赖世雄精讲英文歌曲(9): 任性的风

本曲大意
歌者叙述她的男友是个喜欢四处漂泊的人。就像风吹无定所，她的男友由于从小住在铁道旁的简陋小屋里，看尽人生过客，耳濡目染，也喜欢漂泊的生活，因此舍弃她和家乡四处去流浪了。（下次交男女朋友前，先注意他／她家是否在火车站附近。）

英文歌词

The wayward wind is a restless wind, a restless wind that yearns² to wander. And he was born the next of kin³, the next of kin to the wayward wind.
In a lonely shack⁴ by a railroad track, he spent his younger days. And I guess the sound of the outward-bound made him a slave to his wanderin ways.
And the wayward wind is a restless wind, a restless wind that yearns to wander. And he was born the next of kin, the next of kin to the wayward wind.
Oh, I met him there in a border town. He vowed⁵ wed⁶ never part. Though he tried his best to settle down, Im now alone with a broken heart.
And the wayward wind is a restless wind, a restless wind that yearns to wander. And he was born the next of kin, the next of kin to the wayward wind, the next of kin to the wayward wind.

歌词翻译

这阵任性的风是安定不下来的风，是一阵想要四处漂泊的风。而他生下来就是它的近亲，是这阵任性的风之近亲。
在靠铁道旁一栋孤寂简陋的小屋里，他度过他的年轻岁月。我猜想就是这种出旅的声音使他无法摆脱自己那种想四处漂泊的行径。
这阵任性的风是安定不下来的风，是一阵想要四处漂泊的风。而他生下来就是它的近亲，是这阵任性的风之近亲。
喔，我是在一座边境的小镇认识了他。他曾誓言我们永不分离。虽然他也努力要安定下来过日子，如今我可是孤单又心碎。
这阵任性的风是安定不下来的风，是一阵想要四处漂泊的风。而他生下来就是它的近亲，是这阵任性的风之近亲，是这阵任性的风之近亲。

字词句型分析

1.wayward  a. 不定性的
=aimless  a. 漫无目的的
例:In the 1950s, I was a wayward young man with no money, no wife, and no job.
（在五○年代，我只个没钱、没老婆、没工作的不定性年轻人。）

2.restless  a. 不安定的
例:Joe begins to feel restless when he sits quietly for longer than an hour.
（乔只要乖乖坐着超过一小时就会开始不安份。）

3.yearn¹  vi. 渴望
yearn to V　　渴望要……
=long to V
=aspire to V
例:Amy yearns to visit San Francisco and take a ride on a streetcar.
（阿美渴望去旧金山玩，搭乘一趟电车之旅。）

4.wander  vi. 游走
例:Over a period of three months, Jacob wandered from Thailand to Malaysia to Singapore.
（经过三个月的时间，贾克伯游历了泰国、马来西亚和新加坡。）

5.And he was born the next of kin, the next of kin to the wayward wind.
而他生下来就是它的近视，是这阵任性的风之近亲。

a.the next of kin　　近亲
be the next of kin to sb　　是某人的近亲
例:He is the next of kin to John Smith.
（他是约翰史密斯的近亲。）

b.本文:
And he was born the next of kin, the next of kin to the wayward
 wind.
→And this person mentioned in the song was wayward by nature, just
 like the wayward wind.
这个人生下来本性就是漂泊不定的, 就像漂泊不定的风一样。(比喻此人是个流浪汉)

6.shack  n. 简陋的小屋
例:The prisoners were being held in a metal shack near the airport.
（犯人被关在靠近机场的一间铁皮屋里。）

7.And I guess the sound of the outward-bound made him a slave to his wanderin ways.
我猜想就是这种出旅的声音使他无法摆脱自己那种想四处漂泊的行径。
→I believe he could not free himself from his wandering ways because the sound of the outward-bound train kept reminding him to go away.
我相信他无法挣脱他那到处漂泊的生活方式，因为火车驶出站的声音不断提醒他要出外漂泊。

a.outward-bound  a. 出旅的
例:Sam quickly paid for his ticket and boarded the first outward-bound ship he could find.
（山姆很快地买了第一班出航的船票并登上了船。） 

b.slave  n. 奴隶 (与介词to并用)
be a slave to sb/sth　　是某人/某物的奴隶
例:John is pathetic because he is slave to money.（约翰真可怜，因为他是金钱的奴隶。）

8.I met him there in a border town.
我是在一座边境的小镇认识了他。
border  a. 边境
注意:
border亦可做及物动词, 表『以……为界』。
例:China borders North Korea on the Yalu River.（中国与北韩以鸭绿江为界。）

9.He vowed wed never part.
→He vowed that we would never part.他曾誓言我们永不分离。

a.vow  vt. 誓言

b.part  vi. 分手 (常有下列二个用法)
part from sb　　与某人分手
part with sth　　将某物割让
例:Sean parted from Sara when he found out that she had cheated on him.
（当史恩发现莎拉不忠时，就与她分手了。）
Allan was sorry to part with his useful camping knife.
（亚伦对于割让他那一把实用的露营小刀感到很难过。）

10.Though he tried his best to settle down, Im now alone with a broken heart.
虽然他也努力要安定下来过日子，如今我可是孤单又心碎。
→Though my man tried his best to settle down with me and form a family, he finally left me, and Im now alone with a broken heart.
虽然我的男人尽力的想要安定下来，与我组织一个小家庭，但他还是离我而去了。现在我带着破碎的心独处。
settle down　　定居
例:Ryan settled down right after high school, in a small town near Chicago.
（莱恩高中后立刻在芝加哥附近的一个小镇定居下来。）

1 yearn   

v.想念；怀念；渴望

参考例句：

• We yearn to surrender our entire being.我们渴望着放纵我们整个的生命。
• Many people living in big cities yearn for an idyllic country life.现在的很多都市人向往那种田园化的生活。

2 yearns   

渴望，切盼，向往( yearn的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• Every man yearns for sympathy in sorrow. 每个遇到不幸的人都渴望得到同情。
• What I dread is to get into a rut. One yearns for freshness of thought and ideas. 我害怕的就是墨守成规。人总是向往新思想和新观念的。

3 kin   

n.家族，亲属，血缘关系；adj.亲属关系的，同类的

参考例句：

• He comes of good kin.他出身好。
• She has gone to live with her husband's kin.她住到丈夫的亲戚家里去了。

4 shack   

adj.简陋的小屋，窝棚

参考例句：

• He had to sit down five times before he reached his shack.在走到他的茅棚以前，他不得不坐在地上歇了五次。
• The boys made a shack out of the old boards in the backyard.男孩们在后院用旧木板盖起一间小木屋。

5 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

6 wed   

v.娶，嫁，与…结婚

参考例句：

• The couple eventually wed after three year engagement.这对夫妇在订婚三年后终于结婚了。
• The prince was very determined to wed one of the king's daughters.王子下定决心要娶国王的其中一位女儿。