Clementine - Tom Lehrer

Clementine - Tom Lehrer
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
I should like to consider the folk song
我想探讨一下民谣
And expound briefly on a theory I have held
并简要阐述我长久以来的一个观点
For some time to the effect that the reason
那就是大多数民谣之所以如此糟糕
Most folk songs are so atrocious is that they
是因为它们是由普通人创作的
Were written by the people
如果由专业作曲家来创作
If professional songwriters had written them
结果可能会大不相同
Instead things might have turned out considerably
例如，让我们来看看这首经典老歌
Differently For example consider the old favorite

With which I'm sure you're all familiar
我相信你们都很熟悉
Clementine you know
克莱门汀，你知道的
In a cavern in a canyon
在峡谷的洞穴中
Dadada dadadada

A song with no recognizable merit whatsoever
一首毫无价值的歌曲
And imagine what might have happened if for example
想象一下，如果例如
Cole Porter had tried writing this song
科尔·波特尝试写这首歌
The first verse might have come out like this
第一段可能会是这样
In a cavern
在洞穴中
In a canyon
在峡谷里
Excava hay hay hehting for
挖掘着，嘿，嘿，嘿
A mine
一座矿
Far away from the boom boom boom
远离城市的喧嚣
Of the city
在都市之外
She was so pretty
她是如此美丽
What a pity Clementine
多么可惜，克莱门汀
Oh Clementine
哦 克莱门汀
Can't you tell from the howls of me
难道你听不出我的哀嚎
This love of mine
这份爱意
Calls to you from the bowels of me
从我的内心深处呼唤着你
Are you dis cerning
你是否察觉
The returning
这份回归
Of this churning
这份翻涌
Burning
燃烧
Yearning for you
渴望你
And
而
Well supposing at this point that Mozart
假设此时 莫扎特
Or one of that crowd had tried writing a verse
或那一类人尝试写一段歌词
The next one might've come out as a baritone aria
下一段可能会变成男中音咏叹调
From an Italian opera somewhat along these lines:
来自意大利歌剧 大致如此：
Era legera e come un fairy
她轻盈如仙子
E suo shoes numero nine
她的鞋子是九号
Herring bo ho ho hoxes sans a to ho ho hopses
鲱鱼啊，哦哦哦，没有鞋子的鲱鱼
Sandalae per Clementina si
为克莱门蒂娜而做的凉鞋
Per Clementina si
为克莱门蒂娜而做
For Clementine
为克莱门蒂娜
Per Clementina sandalae
为克莱门蒂娜而做的凉鞋
Sandals for Clementine
为克莱门蒂娜的凉鞋
Per Clementina sandalae
为克莱门蒂娜而做的凉鞋
Sandals for Clementine
为克莱门蒂娜的凉鞋
Clementina Clementina Cleh eh eh ehmentina
克莱门蒂娜 克莱门蒂娜 克勒 勒 勒 勒门蒂娜
Herring boxes sans a topses sandalae per Clementina
无顶鲱鱼盒 克莱门蒂娜的凉鞋
Herring boxes without topses sandals for Clementine
无顶鲱鱼盒 克莱门蒂娜的凉鞋
Che sciagura Clementina
多么不幸啊 克莱门蒂娜
Che sciagura Clementina
多么不幸啊 克莱门蒂娜
Cara Clementina
亲爱的克莱门蒂娜
Cara Clementina na na na na na na na
亲爱的克莱门蒂娜 呐 呐 呐 呐 呐 呐 呐
Beloved Clementine
挚爱的克莱门蒂娜
Upposing at this rather dramatic juncture in
在这个戏剧性的转折点上
The narrative one ofour modern cool school of composers
如果我们的现代酷派作曲家
Had tried writing a verse thenext one might've come out
尝试写一段歌词，那么下一段可能会变成这样
A like this
就像这样
Drove those ducklings to the water yprach
把那些小鸭子赶到水边，啪啦
Doodilehdoodoot yah hah
嘟滴啦嘟嘟，呀哈
Every mornin' like nine a m awhoopah
每天早上，大约九点，啊呜啪
Doodileh doo doo doodilidah
嘟滴啦嘟嘟，嘟滴啦哒
Got a hung upon a splinter
被木刺挂住了
Got a hung upon a splinter klooglimah
被木刺挂住了 klooglimah
Hoo hoot

Fell into the foamy brine
掉进了泡沫般的盐水里
Dig that crazy Clementine man
看那疯狂的克莱门汀 伙计
To end on a happy note one can always count
为了以愉快的音符结束 人们总是可以依靠
On Gilbert and Sullivan for a rousig finale full of words
吉尔伯特和沙利文来一场充满词汇的激动人心的终曲
And music and signifying nothing
还有音乐 却毫无意义
That I missed her depressed her
我的缺席让她沮丧
Young sister named Esther
她有个妹妹叫埃丝特
This mister to pester the tried
这位先生试图纠缠她
Now a pestering sister's a festering blister
一个纠缠的妹妹就像化脓的水泡
You're best to resist her say I
你最好避开她 我说
The mister resisted
这位先生拒绝了
The sister persisted
妹妹却坚持不懈
When I kissed her all loyalty slipped
当我吻她时 所有的忠诚都消失了
When she said I could have her
当她说我可以拥有她
Her sister's cadaver
她姐姐的尸体
Must surely have turned in its crypt
肯定在墓穴中翻了个身
Yes yes yes yes
是的 是的 是的 是的
But I love she and she loves me
但我爱她 她也爱我
And raptured are the both of we
我们俩都欣喜若狂
Yes I love she and she loves I
是的 我爱她 她也爱我
And will through all eterni tye
直到永恒尽头
See what I mean
你明白我的意思吗