The Giving Tree——by Shel Silverstein

愛(ài)心樹(shù)——（美）謝爾·希爾弗斯坦

（這首歌的演唱者巴比貝爾是作者西爾弗斯坦的老朋友，也是鄉(xiāng)村歌壇資深藝人之一。這首“愛(ài)心樹(shù)”就是他跟鬼才大師西爾弗斯坦合作，根據(jù)這篇兒童作品改編的歌曲。）
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Once, there was a tree…
從前有一棵大樹(shù)

And she loved a little boy.
她喜歡上一個(gè)小男孩兒

Every day the boy would come.
這個(gè)小男孩兒每天都會(huì)來(lái)到樹(shù)下

And he would gather her leaves,
采集她的樹(shù)葉

Make them into crowns and play king of the forest.
做成王冠,想像自己就是森林之王

He would climb up her trunk,
他常常爬上她的樹(shù)干

Swing from her branches and eat apples.
在樹(shù)枝上蕩秋千,吃樹(shù)上結(jié)的蘋(píng)果

They would play hide-and-go-seek.
他們一同玩著捉迷藏的游戲

And when he was tired, he would sleep in her shade.
當(dāng)小男孩兒累了,他就在大樹(shù)的樹(shù)陰里睡覺(jué)

And the boy loved the tree… very much…
小男孩兒愛(ài)這棵樹(shù),非常非常愛(ài)她

And the tree was happy.
大樹(shù)很快樂(lè)