It was in the merry month of May 这是在欢快的五月

When green bugs were a-swelling 当绿色的虫子是一个膨胀

Sweet William on his death bed lay 甜威廉对他的逝世躺在床上

For the love of Barbriallen 对于Barbriallen的爱

   

He sent his servant to the town 他派他的仆人镇

The place where she'd been dwelling 在那里她一直居住的地方

Say master dear has sent me here 师傅说，亲爱的曾在这里给我发

If your name be Barbriallen 如果你的名字是Barbriallen

   

And slowly, slowly she got up 慢慢地，慢慢地，她起身

And slowly she went to him 慢慢地她就去找他

And all she said when she got there 和所有她说，当她到了那里

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

   

Oh, don't you remember the other day 哦，你不记得那天

When we where in a tavern 当我们在那里的一个小酒馆

You drank your health to the ladies there 你喝你的健康的女士们有

And you slided Barbriallen 而你滑动Barbriallen

   

He turned his face unto the wall 他转脸对墙

He turned his back upon her 他在转身背对她

Adieu, adieu to all my friends 再见了，告别了我所有的朋友

Be kind to Barbriallen 善待Barbriallen

   

She looked to the east, she looked to the west 她仰望东方，她看着向西

She saw his corpse a-coming 她看见他的尸体上崭露头角

Oh, put him down for me she cried 哦，把他打倒了我，她哭了

That I may gaze upon him 我可以凝视他

   

The more she looked, the more she grieved 越是看着她，她越伤心

She bursted it out in crying 她突发它在哭泣

Oh, pick me up and carry me home 哦，来接我，带我回家

For I feel like I am dying 因为我觉得我快死

   

They buried sweet Willy in the old church yard 他们埋甜威利在老教堂的院子里

And Barbara in the new one 和芭芭拉在新一

From Willy's grave there grew a rose 从威利的坟墓那里长大的玫瑰

From Barbara's a green briar 从芭芭拉的绿色荆棘

   

They grew and they grew on the old church wall 他们长大，他们生长在古老的教堂墙壁

And could not grow no higher 而不能生长没有更高

And there they tied in a true love's knot 在那里，他们在真爱的结绑

The rose bush and the briar. 玫瑰灌木和荆棘。