The water is wide.

I cannot get o’er,

and neither have I wings to fly.

Give me a boat that can carry two,

and both shall row my love and I.

Down in the meadow the other day,

a gath’ring flow’rs both bright and gay

a gath’ring flow’rs both red and blue.

I little thought what love can do.

I leaned my back up against an oak.

I thought it was a trusty tree,

but first it swayed, and then it broke,

and so my false love, did unto me.

Oh, love is warm,

when it is new, and love is sweet when it is true.

But love grows old, and waxes cold,

and fades away, like morning dew.

 

寬闊的海水，

我無法渡過，

我也沒有翅膀可飛翔。

給我一艘可乘坐二人的船，

讓我與我的愛人一起渡過。

某日在草地上，

叢花彩色繽紛。

我不想愛能做什麼，

我只是把背靠在橡樹。

我認爲這是一棵可靠的樹，

但是首先它搖擺，然後破滅，

就如同我承受的假愛。

喔！初愛與真愛是溫暖的，

但愛也漸如油盡燈乾枯，

如清晨的露珠散去無蹤。