Theriver歌词赏析.doc

The River by Bruce SpringsteenI come from down in valleywhere mister when youre youngthey bring you up to dolike your daddy doneMe and Mary we met in high schoolwhen she was just seventeenwed drive out of this valleydown to where the fields were greenWed go down to the riverand into the river wed diveOh~down to the river wed rideThen I got Mary pregnantand man that was all she wroteand for my nineteenth birthdayI got a union card and a wedding coatwe went down to the courthouseand the judge put it all to restno wedding day smilesno walk down the aisleno flowersno wedding dressThat night we went down to the riverand into the river wed diveOh~down to the river wed rideI got a job working constructionfor the johnstown companybut lately there aint been much workon account of the economyNow all them things that seemed so importantwell mister they vanished right into the airnow I just act like I dont rememberMary acts like she dont careBut I remember us riding in my brothers carHer body tan and wet down at the reservoirat night on them banks Id lie awakeand pull her close just to feel each breath shed takeNow those memories come back to haunt meThey haunt me like a curseis a dream a lie if it dont come trueor is it something worsethat sends me down to the riverthough I know the river is drythat sends me down to the rivertonightDown to the riverMy baby and IOh down to~ the river we rideWoo... 翻译 我来自下面的那条山谷里，先生，那时候您还很年轻。他们把你养大让你子承父业。我和玛丽在高中认识，那时她才十七岁。我们一起开车离开山谷去看那片绿意盎然的田野。我们来到河边，在河里潜水，我们一起开着车沿着河流溯流而下。 接着玛丽怀孕了，老兄，她的故事也就到这里了。 我在十九岁生日的时候获得了人生中的第一张工会会员证和一身婚礼礼服。我们一起去了法院，但是法官却将我们的申请全都扔在了一旁。我们的婚礼没有众人微笑的祝福，也没有长长的红地毯可走，没有鲜花，没有婚纱。我们只是在新婚的晚上来到了河边，我们一起在河里潜水。然后开着车溯流而下，仿佛能够听到风儿细声的祝福。 我在约翰城公司找了一份从事建筑业的工作，但是随后由于经济上的原因，公司没有了那么多工作可做。现在，先生，那些以前看似如此重要的事情都消失的一干二净。现在，我只能假装我已经彻底不记得了。而玛丽也假装不在乎。 但是我真的记得我们一起开着我哥哥的车，在水库边上泼水嬉戏，她晒的黝黑，我们浑身湿透。晚上，我们一起躺在河边，我是那么的清醒轻轻的把她拉近我的身边感受她每一次的呼吸。] 然而现在，往日的甜蜜却像是一个咒语不停的纠缠在我心里，难