Scarborough Fair 《斯卡布罗集市》这首歌的歌词至少追溯到十三世纪的英格兰,至于曲调则更早,产生于苏格兰,但是最著名的版本是保罗西蒙与加芬克尔(Simon and Garfunkel)为电影《毕业生》所创作的主题曲,当年曾超过了披头士乐队的白色专辑,登上了1968年畅销歌曲排行榜的榜首。随着悠远的前奏,Simon and Garfunkel饱含磁力的声线带来了遥远苏格兰的气息,那是肇始于维京人和凯尔特人的古老歌谣,野蛮人有着与我们同样纤弱的灵魂。充盈着敏感诗意和微妙幽怨的曲调,隔绝了红尘俗世的纷扰,驱散了阴霾和苟且,挥别了喧闹和浮华,引领我们走向歌中的世界——
Are you going to Scarborough Fair.您正要去斯卡布罗集市吗?
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there.代我向那儿的一位姑娘问好
She once was a true love of mine.她曾经是我的爱人
Tell her to make me a cambric shirt.请让她为我做一件细麻布衬衣
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
Without no seams nor needle work.上面不用缝口,也不用针线
Then she'll be a true love of mine.她就会是我真正的爱人
Tell her to find me an acre of land.叫她替我找一块地
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
Between the salt water and the sea strands.就在海水和浅滩之间
Then she'll be a true love of mine.她就会是我真正的爱人
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather.叫她用一把皮镰收割
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
And gather it all in a bunch of heather.将收割的石楠扎成一束
Then she'll be a true love of mine.她就会是我真正的爱人
Are you going to Scarborough Fair.您正要去斯卡布罗集市吗?
Parsley,sage,rosemary and thyme.欧芹,鼠尾草,迷迭香和百里香
Remember me to one who lives there.代我向那儿的一位姑娘问好
She once was a true love of mine.她曾经是我的爱人。