台灣歌謠英譯初試

台灣歌謠英譯初試

〈月夜愁Moonlight Sorrow〉

曲/鄧雨賢    詞/周添旺

月色照在,三線路
Moonlight on the 3-lane road

風吹微微

In the gentle breeze,

等待的人那未來

I waited, but my sweetheart did not come.
心內真可疑

想未出彼個人

I wonder if he is still the same person I used to know.
啊~~怨歎月暝

Oh! What a moonlight night to sigh and complain!

更深無伴,獨相思

Further into the night without a companion, I am longing for my lover
秋蟬哀啼

The lamenting autumn cicadas　

月光所照的樹影

The shadow of the tree under the moonlight
加添阮傷悲

Adding to my sorrow

心頭酸目屎滴

Suddenly seized by the sadness, I cried.
啊~~無聊月暝

Oh! What a lonesome moonlight night!

敢是注定,無緣份

Perhaps we are just not destined to be a good match for marriage
所愛的伊

But my darling

因何乎阮放未離

How come I still cannot forsake you?
夢中來相見

We meet in our dream

斷腸詩唱未止

And keep singing songs of broken heart
啊~~憂愁月暝

Oh! What a sorrow moonlight night!