苏格兰的民间歌谣：坦林（塔姆莱茵）的故事 （上篇）
简介
Tam Lin是一首苏格兰的民谣，讲述一位少女与仙后的骑士坦林相遇，最后从仙后手中救出他的故事。
这个故事最早可追溯到16世纪，后由苏格兰音乐家罗伯特·伯恩斯根据民间版本谱曲，之后不管作为童话还是作为民歌，都留下了很多版本。
在上篇中，主要介绍由Steeleye Span乐队演唱的同名歌谣和歌词，这首我自己听了也非常喜欢。顺便还会推荐几个其他版本。
下篇将介绍整个故事的一个较为有名的版本。
（这首歌的歌词我已经提交网易云歌词，但还没审核出来，所以直接贴上歌词文本）
Tam Lin
歌手：Steeleye Span
专辑：Spanning the Years
[00:12.877]Oh, I forbid you maidens all
[00:12.877]“哦，我禁止你们这些少女
[00:16.170]That wear gold in your hair
[00:16.170]只要戴着金饰品
[00:19.204]To come or go by Carter Hall
[00:19.204]都不得往返卡特霍尔
[00:22.260]For young Tam Lin is there
[00:22.260]因为那里有位年轻的坦林
[00:25.443]If you go by Carter Hall
[00:25.443]如果你去卡特霍尔
[00:28.712]You must leave him a wad
[00:28.712]你必须给他留下过路钱
[00:31.434]Either your rings or green mantle
[00:31.434]要么是你的戒指，要么是绿色的斗篷
[00:34.865]Or else your maidenhead
[00:34.865]要么就是你的处女之身。”
[00:38.174]She’s away on gravel green
[00:38.174]溜走的少女走在绿色草地上
[00:41.131]And oh the gravel brown
[00:41.131]还有那棕色土地上
[00:44.501]She’s away to Carter Hall
[00:44.501]她去了卡特霍尔
[00:47.891]To flour herself a gown
[00:47.891]为了给自己做一件花裙
[00:50.852]She had not pulled a rosy rose
[00:50.852]她还没摘下那丛娇艳的玫瑰
[00:53.998]A rose but barely one
[00:53.998]刚刚只摘下来一朵
[00:57.364]When by came this brisk young man
[00:57.364]这时那位快活的小伙过来
[01:00.469]Says, lady let alone
[01:00.469]说道，“小姐，把花放下。
[01:03.921]How dare you pull my rose, Madam?
[01:03.921]女士，你竟敢拔掉我的玫瑰，
[01:06.861]How dare you break my tree?
[01:06.861]你竟敢折断我的树丛？
[01:10.090]How dare you come to Carter Hall
[01:10.090]你竟敢擅自闯入卡特霍尔，
[01:13.368]Without the leave of me?
[01:13.368]未经过我的允许？”
[01:16.640]Well may I pull the rose, she said
[01:16.640]“问我能不能摘玫瑰，”她说，
[01:19.398]Well may I break the tree
[01:19.398]“问我能不能折断树丛？
[01:22.667]For Carter Hall it my father’s
[01:22.667]卡特霍尔属于我的父亲，
[01:25.282]I’ll ask no leave of thee.
[01:25.282]我不会征求你的同意。”
[01:29.554]Oh, in Carter Hall, in Carter Hall
[01:29.554]哦，在卡特霍尔，在卡特霍尔
[01:35.576]Oh, in Carter Hall, in Carter Hall
[01:35.576]哦，在卡特霍尔，在卡特霍尔
[01:48.228]He’s taken her by the milk-white hand
[01:48.228]他牵着她雪白的手
[01:51.593]And there he’s laid her down
[01:51.593]把她推倒在了地上
[01:54.708]And there he asked no leave of her
[01:54.708]没有征求她的同意
[01:57.735]As she lay on the ground.
[01:57.735]就使她躺在了地上
[02:01.086]Oh tell me, tell me, then she said
[02:01.086]“哦，告诉我，告诉我，”然后她说道
[02:04.223]Oh tell me who art thee
[02:04.223]“哦，告诉我你是谁？”
[02:07.379]My name it is Tam Lin, he said
[02:07.379]“我名字是坦林，”他说
[02:10.484]And this is my story
[02:10.484]“这是我的故事。”
[02:13.672]As it fell out upon a day
[02:13.672]全都来自那一天
[02:16.836]A-hunting I did ride
[02:16.836]我骑马外出狩猎
[02:19.862]There came a wind out of the north
[02:19.862]突然刮起一阵北风
[02:23.158]And pulled me betide
[02:23.158]把我吹向远方
[02:26.339]And drowsy, drowsy as I was
[02:26.339]我昏昏欲睡
[02:29.437]The sleep upon me fell
[02:29.437]就沉入梦乡
[02:32.541]The Queen of Fairies she was there
[02:32.541]来了一位仙后
[02:35.564]And took me to herself
[02:35.564]她把我带走
[02:38.808]Oh, in Carter Hall, in Carter Hall
[02:38.808]哦，去卡特霍尔，去卡特霍尔
[02:45.131]Oh, in Carter Hall, in Carter Hall
[02:45.131]哦，去卡特霍尔，去卡特霍尔
[03:41.630]At the end of every seven years
[03:41.630]每到七年结束
[03:44.880]They pay a tithe to Hell
[03:44.880]他们都要向地狱献供
[03:47.978]And I’m so fair and full of flesh
[03:47.978]而我如此俊美，如此结实，
[03:51.134]I’m feared ‘twill be myself
[03:51.134]让我害怕被献的会是我自己。
[03:54.305]Tonight it is good Halloween
[03:54.305]今晚是美好的万圣节
[03:57.361]The fairy court will ride
[03:57.361]仙女的猎队将策马而来
[04:00.518]And if you would your true love win
[04:00.518]如果你想赢得我们的真爱
[04:03.379]At Miles Cross, you must bide
[04:03.379]就必须守候在迈尔斯十字路口
[04:06.919]Oh, in Carter Hall, in Carter Hall
[04:06.919]哦，在卡特霍尔，在卡特霍尔。
[04:13.038]Oh, in Carter Hall, in Carter Hall
[04:13.038]哦，在卡特霍尔，在卡特霍尔。
[04:41.162]Gloomy was the night
[04:41.162]夜色那么阴沉
[04:45.261]And eerie was the way
[04:45.261]道路如此诡异
[04:49.470]This lady in her green mantle
[04:49.470]这位身披绿色斗篷的女士
[04:54.052]To Miles Cross she did go
[04:54.052]走向了迈尔斯十字路口
[04:58.403]With the holy water in her hand
[04:58.403]她手中拿着圣水
[05:03.025]She cast the compass round
[05:03.025]她绕着圆圈前行
[05:07.426]At twelve o’clock the fairy court
[05:07.426]午夜十二点，仙女的猎队
[05:11.662]Came riding o’er the mound
[05:11.662]骑马越过小丘而来
[05:16.258]First came by the black steed
[05:16.258]先来的是黑马
[05:20.544]And then came by the brown
[05:20.544]接着的是棕马
[05:24.720]Then Tam Lin on the milk-white steed
[05:24.720]然后是坦林，他骑着乳白色的骏马
[05:29.334]With a gold star in his crown
[05:29.334]他的王冠上戴着金星
[05:33.512]She’s pulled him down into her arms
[05:33.512]她将一把将他拉入怀中
[05:38.030]And let the bridle fall
[05:38.030]他的缰绳落下
[05:42.284]The Queen of Fairy she cried out
[05:42.284]那仙后喊道，
[05:46.411]Young Tam Lin is away
[05:46.411]年轻的坦林走了！
[05:50.995]They’ve shaped him in her arms
[05:50.995]他们将她怀里的他
[05:55.473]Into an roaring snake
[05:55.473]变成了一条咆哮的毒蛇
[05:59.702]She’s held him fast and feared him not
[05:59.702]她紧紧地抱着他，毫不畏惧
[06:04.304]To be her lovely mate
[06:04.304]因为他是她可爱的伴侣
[06:08.483]They’ve shaped him in her arms again
[06:08.483]他们又让她怀里的他
[06:12.976]Fire burning bold
[06:12.976]被烈火熊熊燃烧
[06:17.196]She’s held him fast and feared him not
[06:17.196]她紧紧抱着他，毫不畏惧
[06:21.540]Till he was iron cold
[06:21.540]直到他变得冰冷如铁
[06:25.693]They’ve shaped him in her arms
[06:25.693]他们又把她怀里的他
[06:30.146]To a wood black beast so wild
[06:30.146]变成一头漆黑如柴的野兽，如此狂暴
[06:34.542]She’s held him fast and feared him not
[06:34.542]她紧紧抱着他，毫不畏惧
[06:39.061]The father of her child
[06:39.061]因为他是她孩子的父亲
[06:43.187]They’ve shaped him in her arms at last
[06:43.187]最后，他们把她怀里的他
[06:47.756]Into a naked man
[06:47.756]变回了一个赤身裸体的男人
[06:51.934]She’s wrapped him in the green mantle
[06:51.934]她用绿色的斗篷裹住他
[06:56.304]And knew that she had him won
[06:56.304]知道她已经赢得了他
[07:27.165]The Queen of Fairies she cried out
[07:27.165]那仙后喊道
[07:31.488]Young Tam Lin is away
[07:31.488]“年轻的坦林走了！
[07:50.680]Had I known, had I known, Tam Lin
[07:50.680]如果我早知道，如果我早知道，坦林
[08:06.754]Long before, long before you came from home
[08:06.754]很早之前，早在你离家之前
[08:18.077]Had I known, I would have taken out your heart
[08:18.077]如果我早知道，我会挖出你的心
[08:26.196]And put in a heart of stone
[08:26.196]换上一颗石头做的
[08:48.297]Had I known, had I known, Tam Lin
[08:48.297]如果我早知道，如果我早知道，坦林
[09:02.636]That a lady, a lady would steal thee
[09:02.636]会有一个女人，一个女人把你偷走
[09:12.237]Had I known, I would have taken out your eyes
[09:12.237]如果我早知道，我会挖出你的双眼
[09:22.455]And put into a rowan tree
[09:22.455]插在一棵花楸树里
[09:44.312]Had I known, had I known, Tam Lin
[09:44.312]如果我早知道，如果我早知道，坦林
[10:00.895]That I would lose, that I would lose the day
[10:00.895]我会输，我会输在这一天
[10:10.451]Had I known, I would have paid my tithe to hell
[10:10.451]如果我早知道，我早该把你献给地狱
[10:18.181]Before you’d been won away
[10:18.181]赶在你被赢走之前。”
[10:27.218]
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其他版本
这个版本除歌声动听之外，故事也比较完整；接下来介绍几首其他版本，欢迎补充
德国乐队Faun的Tamlin
四分多钟，歌词节选英国乐队Fairport Convention的Tam Lin
https://music.163.com/#/song?id=17854894
曲风使用了偏摇滚乐的重新演绎，古今结合
Anaïs Mitchell 和 Jefferson Hamer演唱的
Tam Lin (Child 39)
https://music.163.com/#/song?id=541149070
非常耐听的二重唱，虽然故事较缩略，但绝对值得听
Pentangle乐队的Tam Lin，来自电影版《塔姆林》
https://music.163.com/#/song?id=18163429
虽然没看过电影，但这首也同样非常有韵味
另外如果有网易云之外的分享也欢迎补充！