英语歌曲:The mummer's dance 艺者之舞

The mummer's dance 艺者之舞

When in the springtime of the year
在一年之春
When the trees are crowned with leaves
当树木深陷在繁茂的叶群
When the ash and oak, and the birch and yew¹
当岑树和橡树，和白桦树、紫杉
Are dressed in ribbons fair
被美丽的缎带装饰一新
When owls² call the breathless moon
当猫头鹰呼唤无息的月
In the blue veil of the night
在夜幕的蓝色面纱下
The shadows of the trees appear
树影浮现
Amidst the lantern light
在灯笼的亮光中
We've been rambling³ all the night
我们已漫游一夜
And some time of this day
还有白天的一些时间
Now returning back again
现在又回来了
We bring a garland gay
我们带来了头戴鲜花的快乐
Who will go down to those sh groves⁴
它会走入荫蔽的小树林
And summon the shadows there
集起那边的阴影
And tie a ribbon on those sheltering arms
并且在庇护之臂上系上丝带
In the springtime of the year
在一年之春
The songs of birds seem to fill the wood
鸟儿的歌好象充满了整个树林
That when the fiddler plays
当琴者拨弄时
All their voices can be heard
你听到它们的歌唱
Long past their woodland days
远远地穿过它们的林中岁月
And so they linked their hands and danced
所以它们手拉手，跳起舞
Round in circles and in rows
成列成环地跳着
And so the journey of the night descends⁵
而于是夜色中的旅行开始了
When all the shades are gone
当所有的林荫消失时
"A garland gay we bring you here
我们为你带来带满鲜花的快乐
And at your door we stand
我们站在你的门前
It is a sprout⁶ well budded out
那是个顺利萌发的幼苗
The work of our lord's hand"
杰作出自我们的主.

1 yew   

n.紫杉属树木

参考例句：

• The leaves of yew trees are poisonous to cattle.紫杉树叶会令牛中毒。
• All parts of the yew tree are poisonous,including the berries.紫杉的各个部分都有毒，包括浆果。

2 owls   

n.猫头鹰( owl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• 'Clumsy fellows,'said I; 'they must still be drunk as owls.' “这些笨蛋，”我说，“他们大概还醉得像死猪一样。” 来自英汉文学 - 金银岛
• The great majority of barn owls are reared in captivity. 大多数仓鸮都是笼养的。 来自辞典例句

3 rambling   

adj.[建]凌乱的，杂乱的

参考例句：

• We spent the summer rambling in Ireland. 我们花了一个夏天漫游爱尔兰。
• It was easy to get lost in the rambling house. 在布局凌乱的大房子里容易迷路。

4 groves   

树丛，小树林( grove的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• The early sun shone serenely on embrowned groves and still green fields. 朝阳宁静地照耀着已经发黄的树丛和还是一片绿色的田地。
• The trees grew more and more in groves and dotted with old yews. 那里的树木越来越多地长成了一簇簇的小丛林，还点缀着几棵老紫杉树。

5 descends   

v.下来( descend的第三人称单数 )；下去；下降；下斜

参考例句：

• This festival descends from a religious rite. 这个节日起源于宗教仪式。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• The path descends steeply to the village. 小路陡直而下直到村子。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 sprout   

n.芽，萌芽；vt.使发芽，摘去芽；vi.长芽，抽条

参考例句：

• When do deer first sprout horns?鹿在多大的时候开始长出角？
• It takes about a week for the seeds to sprout.这些种子大约要一周后才会发芽。