Prologue: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats - Original Broadway Cast

Prologue: Jellicle Songs For Jellicle Cats - Original Broadway Cast

Are you blind when you're born
刚出生的时候，你是否睁不开眼？
Can you see in the dark
你是否能看见黑暗？
Dare you look at a king
你是否敢直视君王？
Would you sit on his throne
你是否会坐上他的宝座？
Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark
你能说，事实胜于雄辩吗？
Are you cock of the walk when you're walking alone
当你独自前行，是否会很有声望？
Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
因为这正是洁里珂，洁里珂这样做
Jellicles do and Jellicles would
洁里珂这样做，洁里珂会这样做
Jellicles would and Jellicles can
洁里珂会这样做，洁里珂可以这样做
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
When you fall on your head do you land on your feet
当你头朝下坠落，最后是否能双脚着地？
Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air
当你感觉到暴风雨将至，是否会紧张？
Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street
当你迷失在大街上，是否能盲目地找到方向？
Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer
你是否知道如何去亥维赛层？
Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
因为洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
洁里珂这样做，洁里珂可以这样做
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
洁里珂这样做，洁里珂可以这样做
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant
你能乘着扫帚柄，去向远方吗？
Familiar with candle with book and with bell
你熟悉蜡烛，书本和钟声吗？
Were you Whittington's friend The Pied Piper's assistant
你是Whittington的朋友吗，是Pied Piper的助手吗？
Have you been an alumnus of Heaven and Hell
你曾经历过地狱和天堂吗？
Are you mean like a minx Are you lean like a lynx
你是否喜欢轻佻女子，你是否像山猫一样精瘦？
Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat
当你嗅着老鼠的味道时，是否热衷于被别人看到？
Were you there when the pharaohs commissioned the sphinx
当法老下令修狮身人面像的时候，你是否在场？
If you were and you are you're a Jellicle cat
你是否一直是洁里珂猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
We can dive through the air like a flying trapeze
我们可以像荡漾的秋千一样，从空中飞过
We can turn double sumersaults bounce on a tire
我们可以在轮胎上弹跳，做双滚翻
We can run up a wall we can swing through the trees
我们可以在墙上奔跑，在丛林中穿梭
We can balance on bars we can walk on a wire
我们可以在栅栏上保持平衡，在铁丝上漫步
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
洁里珂可以这样做，洁里珂这样做
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
为洁里珂猫而作的洁里珂歌曲
Can you sing at the same time in more than one key
你能同时用不止一个基调演唱吗
Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss
可以和Rossini唱二重唱，和Strauss跳华尔兹吗
And can you (as cats do) begin with a 'C'
你能像猫那样以C调起唱吗
That always triumphantly brings down the house
总是得意地从房子上向下张望
Jellicle cats are queen of the nights
洁里珂是夜间的女王
Singing at astronomical heights
歌声高至天际
Handling pieces from the Messiah
从弥塞亚那里承接遗训
Hallelujah angelical choir
哈利路亚，天使合唱
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
充满神性而神秘的，不知羞怯的猫性
Round the cathedral rang