离家五百里

他们演唱了许多著名的民谣，离家五百里(Five Hundred Miles)就是流传甚广的一首。离家五百里(Five Hundred Miles)频繁使用数词和重复手段，表达了人生路途之艰辛。主人公乘火车走了。“如果你没赶上我这列火车，你会知道我已走，百里之外，你可听见车笛在响。”在第一段重复了五遍A hundred miles，表达了他恋恋不舍，有此彷徨甚至凄凉之感。为什么要走？要去往何方？火车不停地走，一百里，二百里、三百里，四百里,五百里。此刻，主人公离家已有五百里。在这第二段中， away from home共出现六次,即重复五次,表这了主人公对家的眷恋。第二段歌词说他身无分文，这个样子，这么遥远，不能回家。this away或this a way共出现六次，充分表明他的无可奈何,穷困在异地，不能返回家乡。

    这五百里路，是人生艰辛路。古今中外，背井离乡讨生活的人们，有的富足，也有的穷困；但无论是富足还是穷苦，心中的乡愁却是永远难以磨灭的。

    离家五百里，伴人生酸楚；在家千日好，出门一时难。“我爱英语网”祝愿所有客居他乡的网友都能一帆风顺。

 

离家五百里(Five Hundred Miles)歌词

    If you miss the train I'm on,

    You will know that I am gone,

    You can hear the whistle blow a hundred miles.

    A hundred miles, a hundred miles,

    A hundred miles, A hundred miles,

    You can hear the whistle blow A hundred miles.

    Lord, I'm one, Lord, I'm two, Lord,

    I'm three, Lord, I'm four, Lord,

    I'm five hundred miles a way from home.

    Away from home, away from home,

    away from home, away from home,

    Lord, I'm five hundred miles away from home

    Not a shirt on my back, *(1)

    Not a penny to my name. *(2)

    Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.

    This-a way, this-a way,

    This-a way, this-a way,

    Lord, I can't go back home this-a way.

    If you miss the train I'm on,

    You will know that I am gone,

    You can hear the whistle blow A hundred miles.

    A hundred miles, A hundred miles,

    A hundred miles, A hundred miles,

    You can hear the whistle blow A hundred miles.

    注释

    (1)．Not a shirt on my back:穷得衣不遮体

    (2)．Not a penny to my name:不名一文