We are short of salt and matches, which are not so difficult to procure, but we are making steel for flint as a substitute for matches
我們所缺少的是食鹽和
火柴,來源雖並不困難,但現在也正逐漸製造
火鐮作為
火柴的代用品。
Tell her to reap it with a sickle of leather ( war bells blazing in scarlet battalion ), parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme ( generals order their soldiers to kill ), and gather it all in a bunch of heather ( and to fight for a cause they ' ve long ago forgotten ), then she ' ll be a true love of mine
讓她用皮鞘里的鐮刀收割(戰爭在咆哮,紅色軍營里戰火燃燒) ,那裡歐芹草、鼠尾草、迷迭香、百里香處處金黃(將軍命令他們的士兵沖殺) ,然後用石楠束成一捆(為他們早已遺忘的事業而戰) ,那麼她必定是我真摯的愛人。