Soliloquy - John Raitt

Soliloquy - John Raitt
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I wonder what he'll think of me
不知他会如何看待我
I guess he'll call me the "old man"
或许会唤我一声"老爹"
I guess he'll think I can lick
或许会以为我战无不胜
Every other feller's father
能胜过所有孩子的父亲
Well I can
嗯 我能做到
I bet that he'll turn out to be
我打赌他长大后
The spittin' image of his dad
定会和我如出一辙
But he'll have more common sense
但他会比他那糊涂老爸更有见识
Than his puddin-headed father ever had
比他憨厚的父亲更明事理
I'll teach him to wrestle
我会教他摔跤技巧
And dive through a wave
带他乘风破浪
When we go in the mornin's for our swim
每个清晨同游海浪之间
His mother can teach him
他母亲会教导礼仪
The way to behave
指引为人处世之道
But she won't make a sissy out o' him
但绝不会把他养成娇气男孩
Not him Not my boy Not Bill
不是他 不是我儿子 不是比尔
My boy Bill
我的儿子比尔
I will see that he is named after me I will
我要让他继承我的名字 一定会的
My boy Bill He'll be tall
我的儿子 比尔 他会长得高大
And tough as a tree will Bill
像树一样坚韧 我的比尔
Like a tree he'll grow
像树一样茁壮成长
With his head held high
昂首挺胸
And his feet planted firm on the ground
双脚坚定地扎根大地
And you won't see nobody dare to try
没人敢对他轻举妄动
To boss or toss him around
没人能对他颐指气使
No pot-bellied baggy-eyed bully
没有大腹便便的恶霸
Will boss him around
能对他呼来喝去
I don't give a hang what he does
我不在乎他做什么
As long as he does what he likes
只要是他心之所向
He can sit on his tail
他可以悠闲度日
Or work on a rail
也可以辛勤劳作
With a hammer hammering spikes
挥舞铁锤 敲打钢钉
He can ferry a boat on a river
他能驾驭轻舟 横渡江河
Or peddle a pack on his back
或背负行囊 走街串巷
Or work up and down
穿梭于城镇之间
The streets of a town
扬鞭策马 驰骋四方
With a whip and a horse and a hack
手持缰绳 驾驭骏马
He can haul a scow along a canal
他能拖曳驳船 沿运河前行
Run a cow around a corral
驱赶牛群 环绕围栏
Or maybe bark for a carousel
或许能驾驭旋转木马嘶鸣
Of course it takes talent to do that well
当然这需要天赋异禀
He might be a champ of the heavyweights
他可能成为重量级拳王
Or a feller that sells you glue
或是兜售胶水的小贩
Or President of the United States
甚至美利坚合众国总统
That'd be all right too
那也完全没关系
His mother would like that
他母亲会为此欣喜
But he wouldn't be President
但他终究不会当总统
If he didn't wanna be
若他不愿成为
Not Bill
不是比尔
My boy Bill He'll be tall
我的儿子 比尔 他会长得高大
And as tough as a tree will Bill
像橡树般坚韧 我的比尔
Like a tree he'll grow
像树一样茁壮成长
With his head held high
昂首挺胸
And his feet planted firm on the ground
双脚坚定地扎根大地
And you won't see nobody dare to try
没人敢对他轻举妄动
To boss him or toss him around
让他不受欺压 不被摆布
No fat-bottomed flabby-faced
绝不让那些大腹便便
Pot-bellied baggy-eyed bully
满脸横肉的恶霸
Will boss him around
能对他呼来喝去
And I'm hanged
我宁愿死
If he'll marry his boss' daughter
也不要他娶老板千金
A skinny-lipped virgin with blood like water
那个刻薄无趣的娇弱小姐
Who'll give him a peck
谁会轻啄他的脸颊
And call it a kiss
假装那是个吻
And look in his eyes through a lorgnette
透过长柄眼镜注视他的双眸
Hey why am I talkin' on like this
嘿 我怎么絮叨起这些
My kid ain't even been born yet
我的孩子甚至还未降生
I can see him when he's seventeen or so
却已看见他十七岁的模样
And startin' to go with a girl
开始和女孩约会的光景
I can give him lots of pointers
我能给他许多忠告指引
Very sound
安然无恙
On the way to get 'round any girl
在追求女孩的路上游刃有余
I can tell him
我可以告诉他
Wait a minute
稍等一下
Could it be
会不会
What the hell
这到底
What if what if he is a girl
万一万一是个女孩呢
A girl
是个女孩
What would I do with her
若是个女儿 我该如何待她
What could I do for her
我能为她做些什么
A bum with no money
身无分文的浪荡汉
You can have fun with a son
与儿子嬉戏固然欢畅
But you gotta be a father to a girl
但养育女儿需担起如山责任
She mightn't be so bad at that
或许她天生就适合这样
A kid with ribbons in her hair
发间系着丝带的小姑娘
A kind o' sweet and petite
娇小甜美惹人怜
Little tin-type of her mother
母亲泛黄的小照片
What a pair
多么般配的一对
When I have a daughter
若我有个女儿
I'll stand around her and budroom
我会守护她梳妆成长
My little girl
我的小公主
Pink and white
粉雕玉琢
As peaches and cream is she
如蜜桃奶油般甜美
My little girl
我的小公主
Is half again as bright
光芒比寻常更耀眼
As girls are meant to be
如淑女应有的模样
Dozens of boys pursue her
众多少年争相追求
Many a likely lad does what he can to woo her
每个优秀青年都竭力献殷勤
From her faithful dad
在她慈父的守护下
She has a few
她拥有几位
Pink and white young fellers of two or three
粉雕玉琢的两三岁小绅士
But my little girl
但我的小公主
Gets hungry every night
每晚都会感到饥饿
And she comes home to me
她总会回到我身边
I got to get ready before she comes
在她回来前我得做好准备
I got to make certain that she
我必须确保她
Won't be dragged up in slums
不会在贫民窟长大
With a lot o' bums like me
像我这样的落魄之人
She's got to be sheltered
她必须得到庇护
In a fair hand dressed
身着精致华服
In the best that money can buy
用金钱能买到的最好衣裳
I never knew how to get money
虽不懂如何赚钱
But I'll try
但我会拼尽全力
My God I'll try
天知道我有多努力
I'll go out and make it or steal it
哪怕去挣去偷去抢
Or take it or die
豁出性命也要办到