Lyrics translation of 'Land of Enchantment' by Martin Murph
The song brought up by 肖庄 impressed me a lot so I decide to translate the lyrics into Chinese. The lyrics are straightforward but I still encountered difficulties. The more obvious one is to translate the word "lady". It is a shame that in Chinese we do not have an close correspondence of this word. I picked up '淑女' for that, which is old fashioned word but is the closest one that I can pull out from my vocabulary.
When I did this I have 'sing it in Chinese' in mind. I always believe that the lyric translation is different from the poem translation: less fancy words used, some redundancy, etc.
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Land of Enchantment I met a lady in my drifting days I quickly fell under the spell of her loving ways A rose in the desert I loved her so In the land of enchantment, New Mexico We watched the sunset by the Rio Grande A mission bell, rang farewell, she took my hand She said, "Come back amigo, no matter where you go To the land of enchantment, New Mexico" From her arms I wandered far across the sea I often heard her gentle words haunting me Come back amigo, I miss you so To the land of enchantment, New Mexico Come back amigo, no matter where you go To the land of enchantment, New Mexico |
迷人的土地 我遇见一淑女，在我彷徨时， 她举止温馨，充满魅力，征服了我的心。 沙漠中的玫瑰, 我如此爱她， 在这迷人的土地， 新墨西哥。 我们看着落日， 相依在河畔， 教堂的钟声，催促告别， 她挽着我的手， 她说， “回来吧朋友， 不论天涯海角 到这迷人的土地， 新墨西哥”。 离开她双臂我远游, 飘洋又过海， 我常常听到她温柔的声音萦绕着我， 回来吧朋友， 我是如此想念你， 到这迷人的土地， 新墨西哥。 回来吧朋友， 不论天涯海角， 到这迷人的土地， 新墨西哥。 |
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斓婷
2014-12-05 07:57:49马下人译得又快又好，很流畅，但愿有会唱歌的网友能用中英双语演唱。