Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett

Effervescing Elephant - Syd Barrett

An effervescing elephant
一只冒泡的大象
With tiny eyes and great big trunk
眼睛小小 鼻子大大
Once whispered to the tiny ears
有一次呀他悄声对着一个小小耳朵讲道
The ears of one inferior
一个小不点儿的小小耳朵
That by next June he'd die oh yeah
明年六月之前 他就会死掉
Because the tiger would roam
因为老虎在丛中漫步
And the little one said oh my goodness
那小不点儿说哎呀呀
I must stay at home
那我一定闭门不出
And every time I hear a growl
一听到嗥叫声
I'll know the tiger's on the prowl
我就知道老虎在外游荡啦
But I'll be really safe you know
那我就不会有危险啦
The elephant he told me so
大象他就是这么说的
And everyone was nervy oh yeah
然后大家都变得紧张兮兮的
And the message was spread
这消息传到
To zebra mongoose and the dirty hippopotamus
斑马 猫鼬 还有脏兮兮的河马耳朵里
Who wallowed in the mud and chewed
不过河马在泥坑里打着滚
His spicy hippo plankton food
嚼着香香的小鱼小虾
And tended to ignore the word
才不理会这些
Preferring to survey a herd
他更愿意去研究那群
Of stupid water bison oh yeah
蠢蠢的水牛
And all the jungle took fright
整个丛林都吓坏了
And ran around for all the day and the night
全部没日没夜四处奔命
But all in vain because you see
但其实都是自己吓唬自己
The tiger came and said who me
因为你看老虎走过来讲
You know I wouldn't hurt not one of you
谁 我吗 我才不会伤害你们的任何一个咧
I much prefer something to chew
我更爱来点有嚼劲的东西
And You're all too scant oh yeah
你们都太单薄啦
He ate the elephant
他吃掉了大象