Rose, Rose, I love you

Rose, Rose, I love you

    Rose, Rose, I love you with an aching heart. What is your future now we have to part? Standing¹ on the jetty as the steamer moves away. Flower of Malaya, I cannot stay. Make way, oh, make way, for my Eastern Rose. Men crowd in dozens everywhere she goes. In her rickshaw on the street or in a cabaret, "Please make way for Rose," you can hear them say. All my life I shall remember oriental music and you in my arms. Perfumed flowers in your tresses, lotus-scented breezes and swaying palms.
    Rose, Rose, I love yo with your almond eyes. Fragrant² and slender, *neath tropical skies. I must cross the seas again and never see you more, way back to my home on a distant shore.
    Rose, Rose, I leave you; my ship is in the bay. Kiss me farewell, now there*s nothing to say. East is east and west is west. Our worlds are far apart. I must leave you now, but I leave my heart.

1 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

2 fragrant   

adj.芬香的，馥郁的，愉快的

参考例句：

• The Fragrant Hills are exceptionally beautiful in late autumn.深秋的香山格外美丽。
• The air was fragrant with lavender.空气中弥漫薰衣草香。