猫
Prologue
序幕
JELLICLE SONGS FOR JELLICLE CATS
杰利克歌，为杰利克猫
Munkustrap: Are you blind when you're born?
蒙克斯崔普:你一生下来就睁不开眼吗?
Demeter; Can you see in the dark?
迪米特:你能在黑暗中看清楚吗?
Gus: Dare you look at a king?
格斯:你敢注视国王吗?
Skimbleshanks: Would you sit on his throne?
史金波旋克斯:你会坐他的王位吗?
Rum tum tugger: Can you say of your bite?That it's worse than your bark?
若腾塔格:你的撕咬力比你的吠声差
Alonzo: Are you cock of the walk?
你还会谈论它吗?
Grizabella; When you're walking alone?
阿隆佐.格里泽贝拉:当你独自漫步时
All: Because Jellicles are Jellicles do Jellicles do and Jellicles would Jellicles would and Jellicles can Jellicles can and Jellices do
全体:因为杰利克是杰利克行杰利克行杰利克会杰利克会杰利克能杰利克能杰利克行
Jellylorum: Would you fall on your head? Do you land on your feet?
詹丽若姆:当你头朝下跌落你能双脚着地吗?
Coricopat: Are you tense when you sense? There's a storm in the air.
克里克帕特:当你在空气中感觉到风暴来临你会紧张吗?
Sillabub: Can you find your way blind? When you're lost in the street?
斯巴拉布:当你迷失街头你能不经指引找到归路吗?
Old Deuteronomy:Do you know how to go to the heaviside layer?
老杜特洛诺米:你知道如何直达云霄吗?
All: Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do Jellicles do and Jellicles can Jellicles can and Jellicles do Jellicles do and Jellicles can Jellicles can and Jellicles do
全体:因为杰利克能杰利克行杰利克行杰利克能 杰利克能杰利克行杰利克行杰利克能杰利克能杰利克行
Coricopat: Can you ride on broomstick to places far distant?
克里克帕特:你能骑着扫帚去远方吗，
Jennyanydots:Familiar with candle.
愈尼点点:熟悉蜡烛
Mungojerre&Rumpleteazer: With book and with bell?
蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂泽:书和铃档吗?
Bombaluyrina: Were you whittington's friend?
邦马尽娜:你是惠廷顿的朋友吗?
Mr Mistoffelees: The Pied Piper's assistant?
米斯托邦弗里斯先生:是花衣吹笛手的助理吗?
Plato&Munkustrap: Have you been an alumnus of heaven or hell?
帕拉图和蒙克斯崔普:你曾在地狱里呆过吗?
Tumblebrutus: Are you mean like a minx?
腾布勒布每圈斯:你脾气坏得像轻挑少女吗?
Victoria: Are you lean like a lynx?
维克多利亚:你瘦小轻盈像只山猫吗?
Pouncival: Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?
庞斯沃尔:当闻到老鼠的味道你急于现身吗?
Cassandra: Were you there when the pharaohs? Commissioned the Sphinx?
卡桑德拉:法老下令建造狮身人面像时你在那儿吗，
All: If you were and you are You're a Jellicle cat! Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats We can dive through the air Like a flying trapeze We can turn double somersaults bounce on a tire
全体:如果你全部肯定你就是杰利克猫!杰利克歌为杰利克唱杰利克歌为杰利克唱杰利克歌为杰利克唱杰利克歌为杰利克唱杰利克歌为杰利克唱我们腾空而起就像飞翔的秋千我们能在轮胎上连续地翻筋斗
We can run up a wall
我们能跳上墙
We can swing through the trees
我们能在树枝上摇荡
We can balance on bars
我们能在棍子上平衡
We can walk on a wire
我们能在钢丝上行走
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利克能杰利克行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利克能杰利克行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利克能杰利克行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利克能杰利克行
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Can you sing at the same time
你能同时唱出几个调吗?
In more than one key?
既有罗西尼的二重唱
Duets by Rossini and waltzes by strauss?
也有施特劳斯的华尔兹?
And can you (as cats do)begin with a‘C'
你能像猫一样以C音开始
That always triumphantly brings down the house?
总是博得满堂彩吗?
Jellicle cats are queen of the nights
杰利克猫是夜之后
Singing at astronomical heights
歌声直达天际
Handling pieces from the‘Messiah
唱着弥赛亚中的哈利路亚
Hallelujah, angelical choir
还有天使合唱
Jellicle cats are queen of the nights
杰利克猫是夜之后
Singing at astronomical heights
歌声直达天际
Handling pieces from the Messiah
唱着弥赛亚中的哈利路亚
Hallelujah, angelical choir
还有天使合唱
The mystical divinity
傲然猫族的
Of unashamed felinity
奥秘神威
Round the cathedral rang `Vivat'
在大教堂四周回响“万岁”
Life to the everlasting cat!
猫族长命百岁
Feline, fearless, faithful and true
他无惧无畏
To others who do-what
对任何猫都忠诚而真实
Jellicle do and Jellicle can
杰利克行杰利克能
Jellicle can and Jellicle do
杰利克能杰利克行
Jellicle cats sing Jellicle chants
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle old and Jellicle new
杰利克老歌与杰利克新调
Jellicle song and Jellicle dance
杰利克歌杰利克舞
Jelficle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Practical cats, dramatical cats
务实的猫生动的猫
Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats
实际的猫狂热的猫
Oratorial cats, Delphic-Oracle cats
雄辩的猫闪烁的猫
Skeptical cats，Dyspeptical cats
多疑的猫忧郁的猫
Romantical cats, Pedantical cats
浪漫的猫迁腐的猫
Critical cats parasitical cats
挑剔的猫寄生的猫
Allegorical cats metaphorical its
讽喻的猫隐喻的猫
Statistical cats and mystical cats
算计的猫神秘的猫
Political cats hypocritical cats
政治的猫虚伪的猫
Clerical cats hysterical cats
布道的猫神经的猫
Cynical cats rabbinical cats
愤世的猫教条的猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利克歌为杰利克唱
Gus: There's a man over there
格斯:有个人在那里
With a look of surprise
带着惊讶的表情
As much as to say
就像在说:
Weel now, how about that?
那么，又怎样呢?
Munkustrap: Do I actually see with my own very eyes
蒙克斯崔普:我是否亲眼见到
A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?
一个没有听说过杰利克猫的人?
What's a Jellicle cat?
杰利克猫是什么?
All: What's a Jellicle cat?
全体:杰利克猫是什么?
What's a Jellicle cat?
杰利克猫是什么?
THE NAMING OF CATS
猫的命名
All: The naming of cats is a difficult matter
全体:为猫取名是一件难事
It isn't just one of your holiday games
这可不是一场假日游戏
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
当我告诉你一只猫必须有三个名字
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
你可能认为我精神有病
First of all，there's the name that the family use daily
第一是日常居家的名字
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James
比如:彼得/奥古斯塔斯/阿隆佐/詹姆斯
Such as Victor or Jonathan，George or Bill Bailey
比如:维克多/乔纳坦/乔治l比尔·贝利
All of them are sensible, everyday names
这都是日常合理的名字
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter
还有花哨些的名字或许你觉得更好听
Some for the gentlemen，some for the dames
有些属于绅士有些属于淑女
Such as Plato ADMETUS ELECTRA, Demeter
比如:柏拉图/艾德米塔斯/伊列克特拉/迪米特
But all of them sensible, everyday names
但都只是日常合理的名字
But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular
而我要告诉你猫还需要一个特别的名字
A name that's peculiar and more dignified
一个奇特而且更加尊贵的名字
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
不然它怎能翘着高高的尾巴
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
展开长长的胡须而且傲气十足呢?
Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum
像这样的名字我能给你一大串
Such as Munkustrap, Quaxo or Coricopat
像蒙克斯崔普奎佐或克里克帕特
Such ad Bombalurina，or else Jellylorum
还有邦巴露娜或是詹丽若姆
Names that never belong to more than one cat
一个名字只对应一只猫
But above and beyond there's still one name left over
但除此之外还有一个名字
And that is the name that you will never guess
那是你永远猜不到的名字
The name that no human research can discover
那是人类无法发现的名字
But the cat himself knows and will never confess
那是猫自己知道却永不会说的名字
When you notice a cat in profound meditation
当你看到猫陷入沉思
The reason，I tell you，is always the same
我告诉你原因只有一个
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name
他正投入地思索着、思索着、思索着他的名字
His ineffable, effable, effanineffable
他那难以言说，有时说得出，有是又说不出的
Deep and inscrutable singular name
高深莫测，非同一般的名字
Name name name name name name
名字、名字、名字、名……
THE INVITATION TO THE JELLICLE BAII
杰利克舞会的邀请
Mr Mistoffelees; Jellicle cats come out tonight
米斯托弗里斯先生:杰利克猫今夜现身
Jellicle cats come one come all
出现一只出现全部
The Jellicle moon is shining bright
杰利克月皎洁明亮
Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball
杰利克猫来到杰利克舞会
Jellicle cats come out tonight
杰利克猫今夜现身
Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball
杰利克猫来到杰利克舞会
All: Jellicle cats come out tonight
全体:杰利克猫今夜现身
Jellicle cats come one come all
出现一只出现全部
The Jellicle moon is shining bright
杰利克月皎洁明亮
Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball
杰利克猫来到杰利克舞会
Jellicle cats come out tonight
杰利克猫今夜现身
Jellicle cats come one come all
出现一只出现全部
The Jellicle moon is shining bright
杰利克月皎洁明亮
Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball
杰利克猫来到杰利克舞会
Munkustrap: Jellicle cats meet once a year
蒙克斯崔普:杰利克猫一年聚一次
At the Jellicle ball where we all rejoice
在杰利克舞会上尽情欢乐
And the Jellicle leader will soon appear
杰利克领袖就要出现
And make what is known as the Jellicle choice
在黎明破晓之前
When Old Deuteronomy just before dawn
老杜特洛诺米将做出杰利克选择
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife
在小刀都可以划破的寂静中
Announces the cat who can now be reborn
他将宣布谁可重生
And come back to disevent Jellicle life
去过另一种杰利克生活
For waiting up there is the heaviside layer
因为那里是神奇的天堂
Full of wonders one Jellicle only will see
只有一只杰利克猫能有幸目赌
And Jellicle ask because Jellicle dare
杰利克问因为杰利克敢
Who will it be?
会是谁昵
Who will it be?
会是谁昵，
THE OLD GIIMBIE CAT
淤甘比猫
Munkustrap: I have a gumbie cat in mind
蒙克斯崔瞥:我心中有只甘比猫
her name is Jennyanydots
她的名字叫詹尼点点
Her coat is of the tabby kind
她的皮毛是斑猫型
With tiger stripes and leopard spots
带有虎纹与豹斑
All day she sits beneath the stair
她整天坐在楼梯下
Or on the steps or on the mat
或是阶梯和地席上
She sits and sits and sits and sits
她坐啊、坐啊、坐啊
And that's what makes a gumbie cat
坐成了一只甘比猫
That's what makes a gumbie cat!
坐成了一只甘比猫
Demeter&Jellylorum&Bombalurina: But...
迪米特，脸丽若姆，邦巴解娜:但·
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
白天的忙碌过去之时
Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun
甘比猫的工作才开始
And when all the family's in bed and asleep
当家人都已入睡
She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
她塞好裙子在地下室游荡
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice
她最关心老鼠的行动
(Gumbie)Jennyanydots: Their behavior's not good and their manners not nice
(甘比猫)詹尼点点:它们行为不佳而且没有礼貌
Trio: So when she has got them lined up on the matting She teaches them
(三人组):于是她让它们在地席上排成队还教它们
Gumbie: Music crocheting and tatting
甘比猫:音乐、针织和梭织
Munkustrap: I have a gumbie cat in mind
蒙克斯崔普:我心中有只甘比猫
Her name is Jennyanydots
她名字叫詹尼点点
The curtain cord she likes to wind
她喜好缠卷这窗帘绳索
And tie it into sailor knots
把拉绳绑成水手结
She site upon the windowsill
她坐在窗台上
Or anything that's smooth and flat
或是柔滑平坦的东西上
she sits and sits and sits and sits
她坐啊、坐啊、坐啊
And that's what makes a gumbie cat
坐成了一只甘比猫
That's what makes a gumbie cat
坐成了一只甘比猫
Trio: But...
(三人组):但··…
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
白天忙碌过去之时
Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun
甘比猫的工作才开始
She thinks that the cockroaches
她认为嶂螂
Gumbie: Need employment
甘比猫:需要工作
Trio: To prevent them from
(三人组):免得他们因为
Gumbie: Idle and wanton destroyment
甘比猫:无事可干而态意破坏
Trio: So she's formed form that lot of disorderly louts A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts
(三人组)她把那群不守秩序的家伙组成了一支有纪律，乐于助人
(GumbielJennyanydots: With a purpose in fife and a good deed to do...
(甘比猫)后尼点点:有生活目标和做好事的童子军
Trio: And she's even created a beetles tattoo!
(三人组):她甚至创作了一首甲壳虫归营号!
All: For she's a jolly good fellow!
全体:她真是个可爱的好家伙
(GumbielJennyanydots: Thank you my dears! The Rum Tum Tugger
(甘比猫)詹尼点点:谢谢了，亲爱的各位!摇滚猫若腾塔格
All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
全体:若腾塔格是只古怪的猫
Tugger: If you offer me pheasant, I'd rather have grouse
塔格:如果你给我吃野鸡，我宁愿吃松鸡
If you put me in a house, I would much prefer a flat
如果你让我住洋房，我更喜欢住公寓
If you put me in a flat, I word rather have a house
而你让我住公寓，我倒喜欢住洋房
If you set me on a mouse, then I only want a rat
你要我抓小老鼠，我就抓大老鼠
If you set me on a rat, then I'd rather chase a mouse
你要我抓大老鼠，我就抓小老鼠
All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
全体:若腾塔格是只古怪的猫
Tugger: And there isn't any need for me to shout it
塔格:这不需要我多讲
All: For he will do as he do do
全体:因为他一贯我行我素
Tugger: And there's nothing doing about it!
塔格:对他真是无可奈何
Munkustrap&Alonzo&Mistoffeiees: The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore
蒙克斯崔普，阿隆佐。米斯托弗里斯:若腾塔格是个惹人生厌的家伙
Tugger: When you let me in, then I want to go out
塔格:你让我进去，我就要出去
I' m always on the wrong side of every door
门里门外我总不在地方
And as soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about
一旦回到家，我就想四处晃荡
I like to lie in the bureau drawer
我喜欢躺在衣柜抽屉
And I make such a fuss if I can't get out
若出不去就要大吵大闹
All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
全体:若腾塔格是只古怪的猫
Tugger: And there isn't any use fou you to doubt it
塔格:你们根本用不着去怀疑
All: For he will do as he do do
全体:因为他一贯我行我素
Tugger: And there's no doing anything about it!
塔格:对他真是无可奈何
Bombalurina: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast
邦巴称娜:若腾塔格是只古怪的畜生
Tugger: My disobliging ways are a matter of habit
塔格:冒犯他人已成我的习惯
If you offer me fish，then I always want a feast
若你给我鱼吃，那我就要一桌酒席
When there isn't any fish，then I won't eat rabbit
要是没有鱼吃，那连兔子我也不吃
If you offer me cream，then I sniff and sneer
若你给我奶油，我只闻一下就冷笑
For I only like what I find for myself
因为我只喜欢自己找到的东西
So you'H catch me in it right up to my ears
如果你把它放在储藏架上
If you put it away on the larder shelf
你会发现我在上面尽情品尝
All: The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
全体:若腾塔格既狡猾又博学
The Rum Tum Tugger
若腾塔格
Tugger: Doesn't care for a cuddle
塔格:不喜欢楼楼抱抱
But I'll leap upon your lap in the middle Of your sewing
但我会在你缝衣服时 跳进你怀里
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle!
因为我就喜欢把事情搅得一团糟
All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat...
全体:若腾塔格是只古怪的猫
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
若腾塔格不喜欢楼楼抱抱
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat...
若腾塔格是只古怪的猫
Tugger: And there isn't any need for me to spout it
塔格:我没必要为此喋喋不休
All;For he will do as he do do
全体:因为他一贯我行我素
Tugger: And there's no doing anything abou-ou-out it!
塔格:而且对此我也无啊无啊无可奈何!
GRIZABELLAV THE GLAMOUR CAT
格里泽贝拉—娇艳的猫
Grizabella: Remark the cat
格里泽贝拉:注意这只猫
Who hesitates toward you
她向着你踌躇不前
In the light of the door
门微笑般向她开启
Which opens on her like a grin
门上的灯光洒向她的身躯
You see the border of her coat
看她外套边角
Is torn and stained with sand
被撕破并沽满了沙
And you see the corner of her eye
你看她眼角
Twist like a crooked pin
歪曲得就像回形针
Demeter: She haunted many a low resort Near the grimy road of Tottenham court
迪米特:她出没在托敦汉短巷周围的许多肮脏地段
She flitted about the no man's land
她流浪在无人地区
From "The rising sun" to "The friend at hand"
从“如日中天”沦落到“四处乞讨’‘
And the postman sighed as he scratched his head
而邮差抓抓头叹口气
"You'd really had thought she ought to be dead"
“你一定曾想过她早该死去”
And who would ever suppose that that
而有谁会想到
Was Grizabella the Glamour cat
那就是当年娇艳的格里泽贝拉
Bombalurina: Grizabella, the Glamour Cat
邦巴礴娜:格里泽贝拉，娇艳的猫
Bombalurina&Demeter: Grizabella the Glamour cat
邦巴露娜.迪米特:格里泽贝拉，娇艳的猫
All: Who'd have ever supposed that that
全体:谁又会想到
Was Grizabella, the Glamour Cat
那就是当年的娇艳猫格里泽贝拉
