斯凯岛船歌

《斯凯岛船歌》（The Skye Boat Song）是一首著名的苏格兰民谣，其创作取材于1745年苏格兰詹姆斯党起义。

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## 历史背景

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1745年，流亡法国的詹姆斯党王位宣称者查尔斯·爱德华·斯图亚特（他被人们亲切地称为英俊王子查理）回到苏格兰高地，依靠个人魅力，将原本矛盾重重、却又都不满英国政府高压统治的苏格兰部族聚集起来，武装反抗国王乔治二世的统治。苏格兰起义军一度取得重大胜利，甚至占领了苏格兰首府爱丁堡，令英国军队束手无策。但在次年发生的卡洛登战役中，起义军惨败，几乎全军覆没。随后，查尔斯王子在苏格兰高地的荒原上辗转藏身，几乎是在政府军眼皮底下游荡。很多高地人看到他，也帮助他，没人拿他去领3万英镑的赏金。在向导和少数追随者的帮助下，王子最后逃到了本贝丘拉岛，并在那里结识了一位高地女子—弗洛拉·麦克唐纳女士。在一个风雨交加的夜晚, 勇敢的弗洛拉·麦克唐纳和几位忠心的渔夫一起，帮助乔扮成她的爱尔兰女仆的查尔斯王子冲破政府军的严密封锁，越过大雾迷漫的明奇海峡，到达斯凯岛，令王子从斯凯岛顺利逃亡国外。不久后，弗洛拉因此事被政府军逮捕，被关押在伦敦塔，虽然一年后这位高地女子就被释放，但她和许多苏格兰人一样，再也没有盼回他们热爱的查尔斯王子。

## 创作过程

《斯凯岛船歌》的旋律很早就在赫布里底群岛流传，而歌词直到19世纪70年代才出现。从男爵哈罗德·波顿爵士根据一位名叫安妮·坎贝尔·麦克劳德的年轻女子的民谣搜集成果写了这首歌的歌词。1884年，《斯凯岛船歌》第一次发表在伦敦出版的一本名为《北方之歌》的书上。这本书由波顿和麦克劳德共同编辑，至少再版了十四次。后来，其他人又为这首歌创作了另外几个版本的歌词。

## 歌词

原版歌词｜斯蒂文森的诗｜美剧《外乡人》主题曲｜中文翻译（根据原版）

Chorus: Speed, bonnie boat, like a bird on the wing, :Onward! the sailors cry; :Carry the lad that's born to be King :Over the sea to Skye. :Loud the winds howl, loud the waves roar, :Thunderclouds rend the air; :Baffled, our foes stand by the shore, :Follow they will not dare. :Chorus :Though the waves leap, so soft shall ye sleep, :Ocean's a royal bed. :Rocked in the deep, Flora will keep :Watch by your weary head. :Chorus :Many's the lad fought on that day, :Well the Claymore could wield, :When the night came, silently lay :Dead on Culloden's field. :Chorus :Burned are their homes, exile and death :Scatter the loyal men; :Yet ere the sword cool in the sheath :Charlie will come again.｜:Chorus: Sing me a song of a lad that is gone, :Say, could that lad be I? :Merry of soul he sailed on a day :Over the sea to Skye. :Mull was astern, Rùm on the port, :Eigg on the starboard bow; :Glory of youth glowed in his soul; :Where is that glory now? :Chorus :Give me again all that was there, :Give me the sun that shone! :Give me the eyes, give me the soul, :Give me the lad that's gone! :Chorus :Billow and breeze, islands and seas, :Mountains of rain and sun, :All that was good, all that was fair, :All that was me is gone.｜:Sing me a song of a lass that is gone, :Say, could that lass be I? :Merry of soul she sailed on a day :Over the sea to Skye. :Billow and breeze, islands and seas, :Mountains of rain and sun, :All that was good, all that was fair, :All that was me is gone. :Sing me a song of a lass that is gone, :Say, could that lass be I? :Merry of soul she sailed on a day :Over the sea to Skye.｜:合唱: 赶快，漂亮小船，像鸟儿展翅飞翔 :加把劲，船夫们的号子多么洪亮 :载着少年，未来的国王 :跨越大海，航向斯凯 :狂风在咆哮，恶浪在疾啸 :幽暗笼罩天空，惊雷响彻云霄 :我们的敌人在岸上垂头沮丧 :因为他们再也不能如愿以偿 :合唱 :风浪未曾停息，轻柔却入梦乡 :无尽的波涛化作皇家的温床 :船儿猛烈晃荡，弗洛拉不住凝望 :你那疲倦的头颅，困乏的臂膀 :合唱 :往昔许多人为王子而战 :闪亮的刀剑在空中挥砍 :当冷清沉寂的夜晚来临 :死神在卡洛登荒原游荡 :合唱 :家园灰飞烟灭，只余死亡和流浪 :王族贵胄也只能四处奔逃和躲藏 :宝刀尚余温热，长剑也未入鞘 :有朝一日王者查理将再度归来

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## 在流行文化中

《斯凯岛船歌》也是一首较多被当代凯尔特歌手翻唱的歌曲。

这首歌经改编后，曾作为2014年首播的美国电视剧《外乡人》的主题曲。担任该剧作曲的比尔·迈克瑞利（Bear McCreary）将原曲配上了罗伯特·史蒂文森的诗歌《请为我唱首那不知所踪的孩子的歌曲吧》（"Sing me a Song of a Lad that is Gone"）。歌词相对于史蒂文森的原诗有所改动。

## 外部链接

- Pop Archives : Covers of "The Skye Boat Song"
- "The Skye Boat Song", by Robert Louis Stevenson, published in the collection "Songs of Travel and Other Verses" at Project Gutenberg
- Spirit of God - lyrics
- Spirit of God - alternative lyrics
- Roger Whittaker performs Skye Boat Song live in German