The Clown - Charles Mingus

The Clown - Charles Mingus (查尔斯·明古斯)
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Man there was this clown
从前有个小丑啊
And he was a real happy guy a real happy guy
他是个真正快乐的人 一个真正快乐的人
He had all these greens and all these yellows and all
他心中充满翠绿 金黄和橙红
These oranges bubbling around inside of him
这些色彩在他体内欢快地流动
And he had just one thing he wanted in this world
在这世上他只有一个愿望
He just wanted to make people laugh
只想让人们开怀大笑
That's all he wanted out of this world
这就是他全部的追求
We was a real happy guy
他是个真正快乐的人
Let me tell you about this clown
让我为你讲述这个小丑的故事
He used to a raise a sweat every night
他每晚都在舞台上挥汗如雨
Out on the stage and just wouldn't stop
不知疲倦地卖力表演
That's how hard he worked
这就是他付出的努力
He was trying to make people laugh
只为博得观众一笑
He used to have this cute little gimmick
他曾有个可爱的拿手好戏
Where he had a seal follow him up and down a step-ladder
让海豹跟着他在梯子爬上爬下
Blowing Columbia the gem of the ocean out on a b-flat scale
吹奏着降B调的《哥伦比亚海洋明珠》
Sears-roebuck a model thirteen twenty-two A plastic bugle
西尔斯百货的1322型塑料喇叭
A real cute act but they didn't laugh
一个可爱的表演 却没能逗笑观众
Well you know a few little things here and there
你知道 他尝试了各种小把戏
But not really and he was booking out in all these tank towns
但都不奏效 他辗转于各个小镇演出
Playing the rotary clubs the Kiwanis clubs and the American legion hall;
在扶轮社 基瓦尼斯俱乐部 美国退伍军人会堂表演
And he just wasn't making it
却始终未能成功
But he had all these wonderful things going on inside of him
但他内心充满绚烂色彩
All these greens and yellows and all these oranges
那些鲜活的绿 明亮的黄 热烈的橙
He was a real happy guy
他曾是个快乐的人儿
And all he wanted to do was to make these people laugh
只想博得众人欢笑
That's all he wanted out of this world
这就是他全部的追求
To make people laugh and then something began to grow
让人们开怀大笑 直到阴影滋长
Something that just wasn't good began growing
某种不祥之物悄然蔓延
Inside of his head
在他心底扎根
You know it's a funny thing
说来真是讽刺
Something began to trouble this clown
小丑开始被心事困扰
You know little things little things once in a while would happen
那些微不足道的小事 偶尔也会发生
That would make that crowed begin to howl
总能引得观众哄堂大笑
But they were never the right things
但从来都不是我想要的
Like for example the time the seal got sick on the stage
就像那次海豹在台上呕吐
All over the stage the crowd just
吐得满台都是 观众们
Just broke out little things like that
突然就爆发了笑声 类似这样的小事
And they weren't suppose to
可这些本不该
They weren't supposed to be funny
这些本不该成为笑料
This began to trouble him and it bothered him
这开始困扰他 令他心烦意乱
And this little thing began to grow inside of him
这个小念头在他心中不断滋长
And all those greens and all those oranges and all those yellows
那些绿色 橙色和黄色的光彩
They just weren't as bright as they used to be
都不再如往日般绚烂
And all he wanted to do was to make that crowd laugh
他只想让观众开怀大笑
That's all he wanted to do
这就是他全部的愿望
There was this one night
就在那个夜晚
When he was playing at the rotary club
当他在扶轮社表演时
All these dentists all these druggists
这些牙医 这些药剂师
All these postmen sitting around
还有那些邮差围坐一旁
And they were a real cold bunch nothing was happening
他们冷漠如冰 毫无反应
He was leaving the stage when he stumbled over his ladder
他正要离场 却被梯子绊倒
And fell flat on his face just flat on his face
重重摔倒在地 脸朝下趴着
When he stands up and he's got this bloody nose
当他站起来 鼻血直流
And he looks out at the crowd
望向台下观众
And that crowd is just rolling on the floor
那些人却笑得前仰后合
He's just knocked them flat out
他彻底逗乐了观众
This begins to trouble and even more
这开始让他困扰 甚至更甚
He begins to see something he begins to see something
他逐渐明白了一些事 逐渐看清了真相
And right about here is when things began to change
就在此刻 事情开始转变
But really change
真正的转变
Not the least of which our clown changes his act
最明显的是小丑改变了表演方式
He bought himself a set of football pads
他给自己买了套橄榄球护具
A yellow helmet with red stripes
配着红色条纹的黄色头盔
Hired a girl who dropped a 5-pound sac
雇了个姑娘每晚从二十英尺高
Of flour on his head every night
往他头上倒五磅面粉袋
Maybe twenty feet up Oh man what a pit
天呐 这场面简直太滑稽
That just broke them up every night
每晚都能逗得观众前仰后合
But not like the buke
但不像那本书里写的那样
And all those colors
曾经那些鲜艳色彩
All those yellows all those reds all those oranges
那些明黄 艳红 亮橙
A lot of gray in them now
如今都褪成了灰暗色调
Not blue
并非忧郁
And all he wanted was to make this crowd laugh
他只想博得满堂欢笑
That's all he wanted out of this world
这便是他此生所求
They were laughing alright
观众确实笑了
Not like the buke but they were laughing
虽非开怀大笑 但终究笑了
And all the dough started coming in
随之而来的是滚滚财源
He was playing the big towns
他开始巡演各大城市
Chicago Detroit and then it was Pittsburgh one night
芝加哥 底特律 那晚来到匹兹堡
A real fine town Pittsburgh you know
多好的城市啊 你知道的匹兹堡
But three quarters way through his act a rope broke
但演出进行到四分之三时 绳索突然断裂
Down came the backdrop right on the back of the neck
幕布轰然坠落 正中他的后颈
And he went flat and something broke this was it
他重重摔倒 有什么东西碎了 就是那一刻
It hurt way down deep inside he tried to get up
痛楚直抵灵魂深处 他挣扎着想站起来
He looked out at the audience
望向台下观众
And you should've man you should've
你真该看看 伙计 你真该看看
You should've seen that crowd
你该看看那群观众
They was rolling in the aisle
他们笑得前仰后合
This was bigger than the buke
这比书本还要精彩
This was bigger than the buke
这比书本还要精彩
He really had them going
他彻底点燃了全场
This was it this was the last one
就是这次 这是最后一次
This was the last one This was the last one
这是最后一次 这是最后一次
He knew now man he really knew now
此刻他终于明白了 真的彻底明白了
But it was too late
但为时已晚
And all he had wanted was to make this crowd laugh
他原本只想博众人一笑
Well they were laughing But now he knew
如今笑声四起 他却恍然明白
That was the end of the clown
小丑的戏码就此落幕
And you should have seen the bookings coming
你该看看邀约如雪片般飞来
Man his agent was on the phone for 24 hours
天啊 他的经纪人电话整整响了一天
The Palladium MCA William Morris But it was too late
帕拉狄昂剧院 MCA 威廉莫里斯经纪公司 可惜为时已晚
He really knew now
此刻他终于明白
He really knew
他真正懂了
He really knew now
此刻他终于明白
William Morris sent regrets
威廉·莫里斯送来遗憾