要用蓝绸带缠上他的头
To let the maidens know that he is married.
告诉年轻的女孩, 他已经结婚
One day I was looking over my father's castle wall,
曾经有一天, 我越过爸爸的院墙
I spied all the boys playing with a ball,
我看到一群男孩在玩球
And my own true love was the flower of them all,
我的爱追逐其中
He's young but he's daily growing.
他还小, 但他在长大
And so early in the morning at the dawning of the day,
那是曙光微现的清晨
They went into a hayfield to have some sport and play,
他们冲入草场锻炼游戏
And what they did there she never would declare,
他们的幼稚，她羞于告人
But she never more complained of his growing.
但她无从抱怨，因为他在成长
At the age of fourteen he was a married man,
十四岁，他成为已婚男人
At the age of fifteen the father of my son,
十五岁,他已经是一个孩子的父亲
At the age of sixteen his grave it was green,
十六岁，他的墓地绿草如茵
And death had put an end to his growing.
死亡终止他的成长