The Fiddler of Dooney
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都尼的提琴手
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| When I play on my fiddle in Dooney, |
当我在都尼拉响了提琴， |
| Folk dance like a wave of the sea; |
人们便如浪潮般舞起； |
| My cousin is priest in Kilvarnet, |
我的表兄是基尔瓦内的牧师， |
| My brother in Mocharabuiee. |
在莫卡拉比有我的兄弟。 |
| I passed my brother and cousin： |
我顺道拜访他们两个， |
| They read in their books of prayer; |
他们正埋头读着祷文； |
| I read in my book of songs |
我也在埋头读着 |
| l bought at the Sligo fair. |
斯莱戈集市上买来的歌本。 |
| When we come at the end of time |
当世界末日，我们一同 |
| To Peter sitting in state, |
站在圣彼得的座前， |
| He will smile on the three old spirits, |
他会对我们微微而笑， |
| But call me first through the gate; |
却叫我最先跨过门槛。 |
| For the good are always the merry, |
因为善良的人才总是快乐的样子， |
| Save by an evil chance, |
除非遇上意外的烦恼； |
| And the merry love the fiddle, |
快乐的人喜爱提琴， |
| And the merry love to dance： |
快乐的人喜爱舞蹈。 |
| And when the folk there spy me, |
见我进来，那些天国的人 |
| They will all come up to me, |
马上在我身边围拢； |
| With‘Here is the fiddler of Dooney!' |
喊着“都尼的提琴手来了！” |
| And dance like a wave of the sea. |
便如浪潮般开始起舞。 |
