A Little Priest - Len Cariou

A Little Priest - Len Cariou/Angela Lansbury/Original Broadway Cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street/Stephen Sondheim
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Lyrics by：Stephen Sondheim

Composed by：Stephen Sondheim

Produced by：Thomas Z. Shepard/Jay David Saks

Seems a downright shame
这简直是场耻辱
Shame
耻辱啊
Seems an awful waste
多么可惜的浪费
Such a nice plump frame
如此饱满的身躯
Wot's 'is name has
他叫什么来着
Had
曾经
Has
有过
Nor it can't be traced
却已无从查起
Bus'ness needs a lift
生意需要起死回生
Debts to be erased
债务必须一笔勾销
Think of it as thrift
就当是精打细算
As a gift
当作馈赠
If you get my drift
若你懂我的深意
No
不
Seems an awful waste
多么可惜的浪费
I mean with the price of meat
毕竟现在肉价飞涨
What it is
这就是
When you get it
当你得到时
If you get it
若你得到它
Hah

Good you got it
很好你明白了
Take for instance Mrs Mooney and her pie shop
就拿穆尼太太的馅饼店来说
Bus'ness never better using only pussycats and toast
生意从未如此兴隆 只用猫咪和吐司
And a pussy's good for maybe six or seven at the most
一只猫最多能做六七个馅饼
And I'm sure they can't compare as far as taste
我确信他们的滋味无法比拟
Mrs Lovett what a charming notion
洛薇特夫人 这主意多么迷人
Eminently practical
既无比实用
And yet appropriate as always
又一如既往地恰如其分
Mrs Lovett how I've lived
洛薇特夫人 这些年
Without you all these years I'll never know
没有你 我真不知如何度过
Think about it
仔细想想
Lots of other gentlemen'll
多少体面绅士终将
Soon be comin' for a shave
很快就要来剃须了
Won't they
他们不会
Think of
想到
All them
那些
Pies
馅饼
For what's the sound of the world out there
外面的世界是什么声音
What Mr Todd
托德先生
What Mr Todd
托德先生
What is that sound
这是什么声响
Those crunching noises pervading the air
空气中弥漫着咀嚼的脆响
Yes Mr Todd
是的托德先生
Yes Mr Todd
是的托德先生
Yes all around
是的无处不在
It's man devouring man my dear
亲爱的 这是人吃人的世道
Then who are we to deny it in here
我们又何必在此否认
All these are desperate times
这都是绝望的年代
Mrs Lovett and desperate measures mast be taken
洛维特夫人 我们不得不采取极端手段
Here we are now hot out of the oven
新鲜出炉 热气腾腾
What is that
这是什么
It's priest have a little priest
是牧师馅饼 来点牧师馅饼
Is it really good
真的好吃吗
Sir it's too good at least
先生 至少好得过分
Then again they don't commit sins of the flesh
再说他们从不犯肉欲之罪
So it's pretty fresh
所以相当新鲜
Awful lot of fat
油脂堆积如山
Only where it sat
只在它停留之处
Haven't you got poet or something like that
何不找个诗人或类似材料
No y'see the trouble with poet is
要知道诗人的麻烦在于
'Ow do you know it's deceased
你怎确认他已断气
Try the priest
试试那位牧师
Heavenly
天赐美味
Not as hearty as bishop perhaps
虽不及主教那般肥美
But then again not as bland as curate either
但也不像牧师那般寡淡无味
And good for business too always leaves you wantin' more
对生意大有裨益 总让人意犹未尽
Trouble is we only get it on Sundays
可惜我们只在周日供应
Lawyer's rather nice
律师肉倒是鲜美
If it's for a price
只要价钱到位
Order something else though to follow
不过建议您另点配菜
Since no one should swallow it twice
毕竟没人想重复品味
Have you anything
您还需要些什么
Now do if you're British and loyal
若你效忠英伦且心怀赤诚
You might enjoy Royal Marine
皇家海军风味或合您胃口
Anyway it's clean
至少表面光鲜
Though of course it tastes of wherever it's been
细品却残留着来历的腥臭
Is that squire
那位可是乡绅
On the fire
正在烤架嘶鸣
Mercy no sir look closer
仁慈的老爷请看清
You'll notice it's grocer
分明是杂货商在呻吟
Looks thicker
看起来更厚实了
More like vicar
更像是牧师的味道
No it has to be grocer
不 这必须是杂货商
It's green
它泛着青绿色
The history of the world my love
我亲爱的 这就是世界历史
Save a lot of graves
省下许多墓穴
Do a lot of relatives favors
替亲戚们行个方便
Is those below serving those up above
不过是地下的人侍奉地上的人
Ev'rybody shaves
人人都要刮胡子
So there should be plenty of flavors
所以口味应该很丰富
How gratifying for once to know
多么令人满足 终于能知道
That those above will serve those down below
高高在上者终将服务底层人
Now let me see here I we've got trun tinker
让我看看 我们有补锅匠
No no
不不
Something pinker
要更粉嫩些的
Tailor
裁缝
Paler
面色苍白的客人
Butler
管家先生
Subtler
心思缜密的主顾
Potter
陶艺师傅
Hotter
火辣的顾客
Locksmith
锁匠师傅
Lovely bit of clerk
文员真是美味
Maybe for a lark
或许该来点花样
Then again there's sweep
再来份扫街人的肉饼
If you want it cheap
若你想贪个便宜
And you like it dark
偏爱那暗黑风味
Try the financier
不妨尝尝银行家
Peak of his career
他正处事业巅峰
That looks pretty rank
看着虽有些恶心
Well he drank
谁让他酗酒成性
It's a bank
这是家银行
Cashier
柜员馅的
Last one really sold
上一位顾客很畅销
Was and crises old
金融危机时期的老味道
Have you any Beadle
要来点牧师馅的吗
Next week so I'm told
下周新鲜到货
Beadle isn't bad till you smell it and
牧师馅闻着还不错
Notice 'ow well it's been greased
直到你发现油放得真不少
Stick to priest
牧师肉馅也不错
Now this might be a little bit stringy
虽然可能有点难嚼
But then of course it's sound fiddle player
但小提琴手的肉质很嫩
No no this isn't fiddle player it's piccolo player
不对这是短笛手的肉
'Ow can you tell
你怎么分得清
It's piping hot
刚出炉热腾腾
Then blow on it first
记得先吹凉
The history of the world my sweet
这就是我们的世界史 亲爱的
Oh Mr Todd
哦 托德先生
Ooh Mr Todd
噢 托德先生
What does it tell
这说明了什么
Is who gets eaten and who gets to eat
谁沦为盘中餐 谁又能大快朵颐
And Mr Todd
而托德先生
Too Mr Todd
托德先生啊
Who gets to sell
谁掌握着生杀大权
But fortunately it's also clear
但幸好答案也很明显
But ev'rybody goes down well with beer
但配啤酒谁都美味可口
Since marine doesn't appeal to you 'ow about rear admiral
既然海军不合您胃口 那来点海军上将如何
Too salty I prefer general
太咸了 我更喜欢将军
With or without his privates
带不带私处都行
What is that
这是什么
It's fop
是纨绔子弟
Finest in the shop
本店顶级货色
And we have some shepherd's pie peppered
还有撒了胡椒的牧羊人派
With actual shepherd on top
配上货真价实的牧羊人馅料
And I've just begun
这才刚刚开始呢
Here's the politician so oily
政客馅饼油腻得发亮
It's served with a doily
上菜还得垫块花边餐巾
Have one
来尝尝看
Put it on a bun
夹进面包胚里
Well you never know if it's going to run
反正你也猜不透会不会流汁
Try the friar
试试修士风味
Fried it's drier
油炸太干柴
No the clergy is really
不 神职人员肉质
Too coarse and too mealy
又糙又散像粗粮
Then actor
至于演员
That's compacter
那更紧实
Yes and always arrives overdone
但总被煎得太过火
I'll come again when you have Judge on the menu
等菜单上有法官时我再来
Have charity towards the world my pet
要对这世界慈悲些 亲爱的
Yes yes I know my love
亲爱的 我明白
We'll take the customers that we can get
来者不拒 都是我们的顾客
High-born and low my love
无论贵贱 亲爱的
We'll not discriminate great from small
我们一视同仁 不分大小
No we'll serve anyone
我们欢迎所有人
Meaning anyone
真的是所有人
And to anyone
对所有人
At all
都欢迎