Dubliners

Oh, Dublin you're my city
啊都柏林，你是我的故鄉
I'm proud to call you mine
我以你為豪
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
被利菲河綠油油的水隔開
No matter who I love and woo at home or over sea
不管我愛的人是誰還是來自哪裡
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me
我的心更偏向於都柏林人
Dublin men and women are the salt of all the earth
都柏林的男人和女人是地球上高尚的人們
Fiercely true and loyal to the town that gave them birth
對於生他養他的地方無比忠誠
A Dublin man spends all his life making friends
都柏林人喜歡廣納朋友
With black porter each evening at eight
在晚上8點的時候都有一盞燈在守候
When they sound his death knell his last prayer is to dwell
在他們彌留之際有人為他祈禱
By Saint James' pearly gate
通過雅各布的天國之門
Oh, Dublin you're my city
啊都柏林，你是我的故鄉
I'm proud to call you mine
我以你為豪
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
被利菲河綠油油的水隔開
No matter who I love and woo at home or over sea
不管我愛的人是誰還是來自哪裡
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me
我的心更偏向於都柏林人
Dublin is to Dubliners a dear ould dirty town
都柏林對於都柏林人說這是一個親切但也很古老的城鎮
It's getting dearer every year and hard to earn a pound
年代愈深愈顯得親切且更難割捨
And as for the Liffey that gash through the city
至於穿過都柏林的利菲河
It's thicker than treacle or chalk
它比糖蜜或者粉筆更粘稠
It will soon be so grim that instead of a swim
它會很快臟得不能下去游泳
They'll be holding the Liffey walk
他們會填平利菲河
Thugs and drugs and muggings are the order of the day
暴徒們販毒們還有行凶搶劫者是稀鬆平常的事情
The headlines yell: 'We've gone to hell it's time crime didn't pay'
新聞裡呼籲如果罪犯沒有得到懲處我們將永無天日
The gangs and the police meet nightly on Foley Street
警察和黑幫們在佛利街交火
Bleeding their waythrough the news
報導裡滿滿都是血流成河
It's become quite a scene the new show on our screen
這差不多成為我們生活裡喜聞樂見的插曲
Will be Sean McDermott Street blues
會是第二個肖恩麥克德莫特街嗎
Oh, Dublin you're my city
啊都柏林，你是我的故鄉
I'm proud to call you mine
我以你為豪
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
被利菲河綠油油的水隔開
No matter who I love and woo at home or over sea
不管我愛的人是誰還是來自哪裡
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me
我的心更偏向於都柏林人
Even though we've troubles we can always find a smile
儘管困難重重我們依然面對微笑
A 'Dub' will wear a certain air I think you'd call it style
都柏林人特定的風俗我認為你會稱之為特立獨行
Those Guinness streaked faces from the Phoenix Park races
這些帶有滑稽臉的吉尼斯黑啤酒從鳳凰公園運過來
Cheer up the grey streets with their jibes
嘲笑地著看著灰色街道歡呼的人們
Though most landmarks are gone, the rich pagent lives on
雖然很多地標消失了，但遊行保留了下來
And Molly Malone still survives
茉莉·馬龍的故事還延續著
So, Dublin you' re my city
然而，都柏林你是我的城市
I'm proud to call you mine
我以你為豪
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
被利菲河綠油油的水隔開
No matter who I love and woo at home or over sea
不管我所愛的人是誰或者來自哪裡
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me
我的心更偏向於都柏林人喜歡我
Oh, Dublin you're my city
啊都柏林，我的城市
I'm proud to call you mine
我以你為榮
Divided by the Liffey's greasy slime
被利菲河綠油油的水隔開
No matter who I love and woo at home or over sea
不管我所愛的是誰或是來自哪裡
My heart prefers those Dubliners like me
我的心永遠屬於你