“Take Me Home, Country Roads, “ 唱:John Denver (1971),音乐风格:美国乡村(country)
Almost heaven, West Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah River
Life is old there, older than the trees
Younger than the mountains, growin' like a breeze
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
All my memories gather 'round her
Miner's lady, stranger to blue water
Dark and dusty, painted on the sky
Misty taste of moonshine, teardrop in my eye
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
I hear her voice in the mornin' hour, she calls me
The radio reminds me of my home far away
Drivin' down the road, I get a feelin'
That I should've been home yesterday, yesterday
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Country roads, take me home
To the place I belong
West Virginia, mountain mama
Take me home, country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
Take me home, (down) country roads
【中文译释】第一阙mountain mama应解释为像山一样的母亲还是像母亲一样的山?我认为是后者。西佛吉尼亚昵称Mountain State以山著称,歌曲主题是怀念到处都是山的家乡,像妈妈那样熟悉亲切的山乡,而不是怀念大山里的妈妈。因此第二阙的her应是对故乡的昵称;miner’s lady:该州传统经济支柱是采矿,自然到处是矿工的家属;stranger to blue water: 指该州是内陆地区。第三阙her voice指家乡在呼唤自己。我的中文翻译: