初恋约妮成了我好朋友的新娘
万湖小舟
"吉米, 我已是你好朋友约翰的新娘"是美国乡村音乐Don't Cry Joni中画龙点睛的一句歌词。歌词描写了两邻居家的一对两小无猜的女孩和男孩。当女孩子长成少女后，表达了对男孩，已是成年帅歌的爱慕之情，可是歌曲唱出了他们的曲折，...
Don't Cry Joni (约妮别哭)是一首由美国乡村音乐艺术家康威•特威蒂(Conway Twitty) 创作的歌曲。 他和他的女儿 Joni Lee 一起录制了这首歌，并于 1975 年 8 月将其作为专辑 The High Priest of Country Music 中的单曲发行。 该唱片在美国公告牌百强单曲榜上排名第 63。
西人浪漫。这首爱情歌曲的歌词直白，诙谐和风趣。歌词采用双行押韵即aabb的形式。如果直译成中文就失去了它的韵味。就像把中文的律诗译成英语没有了平仄一样。不同的语言各有千秋和特色。翻译只能了解大概，大多失去了原汁原味。加上翻译歌词在音节数上可能也有一定的要求，翻译要达到 "信，达，雅"不容易。尝试一下，翻译时看能不能保持英语双行的原韵，比如， "door" 对应"朵"；"more" 对应"多"；"day" 对"贴"；"say" 对应"蝶"。时间仓促，没来得及仔细推敲。请朋友们指导。
视频是在油管里找到的，对其加入了翻译后的中文歌词。两位演唱者都唱得很棒。
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"Don't Cry, Joni” (约妮别哭)
翻译: 万湖小舟
(一)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请等我在时间的长堤
I'll grow up someday you'll see
总有一天我会长大让你着迷
Savin' all my kisses just for you
为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕
Signed with love forever true
步入清澈爱河的长途
(二)
Joni was the girl who lived next door
约妮是住在邻居家的花朵
I've known her I guess 10 years or more
认识她大约已有10年之多
Joni wrote me a note one day
约妮一天给了我张纸贴
And this is what she had to say
她心里住着一只小蝴蝶
(三)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请等我在时间的长堤
I'll grow up someday you'll see
总有一天我会长大让你着迷
Savin' all my kisses just for you
为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕
Signed with love forever true
步入清澈爱河的长途
(四)
Slowly I read her note once more
细读着她的纸条感慨良多
Then I went over to the house next door
决定去邻居家伶惜花朵
Her teardrops fell like rain that day
她的泪像那天的雨倾泻
When I told Joni what I had to say
当我说约妮不能和你相约
(五)
Joni, Joni, please don't cry
约妮，约妮莫哭呆
You'll forget me by and by
你忘掉我会很快
You're just fifteen I'm twenty two
我二十二，你才十五
Joni I just can't wait for you
约妮我若等你会很苦
(六)
Soon I left our little home town
很快我离开了小城家乡
Got me a job and tried to settle down
得到工作充满定居的希望
But her words kept haunting my memory
可她的话一直撞击着我的心扉
The words that Joni said to me
约妮的言语是那样的甜蜜
(七)
Jimmy please say you'll wait for me
吉米请等我在时间的长堤
I'll grow up someday you'll see
总有一天我会长大让你着迷
Savin' all my kisses just for you
为你我保存了所有的初吻爱慕
Signed with love forever true
步入清澈爱河的长途
(八)
I packed my clothes and I caught a plane
打好背包飞机上我兴奋难掩
I had to see Joni, I had to explain
去看约妮要当面和她畅谈
How my heart was filled with her memory
告诉她我心里不能没有你
And ask my Joni if she'd marry me
向约妮求婚说出我的秘密
(九)
I ran all the way to the house next door
我一路奔跑入邻居家落座
But things weren't like they were before
然而时过境迁让我好难过
My teardrops fell like rain that day
我的泪像那天的雨倾泻
When I heard what Joni had to say
当约妮说不能和我相约
(十)
Jimmy Jimmy please don't cry
吉米，吉米莫哭呆
You'll forget me by and by
你忘掉我会很快
It's been five years since you've been gone
过去的五年是多么漫长
Jimmy I married your best friend John.
我已是你好朋友约翰的新娘