The Cowboy’s Lament

As I walked out in the streets of Laredo,

當我走在拉雷多的街道上，

As I walked out in Laredo one day,

有一天，我在拉雷多散步時，

I spied a poor cowboy wrapped up in white linen,

我看到一個可憐的牛仔裹著白色亞麻布，

Wrapped up in white linen as cold as the clay.

裹在像泥土一樣冰冷的白色亞麻布中。

"Oh, beat the drum slowly and play the fife lowly,

哦，慢慢地敲鼓，輕輕地吹橫笛，

Play the Dead March as you carry me along;

在抬我走的時候演奏《葬禮進行曲》；

Take me to the green valley, there lay the sod o'er me,

帶我去綠色的山谷，在那裡用泥土覆蓋我。

For I'm a young cowboy and I know I've done wrong."

因為我是一個年輕的牛仔，我知道我做錯了。

"I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy,"

我從你的裝束看出你是個牛仔，

These words he did say as I boldly stepped by.

這些話他說了，當我大膽地走過時。

"Come sit down beside me and hear my sad story;

「來，坐在我身邊，聽聽我的悲傷故事；

I was shot in the breast and I know I must die."

我被射中了胸部，我知道我必須死。

"Go write a letter to my gray-haired mother,

去給我白髮蒼蒼的母親寫封信，

And carry the same to my sister so dear;

並把同樣的東西帶給我親愛的姐姐

But not a word of this shall you mention

但你不應提及此事的一字一句

When a crowd gathers round you my story to hear."

當一群人聚集在你周圍聽我的故事時。

"It was once in the saddle I used to go dashing,

“曾經我在馬鞍上馳騁，

It was once in the saddle I used to go gay;

曾經我騎在馬鞍上時感到快樂；

First to the dram-house, then to the card-house,

先去酒館，然後去賭場，

Got shot in the breast, I am dying today."

我被射中了胸部，我今天要死了。

"Get six jolly cowboys to carry my coffin;

找六個快樂的牛仔抬我的棺材

Get six pretty maidens to bear up my pall.

找六個漂亮的少女來抬我的靈柩布。

Put bunches of roses all over my coffin,

在我的棺材上放滿玫瑰花束

Put roses to deaden the clods as they fall."

把玫瑰放在土塊上以減輕它們掉落時的衝擊。

We beat the drum slowly and played the fife lowly,

我們慢慢地敲鼓，輕輕地吹橫笛。

And bitterly wept as we bore him along;

我們悲痛地抬著他哭泣；

For we all loved our comrade, so brave, young, and handsome,

因為我們都愛我們的夥伴，他是如此勇敢、年輕、英俊，

We all loved our comrade although he'd done wrong.

我們都愛我們的夥伴，儘管他做錯了。