Pelicans We - Cosmo Sheldrake

Pelicans We - Cosmo Sheldrake

King and queen of the pelicans we
鹈鹕中的国王与皇后啊
No other birds so grand we see
再没谁能看到这么大的鸟儿啦
None but we have feet like fins
也没谁能拥有我们这样鱼鳍似的脚啦
With lovely leathery throats and chins
还有那可爱的坚韧似皮革的喉咙和下巴
Ploffskin pluffskin pelican jee
鹈鹕向前走
We think no birds so happy as we
再没有像我们这么快乐的鸟儿啦
Plumpskin ploshkin pelican jill
鹈鹕恋人们
We think so then and we thought so still
那时我们这么想 现在也还这样
We live on the nile the nile we love
我们生活全靠着尼罗河 我们喜欢那儿
By night we sleep on the cliffs above
夜里我们就睡在悬崖峭壁
By day we fish and at eve we stand
白天我们捕鱼 傍晚我们就站在
On long bare Islands of yellow sand
铺满黄沙 光秃秃的长长海岛
And when the sun sinks slowly down
当夕阳慢慢下沉
And the great rock walls grow dark and brown
大岩石做的墙也变成暗棕色
Where the purple river rolls fast and dim
紫色的河水迅速地翻滚着黯淡下来
And the Ivory Ibis starlike skim
乳白色的朱鹭也一闪而去
Wing to wing we dance around -
翅膀勾着翅膀 我们围成一圈跳起舞来
Stamping our feet with a flumpy sound -
我们的脚丫重重踏步 发出砰砰声
Opening our mouths as pelicans ought
张开我们的大嘴巴 鹈鹕就要有鹈鹕的样子嘛
And this Is the song we nightly snort
接下来就是我们夜夜哼唱的小曲啦
King and queen of the pelicans we
鹈鹕中的国王与皇后啊
No other birds so grand we see
再没谁能看到这么大的鸟儿啦
None but we have feet like fins
也没谁能拥有我们这样鱼鳍似的脚啦
With lovely leathery throats and chins
还有那可爱的坚韧似皮革的喉咙和下巴
Ploffskin pluffskin pelican jee
鹈鹕向前走
We think no birds so happy as we
再没有像我们这么快乐的鸟儿啦
Plumpskin ploshkin pelican jill
鹈鹕恋人们
We think so then and we thought so still
那时我们这么想 现在也还这样