House Of The Rising Sun

Joan Baez - House of the Rising Sun

There is a house in New Orleans ,紐奧爾良有一所房子
They call the Rising Sun.就是叫旭日大宅那一家
And it's been the ruin for many a poor girl,它曾是很多窮家女毀身的地方
And me, Oh God, I'm one.唉! 我也是其中之一

If I had listened to what my Momma said,如果我一早聽我媽的話
I'd have been at home today,今天應該會在家裡好好的
But I was young and foolish, Oh God,唉! 只悔恨當初年少無知
Let a rambler lead me astray.跟了一個無賴流離失所

Oh tell my baby sister記緊要跟我妹妹說
Don't you do what I have done不要學我一樣
Shun that house in New Orleans千萬要遠離紐奧爾良那所房子
They call the Risin' Sun就是叫旭日大宅那一家

I'm going back to New Orleans ,現在我要回到紐奧爾良去
My race is nearly run,我這一輩子已接近完蛋
I'm going back to spend my life回去後, 我的下半生
Beneath that rising sun.每天都只有困在那太陽下過下去

Henry Tso 譯