《The Ramblin' Rover》歌词解析

"Oh, there're sober men and plenty, / And drunkards barely twenty, / There are men of over ninety, / That have never yet kissed a girl." 这一段描述了不同的人生态度。 "sober men"指的是清醒的人，也就是那些不过度饮酒的人。 "plenty"表示很多，即有很多清醒的人。 "drunkards"指的是醉酒的人。 "barely twenty"表示只有二十岁左右，强调醉酒的人年纪轻轻。 "men of over ninety"表示年纪超过九十岁的老人。 "have never yet kissed a girl"表示这些老人从未有过爱情经历。 "But give me a ramblin' rover, / Frae Orkney down to Dover. / We will roam the country over, / And together we'll face the world." 这里诗人更倾向于选择一个漫游者，与他们一起漫游全国，共同面对世界。 "ramblin' rover"指的是漫游者。 "Frae Orkney down to Dover"表示从Orkney岛到Dover的漫游旅程。 "There's many that feign enjoyment, / From merciless employment, / Their ambition was this deployment / From the minute they left the school." 这一段描述了许多人为了工作而假装快乐，他们的抱负从离开学校的那一刻就被设定了。 "feign enjoyment"表示假装快乐。 "merciless employment"表示无情的工作环境。 "ambition was this deployment"表示他们的抱负被这种工作安排所限制。 "And they save and scrape and ponder, / While the rest go out and squander, / See the world and rove and wander / And are happier as a rule." 这些人省吃俭用，思考着如何积累财富，而其他人则去挥霍、漫游和探索世界，通常他们更快乐。 "save and scrape"表示省吃俭用。 "ponder"表示思考。 "squander"表示挥霍。 "Oh, there're sober men and plenty, / And drunkards barely twenty, / There are men of over ninety / That have never yet kissed a girl." 这一段与第一段相似，再次强调不同的人生态度。 "But give me a ramblin' rover, / Frae Orkney down to Dover. / We will roam the country over / And together we'll face the world." 与第二段相同，诗人更倾向于选择漫游者，与他们一起探索世界。 "I've roamed through all the nations / In delight of all creations, / And enjoyed a wee sensation Where the company did prove kind." 这里描述了诗人漫游各国，欣赏各种创造物，并在与善良的人交往时获得愉快的体验。 "roamed through all the nations"表示诗人游历过所有的国家。 "delight of all creations"表示欣赏各种创造物。 "And when partin' was no pleasure, / I've drunk another measure, / To the good friends that we treasure / For they always are in our mind." 当分离不是一种愉快的体验时，诗人会与朋友一起痛饮，表达对珍贵友人的感激和思念。 "Oh, there're sober men and plenty, / And drunkards barely twenty, / There are men of over ninety / That have never yet kissed a girl." 再次强调不同的人生态度。 "But give me a ramblin' rover, / Frae Orkney down to Dover. / We will roam the country over / And together we'll face the world." 诗人再次选择与漫游者一起探索世界。