The Star of the County Down (from Ireland)

Near banbridge town in the county down
班布里奇小鎮附近
One morning last july,
去年七月的一個早晨
Down a bóithrín green came a sweet cailín
綠茵小道上走來一個可愛的姑娘
And she smiled as she passed me by.
她微笑著與我擦肩而過
She looked so sweet from her two bare feet
赤著腳丫的她如此可愛
To the sheen of her nut brown hair.
栗色的頭髮熠熠閃光
Such a coaxing elf, sure I shook myself
真是個迷人的精靈我搖醒自己
For to see I was really there.
提醒自己確實沒做夢
From bantry bay up to derry quay and
從班特里海灣到德里碼頭
From galway to dublin town,
從戈爾韋到都柏林
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
我再沒見過其他的少女
That I met in the county down.
比得上南方小鎮遇見的姑娘
As she onward sped, sure I scratched my head,
她快步走在前面，我只能無力撓頭
And I looked with a feelin' rare,
懷著莫名的情緒我默默看著她
And I say's, say's i, to a passer-by,
我支吾著問路人
'whose the maid with the nut brown hair'? “
那個栗色頭髮的姑娘是誰？”
He smiled at me and he says's, say's he,
他微笑著告訴我
'that's the gem of ireland's crown. “
她是愛爾蘭王冠上的寶石
She's rosie mccann from the banks of the bann,
她是來自班恩河之岸的小羅茜麥肯
She's the star of the county down'.
她是南方小鎮的星”
From bantry bay up to derry quay and
從班特里海灣到德里碼頭
From galway to dublin town,
從戈爾韋到都柏林
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
我再沒見過其他的少女
That I met in the county down.
比得上南方小鎮遇見的姑娘
...
At the harvest fair she'll be surely there
她將在收穫祭上出現
And I'll dress in my sunday clothes,
我將穿上節日盛裝
Right for a smile from my nut brown rose.
只為等待我栗色玫瑰的一個微笑
No pipe I'll smoke, no horse I'll yoke
我將不再抽煙也不再騎馬
Till my plough turns rust coloured brown.
直到我的我的犁銹成棕色
Till a smiling bride, by my own fireside
直到我的爐邊，坐著我含笑的新娘
Sits the star of the county down.
那南方小鎮的星
...
From bantry bay up to derry ouay and
從班特里海灣到德里碼頭
From galway to dublin town,
從戈爾韋到都柏林
No maid I've seen like the brown colleen
我再沒見過其他的少女
That I met in the county down.
比得上南方小鎮遇見的姑娘