Cascades（瀑布合唱团），是来自加利福尼亚洲圣地亚哥的一个五重唱组合，这首《Rhythm of the Rain》成了流行音乐史上最令人难忘的经典之一，不但翻唱的人难以数计，更平均每隔几年就要再流行一次。而在我国，它也被翻译成国语歌曲《雨中的旋律》。此外，更有“绿箭口香糖”的广告将它用作广告主题曲。
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
听那淅淅沥沥的雨声
Telling me just what a fool I've been.
我真希望雨停下来
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain,
我真希望雨停下来。让我无望地哭泣，
And let me be alone again.
让我再次孤身单影
The only girl I care about has gone away.
我唯一在乎的姑娘已经离去
Looking for a brand new start
去寻找她的新生活
But little does she know that when she left that day.
然而，她不知道， 当她离去的那天
Along with her she took my heart.
也将我的心带走
Rain, please tell me, now does that seem fair
雨呀，请告诉我，那样公平吗？
For her to steal my heart away when she don't care
她偷走了我的心， 居然毫不在乎
I can't love another, when my heart is somewhere far away.
我无法再爱别人， 我的心已远远漂向异地
The only girl I've cared about has gone away.
我唯一在乎的姑娘已经离去， 去寻找她的新生活
Looking for a brand new start
去寻找她的新生活
But little does she know that when she left that day.
然而，她不知道， 当她离去的那天
Along with her she took my heart.
也将我的心带走
Rain, won't you tell her that I love her so
雨呀，你就不能告诉她 我多么地爱她
Please ask the sun to set her heart aglow
请让太阳燃起她心中的爱苗
Rain in her heart and let the love we knew start to grow.
让雨滋润她的心田，让我们爱情之花重新盛开
Listen to the rhythm of the falling rain,
听那淅淅沥沥的雨声
Telling me just what a fool I've been.
它好像在说,我是个傻瓜
I wish that it would go and let me cry in vain,
我真希望雨停下来。让我无望地哭泣
And let me be alone again.
让我再次孤身单影
Ooh listen to the falling rain
哦，听那雨声
Pitter-patter,Pitter-patter...
噼哩啪啦
1、Listen to the rhythm Of the falling rain,telling me just what a fool I have been.
= As I listen to the rhythm of the falling rain, it seems that it is telling me that I’ve been a stupid guy.
听那淅淅沥沥的雨声，它好象在说,我是个傻瓜。
2、I wish that it would go and let me cry in wain….
=I wish that the rain would stop and let me cry in wain…
我真希望雨停下来,让我无望地哭泣，
in vain 徒然，白费，无效，徒劳的
eg: All our efforts were in vain, which made us very angry.
我们所有的努力都白费了，真令人生气。
3、The only girl I care about has gone away, looking for a brand-new start!
=The only girl that I love has left me and is looking for a new life!
我唯一在乎的姑娘已经离去，去寻找她的新生活。
Care about 喜欢，在乎
eg: She doesn’t care about being ladylike
她不在乎淑女仪态
brand-new a. 全新的
eg: Peter is showing off his brand-new motorcycle to his friends
彼得正在对他的朋友们炫耀他的新摩托车。
4、But little does she know that when she left that day，along with her she took my heart.
=But she doesn’t know that when she left that day，she also took my heart with her.
然而，她不知道，当她离去的那天，也将我的心带走。
But little does she know…此为否定倒装句型。
eg: He was hardly able to tell right from wrong
=Hardly was he able to tell right from wrong
