Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer - John Thornton

Mungojerry And Rumpleteazer - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯)

Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Mungojerrie 和 Rumpelteazer
We're a notorious couple of cats
我们是臭名昭著的小猫
As knockabout clowns
是放荡不羁的小丑们
Quick-change comedians
快速转型的喜剧大师
Tight-rope walkers
紧拷着脚链的步行者
And acrobats
杂耍艺人
We have an extensive reputation
我们声名显赫
We make our home
我把我们的家安在
In Victoria Grove
维多利亚园
This is merely our centre of operation
这只是我们前行的开始
For we are incurably given to rove
因为我们注定要去流浪
We are very well known
我们名气大作
In Cornwall Gardens
在康华花园
In Launceston Place
在朗塞斯顿
And in Kensington Square
在肯辛顿广场
We have really a little more reputation
我们真的有点名气
Than a couple of cats
和三两只猫比起来
Can very well bear
我们能承受得起一切
If the area window is found ajar
如果在这片敞开的区域里有猛烈的震动
And the basement looks like
如果地窖就像
A field of war
战场
If a tile or two comes
如果一两个瓦片
Loose on the roof
从房顶即将坠落
Which presently fails to be waterproof
房顶将无法承受水击浪打
If the drawers are pulled out from
如果你身上的衣服
The bedroom chest
在暧昧中被拽掉
And you can't find one
你找不到一件
Of your winter vests
冬天保暖的背心
If after supper one of the girls
如果午餐之后的一个女孩
Suddenly misses her Woolworth pearls
瞬间丢了自己的Woolworth珠宝
The family will say
她的家人会说
"It's that horrible cat
这就是那只恐怖的猫所为
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer "
这就是 Mungojerrie 或者 Rumpelteazer
And most of the time they leave it at that
大部分时间他们就是那样的
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Mungojerrie 和 Rumpelteazer
Have a very unusual gift of the gab
有着非同一般的饶舌天赋
We are highly efficient cat burglars
我们是一群非同一般的盗贼猫
As well
也是
And remarkably smart at a smash
非常聪明的机灵猫
And grab
抓住
We make our home in Victoria Grove
我们把家安在了维多利亚园
We have no regular occupation
我们没有安定的工作
We are plausible fellows
我们是似真似假的兄弟
Who like to engage
喜欢和
A friendly policeman in conversation
一位友好的警察打交道
When the family assembles
当家人筹备
For Sunday dinner
周末晚宴时
With their minds made up
他们便下定决心
That they won't get thinner
不吃晚餐
On Argentine joint
有阿根廷肉
Potatoes and greens
番茄和生菜
And the cook will appear
厨师就出现了
From behind the scenes
从屏幕中出现
And say in a voice that is broken
用断断续续的声音说着
With sorrow
悲伤痛楚
"I'm afraid you must wait
恐怕你得等
And have dinner tomorrow
明天吃晚餐吧
For the joint has gone
肉就消失了
From the oven like that "
从微波炉里消失了
The family will say
家人就说
"It's that horrible cat
这就是那只恐怖的猫
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer "
是Mungojerrie 或者Rumpelteazer
And most of the time
大部分时间
They leave it at that
他们就是那样的
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
Mungojerrie和Rumpelteazer
Have a wonderful way of working together
一起过着精彩的生活
And some of the time
某些时候
You would say it was luck
你会说这是命运
And some of the time
某些时候
You would say it was weather
你会说这是环境
We go through the house like a hurricane
我们像飓风一样穿过房子
And no sober person could take his oath
沉醉的人带着他的誓言
Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer
是 Mungojerrie 还是Rumpelteazer
Or could you have sworn
你本来发过誓言吧
That it mightn't be both
那不会都是你的誓言
And when you hear a dining room smash
当你听到餐厅崩裂的声音
Or up from the pantry
从餐具室传来
There comes a loud crash
巨大的破碎声就是从那里来的
Or down from the library
传到图书馆
There comes a loud ping
响亮的子弹声就是从那里来的
From a vase that was commonly
从一个普通的花瓶里发出来
Said to be Ming
对Ming说
The family will say:
家人就说
"Now which was which cat
现在又是哪只猫
It was Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer "
这是 Mungojerrie 和 Rumpelteazer
And there's nothing
没什么事情发生
At all to be done about that
根本没什么要做的