Istanbul, Not Constantinople
Istanbul was Constantinople
伊斯坦布尔曾是君士坦丁堡
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
转眼君堡就成了伊斯坦布尔
Been a long time gone
在很久很久以前
Old Constantinople still has Turkish delight
君士坦丁堡还有土耳其软糖的时候
On a moonlit night
在月黑风高的晚上
Every gal in Constantinople
君士坦丁堡的每个女孩
lives in Istanbul not Constantinople
都住在伊斯坦布尔而非君堡
So if you've a date in Constantinople
所以如果你和姑娘在君堡约会
she will be waiting in Istanbul
她会在伊斯坦布尔等你
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
就算是纽约也曾叫新阿姆斯特丹
Why they changed it I can't say
为什么改名我说不上来
People just like it better that way
也许人们只是觉得这样更好听
Take me back to Constantinople
带我回到君士坦丁堡
No you can't go back to Constantinople
不你去不了君士坦丁堡
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
现在她是伊斯坦布尔而非君堡
Why did Constantinople get the works
为什么君堡改名了呢
That's nobody's business but the Turks
除了土耳其人谁还能干出这种事来
伊斯坦布尔
Istanbul
伊斯坦布尔
Istanbul
就算是纽约也曾叫新阿姆斯特丹
Even old New York was once New Amsterdam
为什么改名我说不上来
Why they changed it I can't say
也许人们只是觉得这样更好听
People just like it better that way
带我回到君士坦丁堡
Take me back to Constantinople
不你去不了君士坦丁堡
No you can't go back to Constantinople
现在她是伊斯坦布尔而非君堡
Now it's Istanbul not Constantinople
为什么君堡改名了呢
Why did Constantinople get the works
除了土耳其人谁还能干出这种事来
That's nobody's business but the Turks
伊斯坦布尔
Istanbul