首先描写了遥远苏格兰的气息。一片滨海的平原,海浪宁静而富有节奏的拍击着峭壁嶙峋的山崖,带来了大海那清新又包含生命力的气息,也带来了满载货物的三桅船。遥远的天际,长长的桅杆逐渐在视野里变得越来越清晰,船在平滑如镜的蔚蓝海面缓缓而行,宛然翱翔碧空的鹰隼。
帆船驶进小镇那古老而别致的港口,熟悉的店主奉上久违的笑容与问候,好比甘美的朗姆酒温柔拂过干燥的咽喉。杂货店主满意的接过那沉甸甸的木箱——那是香料的盛宴,欧芹、鼠尾草、百里香、迷迭香被阳光照射,与小镇丛生的野花一同散发出温暖芬芳的气息。
凛冽清爽的秋风裹挟着浓郁的馨香,掠过一望无际的田野,掠过即将封冻的河流,掠过亘古叹息的大海,直向辽远天际的血色残阳而去,那馨香犹如对远方情人的思念般不可抑制、历久弥新。
《斯卡布罗集市》的第二句唱到了四种花朵,香芹、鼠尾草、迷迭香和百里香(Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme),分别代表爱情的甜蜜,力量,忠诚和勇气。
在歌曲的二、三、四段,每一句的结尾,都有一个不太明显的声音在唱着另外的一套歌词,副歌的歌词是西蒙写的,而旋律则出自加芬克尔之手,副歌开始时如同秋天昏黄萧索的天空,沉静的讲述战争当中的种种苦难,艰辛。
这使得这一曲《斯卡布罗集市》不再仅仅是一首哀伤的恋歌,更是是一首尖锐的反战歌曲。那套歌词的内容讲述了一场战争。结合当时的背景,可能与反对越南战争有关。
斯卡布罗集市这首歌的歌词至少追溯到十三世纪的英格兰,至于曲调则更早,产生于苏格兰,很有可能受到了维京人和另一支蛮族凯尔特人的影响。
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歌词:
Are you going to Scarborough Fair.您正要去斯卡布罗集市吗?
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there.代我向那儿的一位姑娘问好
She once was a true love of mine.她曾经是我的爱人
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.叫她替我做件麻布衣衫
(On the side of a hill in the deep forest green.)(绿林深处山冈旁)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
(Tracing of sparrow on the snow-crested brown.)(在白雪封顶的褐色山上追逐雀儿)
Without no seams nor needle work.上面不用缝口,也不用针线
(Blankets and bedclothes the child of the mountain.)(大山是山之子的地毯和床单)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.她就会是我真正的爱人
(Sleeps unaware of the clarion call.)(熟睡中不觉号角声声呼唤)
Tell her to find me an acre of land.叫她替我找一块地
(On the side of a hill a sprinkling of leaves.)(从小山旁几片小草叶上)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
(Washes the grave with silvery tears.)(滴下的银色泪珠冲刷着坟茔)
Between the salt water and the sea strands.就在咸水和大海之间
(A soldier cleans and polishes a gun.)(士兵擦拭着他的枪)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.她就会是我真正的爱人
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather.叫她用一把皮镰收割
(War bellows blazing in scarlet battalions.)(战火轰隆,猩红的枪弹在狂呼)
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
(Generals order their soldiers to kill.)(将军们命令麾下的士兵冲杀)
And gather it all in a bunch of heather.将收割的石楠扎成一束
(And to fight for a cause they've long ago forgotten.)(为一个早已遗忘的理由而战)
Then she'll be a true love of mine.她就会是我真正的爱人
Are you going to Scarborough Fair.您正要去斯卡布罗集市吗?
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there.代我向那儿的一位姑娘问好
She once was a true love of mine.她曾经是我的爱人。
参考资料来源:百度百科-斯卡布罗集市