猫（1998）

你出生就是失明的吗
Are you blind when you’re born?
你在黑暗中能看得见吗
Can you see in the dark?
你能看着国王吗
Can you look at a king?
你愿意坐在这个王位上吗
Would you sit on his throne?
你能说你的咬力 比你的吠声差吗
Can you say of your bite that it’s worse than your bark?
你是自负的头儿
Are you cock of the walk
当你独自漫步时
when you’re walking alone?
因为杰利柯是而杰利柯行
Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
杰利柯行而杰利柯会
Jellicles do and Jellicles would
杰利柯会而杰利柯能
Jellicles would and Jellicles can
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
当你头朝下跌落
When you fall on your head,
你是脚着地的吗
do you land on your feet?
当你感觉空气中有风暴时 你紧张吗
Are you tense when you sense there’s a storm in the air?
当你迷失在街道 你能盲目中找出路吗
Can you find your way blind When you’re lost in the street?
你知道如何直达云霄吗
Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?
因为杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利柯行而杰利柯能
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利柯行而杰利柯能
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
你能骑扫帚柄到远方去吗
Can you ride on broomstick to places far distant?
熟悉蜡烛
Familiar with candle.
书本与铃♥声♥
With book and with bell?
你是惠汀顿的朋友吗
Were you Whittington’s friend?
斑衣吹笛人的助理
The Pied Piper’s assistant?
你曾是天堂与地狱的校友吗
Have you been an alumnus of heaven and hell?
你是邪恶如浪♥女♥
Are you mean like a minx?
你是轻盈如山猫
Are you lean like a lynx?
当闻到鼠辈时你急着现身吗
Are you keen to be seen when you’re smelling a rat?
当法老王打造人面狮身时 你在那儿吗
Were you there when the Pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx?
假如都是肯定 你就是只杰利柯猫
lf you were and you are you’re a Jellicle cat
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
我们腾空而过
We drive through the air
就像空中飞人
Like a flying trapeze
我们能连翻斤斗 在轮胎上弹跳
We can turn double somersaults Bounce on a tyre.
我们能爬上墙 我们能穿梭树林
We can run up a wall. We can swing through the trees.
我们能在木条上平衡 我们能行走于电线
We can balance on bars. We can walk on a wire.
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicle can and Jellicle do
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicle can and Jellicle do
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicle can and Jellicle do
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicle can and Jellicle do
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
你可在同时唱出多声调吗
Can you sing at the same time in more than one key?
罗西尼的二重唱
Duets by Rossini.
及史特劳斯的华尔滋
And waltzes by Strauss.
啊…
Ah…
你能像猫一般以C调开始
And can you as cats do begin with a C?
啊…
Ah…
永远博得满堂采吗
That always triumphantly brings down the house?
杰利柯猫是夜之后
Jellicle cats are queens of the nights
歌♥以天际高亢
Singing at astronomical heights
抒发弥赛亚曲
Handling pieces from the Messiah
哈利路亚 天使合音
Hallelujah, angelica choir
杰利柯猫是夜之后
Jellicles cats are queens of the night
歌♥以天际高亢
Singing at astronomical heights
抒发弥赛亚曲
Handling pieces from the messiah
哈利路亚 天使合音
Hallelujah, angelica choir
傲然猫族的奥秘神性
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
回响于大教堂四周
Round the cathedral rang
万岁
Vivat
永恒不朽猫族生命
Life to the everlasting cat
猫族无惧 忠诚且真实
Feline fearless, faithful and true.
对他族认同
To others who do
什么
What?
杰利柯行而杰利柯能
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
杰利柯能而杰利柯行
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
杰利柯猫歌♥诵杰利柯调
Jellicles cats sing Jellicle chants
杰利柯旧曲与杰利柯新调
Jellicle old and Jellicles new
杰利柯歌♥曲及杰利柯舞蹈
Jellicle song and Jellicle dance
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
务实的猫 感人的猫
Practical cats. Dramatical cats.
自负的猫 狂热的猫
Pragmatical cats. Fanatical cats
雄辩的猫 神谕的猫
Oratorical cats. Delphic oracle cats.
多疑的猫 忧郁的猫
Sceptical cats. Dyspeptical cats
浪漫的猫 悬荡的猫
Romantical cats. Pendantical cats.
吹毛求疵的猫
Critical cats.
依人为生的猫
Parasitical cats.
讽喻的猫 隐喻的猫
Allegorical cats. Metaphorical cats.
算计的猫 神秘的猫
Statistical cats and mystical cats.
政♥治♥的猫 虚伪的猫
Political cats. Hypocritical cats.
刻板的猫 神经的猫
Clerical cats. Hysterical cats.
愤世的猫 教条的猫
Cynical cats. Rabbinical cats.
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
杰利柯歌♥咏杰利柯猫
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
那边有个人
There’s a man over there.
有着惊讶的眼神
With a look of surprise.
就像在说 哎呀 怎么样
As much as to say well, now, how about that
我真的亲眼见到
Do l actually see with my own very eyes
一个没听过杰利柯猫的人吗
a man who’s not heard of a Jellicle cat?
杰利柯猫是什么
What’s a Jellicle cat?
杰利柯猫是什么
What’s a Jellicle cat?
杰利柯猫是什么
What’s a Jellicle cat?
为猫取名是件难事
The naming of cats is a difficult matter.
不像一种假日游戏
lt isn’t just one of your holiday games.
你首先可能认为我极度疯狂
You may think at first l’m as mad as a hatter.
当我们告诉你一只猫 必须有三个不同的名字
When l tell you a cat must have three different names.
第一 是日常居家名字
First of all, there’s the name that the family use daily.
像是彼得 奥古斯都
Such as Peter, Augustus,
阿隆佐或詹姆斯
Alonzo or James.
比如维克多或强纳森
Such as Victor or Jonathan,
乔治或比尔贝利
George or Bill Bailey
它们都是日常的名字
All of them sensible everyday names.
有讲究的名字
There are fancier names
听来好听些
if you think they sound sweeter.
有的属绅士
Some for the gentlemen,
有的属淑女
some for the dames.
如同柏拉图 艾德米塔斯
Such as Plato, Admetus,
伊列克川 迪米特
Electra, Demeter,
然而它们都是日常的名字
But all of them sensible everyday names.
但是我告诉你 猫需要一个特殊的名字
But l tell you a cat needs a name that’s particular.
一个奇特的名字 而且更尊贵
A name that’s peculiar, and more dignified.
不然他怎能扬尾神气
Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?
展须或怀抱傲气呢
Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?
这类名字我能给你一大串
Of names of this kind l can give you a quorum.
就像蒙克斯崔普 奎佐或柯利克佩特
Such as Munkustrap, Quazo or Coricopat.
例如邦贝鲁莉娜 或是杰利罗伦
Such as Bombalurina or else Jellylorum.