoʊbl/ B2	adjective - 高贵的

重点语法结构

• Lord Donald's wife came into the church The gospel for to hear

  ➔ "for to" + 不定式 的 古老 用法。

  ➔ "for to" + 不定式 (例如, "for to hear") 是一种古老的结构，用于表达目的。 它类似于 "in order to hear" 或 "to hear"，但具有更古老、更正式的声音。 这一行意味着唐纳德勋爵的妻子去教堂是为了听福音。

• And there she saw little Matty Groves Walking in the crowd

  ➔ 现在分词 "walking" 作为减少的关系从句或描述 Matty Groves 的副词修饰语。

  ➔ 单词 "walking" 充当修饰 "Matty Groves" 的分词。 它可以解释为简化的关系从句（“正在行走的人”）或描述 Matty 状态的状况副词修饰语。 这一行意味着她在马蒂·格罗夫斯在人群中行走时看到了他。

• "Oh, I can't come home, I won't come home And sleep with you tonight

  ➔ 使用缩写 "can't" 和 "won't" 进行否定。

  ➔ "Can't" 是 "cannot" 的缩写，"won't" 是 "will not" 的缩写。 这些是表达否定的常用方法。 Matty Groves 拒绝了这位女士的邀请。

• By the rings on your fingers I can tell you are Lord Donald's wife

  ➔ "I can tell" 中主语和动词的倒装。

  ➔ 虽然典型的句子结构是 "I can tell"，但倒装 "can I tell" 通常用于强调或在问题中（尽管这里不是，因为它是一个陈述）。 在这里，它创造了一种稍微正式或强调的语气。 更常见（且不那么古老）的措辞是 "I can tell that you are Lord Donald's wife"。

• He swore Lord Donald he would know Before the sun would set

  ➔ 在 "swore" 之后的从属子句中省略 "that"。

  ➔ 连接 "He swore" 和 "Lord Donald he would know" 的 "that" 是隐含的。 虽然使用 "that" 在语法上是正确的，但省略它很常见，尤其是在较旧的文本或非正式的讲话中。 完整的短语将是 "He swore *that* Lord Donald he would know..."。

• "It'll never be said in fair England I slew a naked man"

  ➔ 使用将来被动语态："It'll never be said"。

  ➔ "It'll never be said" 是一个将来被动语态的结构。 "It'll" 是 "it will" 的缩写，"be said" 是被动形式。 这一行意味着：“我在英国杀死一个赤身裸体的人的说法/指控永远不会成立。”

• "I'd rather a kiss from dead Matty's lips Than you or your finery"

  ➔ 使用 "I'd rather" 来表达偏好，并使用 "than" 来进行比较结构。

  ➔ "I'd rather"（我宁愿）用于表达偏好。 "than" 引入了要比较的内容。 妻子声明她宁愿死去的马蒂·格罗夫斯之吻，也不愿唐纳德勋爵或他的财富/外表。