这首歌显然描写的是异国之恋。老美在二次世界大战、韩战、越战时，与亚洲诸多国家的当地女孩坠入情网，唯战后这些老外得随军返国，许多鸳鸯因此被拆散，这首歌描述的正是此一典例。早年由马龙‧白兰度主演的『樱花恋』及关家倩主演的『苏丝黄的世界』都是描写异国之恋的经典电影，值得租来一看回味一下。
英文歌词
Rose, Rose, I love you with an aching heart. What is your future, now we have to part? Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away. Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay.
Make way, oh, make way for my Eastern Rose. Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes. In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, "Please make way for Rose," you can hear them say.
All my life I shall remember oriental music and you in my arms. Perfumed flowers in your tresses, lotus€?cented breezes and swaying palms.
Rose, Rose, I love you with your almond eyes. Fragrant and slender, neath tropical skies. I must cross the seas again and never see you more, way back to my home on a distant shore.
Rose, Rose, Ill leave you; my ship is in the bay. Kiss me farewell, now; theres nothing to say. East is east and west is west. Our worlds are far apart. I must leave you now, but I leave my heart.
歌词翻译
玫瑰，玫瑰，我爱妳爱得心都痛了。现在我们要分开了，妳将何去何从呢?当轮船开航时，我看到妳站在码头上。美丽的马来亚之花啊!我无法停留。
让路，哦，为我美丽的东方玫瑰让路。不论她走到哪里，男人都会蜂拥而上去看她。不管她坐黄包车经过街道时或在酒店里，你都会听到有人喊道：『请让路给玫瑰!』
我一辈子都会记得东方音乐和妳在我怀中的情景，妳的鬈发插上了弥漫香味的花朵，棕榈树在飘着莲花香的微风中摇曳。
玫瑰，玫瑰我爱妳及妳那双杏眼，在热带蓝天下妳身上散发出芬芳，且身影窈窕。我必须再度启程前往大洋遥远的另一端，那是我生长的故乡。我再也见不到妳了。
玫瑰，玫瑰，我要离开妳了，我的船就在海湾。和我吻别，现在毋需再多说。东方是东方，西方是西方。我们的世界相隔那么远。我现在必须离开妳，但我把心留给妳。
字词句型分析
1.Rose, Rose, I love you with an aching heart.
→Rose, Rose, I love you so much that my heart aches.
玫瑰，玫瑰，我是如此地爱妳以致于心痛。
ache vi. 痛, 疼
例:After climbing the mountain, I ached all over.(爬山以后，我感觉浑身疼痛。)
2.What is your future, now we have to part?
=Now that we have to part, what is your future?
现在我们既然要分开了，妳将何去何从呢?
now that... 既然 (现在)……
*此乃副词连接词, 引导现在式或现在完成式的副词子句。
例:Now that you have money, you should help the poor.(既然你现在有钱，就应该帮助穷人。)
3.Standing on the jetty as the steamer moves away.
→I see you standing on the wharf as the steamer moves away.
当轮船慢慢驶出去时，我看到妳站在码头上。
jetty n. 码头=wharf
4.Flower of Malaya 马来亚之花 (指漂亮的女孩子)
5.Make way, oh, make way, for my Eastern Rose. Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes. In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, "Please make way for Rose," you can hear them say.
→Wherever my girlfriend Rose goes in her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, men would gather around just to admire her beauty.
每当玫瑰坐黄包车经过街道或在酒店时，男人都拥到那里去争睹她的风采。
a.make way 让路
例:I made way for the old man.(我让路给那老人。)
b.crowd vi. 群聚, 拥挤=gather
例:They crowded into the classroom to hear the famous lecturer.(他们挤进教室听这位名演讲者的课。)
c.rickshaw n. 人力车, 黄包车
d.cabaret n. (法国式有歌舞助兴的) 酒店, 餐馆
6.All my life I shall remember oriental music and you in my arms. Perfumed flowers in your tresses, lotus€?cented breezes and swaying palms.
我一辈子都会记得此地的东方音乐及妳在我怀里的那种感觉。妳的鬈发插上了弥漫香味的花朵，棕榈树在飘着莲花香的微风中摇曳。
a.all my life 一辈子
例:I will love you all my life.(我将一辈子爱妳。)
b.oriental a. 东方诸国的, 亚洲的, 东方文明的
c.perfume n. 香水, 香气 & vt. 喷以香水, 使香
perfumed 有香味的 (过去分词, 作形容词)
d.tresses n. (女人) 长发 (恒为复数)
e.lotus-cented a. 有莲花味道的
f.sway vi. 摇摆, 摇曳, 动摇
例:The grass is swaying in the breeze.(草在微风中摇曳。)
g.palm n. 棕榈 (热带性植物)
7.Rose, Rose, I love you with your almond eyes. Fragrant and slender, neath tropical skies.
→Rose, Rose, I love you with your almond eyes. You smell fragrant and look slender beneath the tropical skies.
我爱妳以及妳那双美丽的杏眼。在热带的天空下妳身上散发出芬芳且身影窈窕。
a.almond n. 杏仁
almond eyes 杏眼=almond-haped eyes
b.fragrant a. 芬芳的
例:The garden is fragrant with flowers.(这花园洋溢着花香。)
c.slender a. 纤细的; 苗条的
例:She has slender fingers.(她有细长的手指。)
d.neath prep. 在……的下面=beneath
e.tropical a. 热带的
temperate a. (气候) 温带的
arctic a. 北极地区的
subtropical a. 亚热带的
例:Taiwan is an island located in the subtropical zone.(台湾是位于亚热带的一个岛。)
8.I must cross the seas again and never see you more, way back to my home on a distant shore.
→I must leave for my home on the other side of the ocean, and there is no chance I can see you again.
我必须启程前往大洋遥远的另一端，那是我生长的故乡，我俩没有再见面的机会了。
a.shore n. 海岸, (海、湖、河) 岸
例:The boat was near the shore.(这艘船在海岸附近。)
b.distant a. 远离的; 遥远的
例:We saw a distant flash of light as the boat approached.
(当船靠近时，我们看到远处有一道闪光。)
9.bay n. 海湾, 湾
