Green Sleeves

Green Sleeves

Alas¹, my love, you do me wrong,
To cast me off discourteously².
For I have loved you oh, so long,
Delighting in your company.

Green sleeves was all my joy,
Green sleeves was my delight.
Green sleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady,
Green sleeves.

If you intend to be this way,
It does the more enrapture³ me.
And even so I still remain
A lover in captivity⁴.

Green sleeves was all my joy,
Green sleeves was my delight.
Green sleeves was my heart of gold,
And who but my lady,
Green sleeves.
Mm Mm...

Green sleeves now farewell adieu,
God I pray will prosper⁵ thee,
For I am still thy lover true,
Come once again and love me.

1 alas   

int.唉(表示悲伤、忧愁、恐惧等)

参考例句：

• Alas!The window is broken!哎呀！窗子破了！
• Alas,the truth is less romantic.然而，真理很少带有浪漫色彩。

2 discourteously   

adv.不礼貌地，粗鲁地

参考例句：

• Waitresses in our restaurant never treat guests discourteously or dishonestly. 在我们饭店一定不能出现慢待客人的现象。 来自互联网
• To cast me off discourteously. 将我无情地抛去。 来自互联网

3 enrapture   

v.使狂喜，使高兴

参考例句：

• The place at once enraptured me.那个地方一下子把我迷住了。
• We were enraptured by the view of the mountains.我们看到山峦景色，心花怒放。

4 captivity   

n.囚禁；被俘；束缚

参考例句：

• A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
• He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。

5 prosper   

v.成功，兴隆，昌盛；使成功，使昌隆，繁荣

参考例句：

• With her at the wheel,the company began to prosper.有了她当主管，公司开始兴旺起来。
• It is my earnest wish that this company will continue to prosper.我真诚希望这家公司会继续兴旺发达。