原文
"Don't speak of your going away tonight," begged Diana. "I don't want to
think of it, it makes me so miserable, and I do want to have a good time
this evening. What are you going to recite, Anne? And are you nervous?"
"Not a bit. I've recited so often in public I don't mind at all now. I've decided to give 'The Maiden's Vow.' It's so pathetic. Laura Spencer is going to give a comic recitation, but I'd rather make people cry than laugh."
語彙など
- beg:懇願する
- miserable:みじめな
- recite:朗読する
- nervous:神経質な
- not a bit:少しも〜でない
- in public:みんなの前で
- mind:気にする
- The Maiden's Vow:Carolina Oliphant(1766-1845)の詩かな
- pathetic:感動的な,哀れをさそう
- comic:こっけいな,おかしい
- recitation:朗読
The Maiden's Vow
Air − "Comin' thro' the Rye."
I've made a vow, I'll keep it true,
I'll never married be;
For the only ane that I think on
Will never think o' me.
Now gane to a far distant shore,
Their face nae mair I'll see;
But often will I think o' them,
That winna think o' me.
Gae owre, gae owre noo, gude Sir John,
Oh, dinna follow me;
For the only ane I ere thocht on,
Lies buried in the sea.
The Maiden's Vow
Air − "Comin' thro' the Rye."
I've made a vow, I'll keep it true, I'll never married be; For the only ane that I think on Will never think o' me.
Now gane to a far distant shore, Their face nae mair I'll see; But often will I think o' them, That winna think o' me.
Gae owre, gae owre noo, gude Sir John, Oh, dinna follow me; For the only ane I ere thocht on, Lies buried in the sea.