It was late in the evenin' 这是在evenin后期

just a few of us pickin', 只是我们几个接下去“ ，

but the lady she played 但这位女士，她扮演

so easy and fine. 如此简单而精致。

And the chords that she strummed 而且她弹奏的和弦

were so tastefully clever, 如此高雅的聪明，

they planted this song in my mind. 他们在我心中种下这首歌。

   

Cause there's somethin' so feminine, 原因有事端那么女性化，

about a mandolin; 关于曼陀林;

the way that they feel, 他们感觉的方式，

the way that they ring. 他们打电话的方式。

Just to see slender fingers, 刚看到纤细的手指，

movin' so fluid, 往前如此流畅，

made this poor heart to sing. 做这个可怜的心脏唱。

   

And when I get older and I have a daughter, 而当我长大以后，我有一个女儿，

I'll teach her to sing, and play her my song 我教她唱歌，和她玩我的歌

And I'll tell her some stories I can barely remember 我会告诉她一些故事，我可以勉强记得

And hope that she will sing along. 并希望她一起唱。

   

Maybe one day she'll take a fancy to pickin', 也许有一天她会看中再找 ，

'Cause when that bug bites you, 因为当这个bug咬你，

you live with the string. 你住的字符串。

And if she could just strum a few simple measures 如果她可以弹奏一些简单的措施

She could make some young man sing. 她可以做一些年轻人唱。

   

Cause there's somethin' so feminine 原因有事端那么女性化

about a mandolin. 关于曼陀林。

The way that they feel, the way that they ring. 他们感觉的方式，他们打电话的方式。

And that evening in a pasture, 那天晚上在牧场，

somewhere near Austin. 附近某处奥斯汀。

That mandolin made me sing, 这曼陀林让我唱歌，

Her mandolin made me sing. 她曼陀林让我唱歌。