Ragged Old Flag – 英语/中文 双语歌词

• 作者: Johnny Cash

歌词与翻译

[中文]

我走进县法院的广场

在公园的长椅上，坐着一位老人。

我说：“你们的老法院有点破旧。”

他说：“不，够我们小镇用了。”

我说：“你们的旗杆有点倾斜，

那挂在上面的旧旗帜也破旧不堪。”

他说：“坐吧”，于是我坐下，

“这是你第一次来我们这小镇吗？”

我说：“我想是的。”

他说：“我不爱夸口，但我们对这面破旧的旧旗还是挺自豪的。”

你看，那面旗子上有个小洞，

那是华盛顿把它带过特拉华河时留下的。

那夜弗朗西斯·斯科特·基看着它被火药燃烧，

写下《你能看见吗》。

它在新奥尔良被帕金汉和杰克逊撕破，

把接缝都撕开了。

它差点在阿拉莫倒下，

就在德克萨斯旗旁，

但它仍然飘扬。

它在钱斯勒斯维尔被刀砍伤，

又在希洛山再次被砍。

那时有罗伯特·E·李、博雷加德和布拉格，

南风在那面破旧的旧旗上呼啸。

在第一次世界大战的弗兰德斯战场，

它被一门“伯莎”炮弹打出大洞。

在第二次世界大战它被染成血红色。

它曾几度垂垂欲折，低垂不振，

它出现在朝鲜、越南，随命运被派遣，

由山姆大叔送去。

它在我们舰船的咸水浪涛上飘扬，

而如今它在国内已很少被升起。

在她自己的好土地上，她被糟蹋，

被焚烧、羞辱、否认甚至拒绝，

而她所代表的政府，

在全国各地引起丑闻。

她的线头快要脱落，布料也已磨薄，

但就她的现状而言，她仍算坚固。

因为她曾经历经火焰，

我相信她还能承受更多。

所以我们每天早晨把她升起，

每晚把她降下，

不让她碰到地面，

并把她整齐折叠。

再想一想，

我倒是喜欢炫耀，

因为我为这面破旧的旧旗感到无比骄傲。

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[英语]

I walked through a county courthouse square

On a park bench, an old man was sittin' there.

I said, "Your old court house is kinda run down,

He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".

I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit,

And that's a ragged old flag you got hangin' on it".

He said, "Have a seat", and I sat down,

"Is this the first time you've been to our little town"

I said, "I think it is"

He said "I don't like to brag, but we're kinda proud of that ragged old flag"

You see, we got a little hole in that flag there

When Washington took it across the Delaware.

And It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it

Writing "Say Can You See"

It got a bad rip in New Orleans, with Packingham & Jackson

Tugging at it's seams.

And it almost fell at the Alamo

Beside the Texas flag,

But she waved on though.

She got cut with a sword at Chancellorsville,

And she got cut again at Shiloh Hill.

There was Robert E. Lee and Beauregard and Bragg,

And the south wind blew hard on that ragged old flag

On Flanders Field in World War I

She got a big hole from a Bertha Gun

She turned blood red in World War II

She hung limp, and low, a time or two

She was in Korea, Vietnam, she went where she was sent

By her Uncle Sam

She waved from our ships upon the briny foam

And now they've about quit wavin' back here at home

In her own good land here She's been abused

She's been burned, dishonored, denied an' refused

And the government for which she stands

Has scandalized throughout out the land

And she's getting thread bare, and she's wearin' thin

But she's in good shape, for the shape she's in

Cause she's been through the fire before

And I believe she can take a whole lot more

So we raise her up every morning

And we take her down every night,

We don't let her touch the ground,

And we fold her up right.

On a second thought

I do like to brag

'Cause I'm mighty proud of that ragged old flag

重点语法结构

• I walked through a county courthouse square

  ➔ 一般过去时

  ➔ 动词 "walked" 为一般过去时，用来描述过去已完成的动作。

• He said, "Naw, it'll do for our little town".

  ➔ 一般将来时 (will) – 缩写形式

  ➔ "it'll" 是 "it will" 的缩写，表示对未来的预测或意愿。

• I said, "Your old flag pole is leaned a little bit"

  ➔ 现在被动语态

  ➔ "is leaned" 使用被动语态，表示旗杆受到动作的影响。

• I don't like to brag, but we're kinda proud of that ragged old flag

  ➔ 一般现在时搭配 "don't like to + 动词原形"

  ➔ 结构 "don't like to" 表示不喜欢动词原形 "brag" 所表达的行为。

• When Washington took it across the Delaware.

  ➔ 使用 "when" 加一般过去时的时间从句

  ➔ "When" 引出时间参照，动词 "took" 用一般过去时描述已完成的过去事件。

• It got powder burned the night Francis Scott Key sat watching it

  ➔ 使役结构 "got + 过去分词"

  ➔ 短语 "got powder burned" 使用 "got + 过去分词" 表示旗帜被导致成粉末燃烧的状态。

• She was in Korea, Vietnam, she went where she was sent by her Uncle Sam

  ➔ 带 "where" 的关系从句 + 被动语态

  ➔ 从句 "where she was sent" 由 "where" 引导，"was sent" 为被动语态。

• We don't let her touch the ground

  ➔ 使役动词 "let" + 动词原形（不加 to）

  ➔ 动词 "let" 作使役动词，直接后接不带 "to" 的动词原形 "touch"。

• But she's been abused

  ➔ 现在完成时被动语态

  ➔ 结构 "has been abused" 将现在完成时助动词 "has been" 与过去分词 "abused" 结合，形成被动意义，即 "已受到虐待"。