The Pig

 

It was an evening in November,

As I very well remember,

I was ¹⁾strolling down the street in ²⁾drunken pride,

But my knees were all ³⁾aflutter,

And I landed in the ⁴⁾gutter

And a pig came up and lay down by my side.

Yes, I lay there in the gutter

Thinking thoughts I could not utter,

When a colleen passing by did softly say,

"You can tell a man who ⁵⁾boozes

By the ⁶⁾company he chooses.”

And the pig got up and slowly walked away.

猪

那个十一月之夜，

叫我没齿难忘，

醺然醉步流连在街头，

可膝盖晃晃悠悠，

我便扎进了水沟，

一头猪走近来趴在身旁。



对，我躺在水沟里

思潮奔涌却苦无一言，

一名少女走过，殷然细语：

“区分人品好坏，

莫过于看他择谁与伴”

猪遂起，缓身弃然而去。


注释:

1) stroll v. 漫步，闲逛

2) drunken a. 酒醉的

3) aflutter a. 飘动的，鼓动的

4) gutter n. 水槽

5) booze v. 豪饮

6) company n. 伴侣，朋友