It being the springtime of the year 这是今年春天

The flowers were freshly blooming 在鲜花盛开的新鲜

A young man from my home country 一名年轻男子从我的家乡

Fell in love with Barbara Allen 爱上了芭芭拉·艾伦

   

This young man took sick and went to bed 这个年轻人生病了，去睡觉了

And he called out for Barbara Allen 他叫了芭芭拉·艾伦

She came to him and softly said: 她来到他的面前，轻声说：

Young man I think you are dying 年轻人，我认为你正在死去

   

I am not dying! the young man said 我不会死的！年轻人说

One kiss from you would cure me 一个吻，你会从治好我的病

One kiss from me you'll never see 从我一个吻，你永远也看不到

Though I thought that you're heart was breaking 虽然我还以为你是心脏被打破

   

Or do you not remember last Sunday night 还是你不记得的最后一个星期日晚上

Out in the ballroom dancing 在舞厅跳舞

You danced all night with the village whore 你整夜跳舞的妓女村

And you slighted Barbara Allen 而你轻视芭芭拉·艾伦

   

So she went back to her father's house 于是，她又回到了她父亲的房子

And she heard the church bell tolling 她听见教堂的钟声收费

And each toll that the bell did ring 而每个收费站的钟做环

Called out for Barbara Allen 叫了芭芭拉·艾伦

   

Now she'd not gone back so very far 现在，她不走了回来，很远

When she saw the funeral coming 当她看到葬礼到来

Lay down, lay down the corpse she cried 放下，放下她哭尸

So that I may gaze upon him 所以，我可以凝视他

   

Oh father, father, dig my grave 哦，爸爸，爸爸，我挖坟墓

And dig it deep and narrow 并挖掘它深而窄

A young man died for me today 一个年轻人今天为我而死

I shall die for him tomorrow 明天我会为他而死

   

So they both were buried in the old churchyard 所以，他们都被埋葬在老教堂

But she was buried higher 但她被安葬高

And from her grave a red rose grew 而且从她的墓上的一朵红玫瑰增长

And from his grave a brier 而从他的墓上的野蔷薇