Green, green grass of home   Tom Jones


碧草如茵的家園   湯姆瓊斯





The old home town looks the same


古老的故鄉依舊 


As I step down from the train


當我步下火車 


And there to meet me is my mamma and poppa


迎接我的是我的雙親 


Down the road I look, and there runs Mary


我向馬路望去，瑪麗正跑過來 


Hair of gold and lips like cherries


她一頭金髮，唇似櫻桃 


It's good to touch the green, green grass of home


能觸摸到碧草如茵的家園真好


 





Yes, they'll all come to meet me


是的，他們全都會來看我 


Arms a-reaching, smiling sweetly


敞開雙臂，笑容燦爛 


It's good to touch the green, green grass of home


能觸摸到碧草如茵的家園真好 





The old house is still standing


老家依然矗立著 


'Though the paint is cracked and dry


雖然油漆已經斑駁剝落 


And there's that old oak tree that I used to play on


還有那棵老橡樹，從前我常在那裡玩耍 


Down the lane I'll walk with my sweet Mary


在巷子裡，我會和心愛的瑪麗散步 


Hair of gold and lips like cherries,


她一頭金髮，唇似櫻桃 


It's good to touch the green, green grass of home


能觸摸到碧草如茵的家園真好 





Then I awake and look around me


然後我醒來，看看四週 


At the four gray walls* that surround me


圍繞著我的是個棺木 


And I realize that I was only dreaming


才發覺自己在作夢 


For there's a guard and a sad old padre


警衛和悲傷年邁的軍中牧師 


Arm in arm we'll walk at daybreak


手牽著手，在破曉時刻前進 


And at last I'll touch the green green grass of home


最後，我將會觸碰到碧草如茵的家園