經(jīng)典英語戲劇劇本：安德魯?洛伊?韋伯-貓

貓

Prologue

序幕

JELLICLE SONGS FOR JELLICLE CATS

杰利克歌，為杰利克貓

Munkustrap: Are you blind when you're born?

蒙克斯崔普:你一生下來就睜不開眼嗎?

Demeter; Can you see in the dark?

迪米特:你能在黑暗中看清楚嗎?

Gus: Dare you look at a king?

格斯:你敢注視國王嗎?

Skimbleshanks: Would you sit on his throne?

史金波旋克斯:你會坐他的王位嗎?

Rum tum tugger: Can you say of your bite?That it's worse than your bark?

若騰塔格:你的撕咬力比你的吠聲差

Alonzo: Are you cock of the walk?

你還會談?wù)撍鼏?

Grizabella; When you're walking alone?

阿隆佐.格里澤貝拉:當(dāng)你獨(dú)自漫步時

All: Because Jellicles are Jellicles do Jellicles do and Jellicles would Jellicles would and Jellicles can Jellicles can and Jellices do

全體:因?yàn)榻芾耸墙芾诵薪芾诵薪芾藭芾藭芾四芙芾四芙芾诵?/p>

Jellylorum: Would you fall on your head? Do you land on your feet?

詹麗若姆:當(dāng)你頭朝下跌落你能雙腳著地嗎?

Coricopat: Are you tense when you sense? There's a storm in the air.

克里克帕特:當(dāng)你在空氣中感覺到風(fēng)暴來臨你會緊張嗎?

Sillabub: Can you find your way blind? When you're lost in the street?

斯巴拉布:當(dāng)你迷失街頭你能不經(jīng)指引找到歸路嗎?

Old Deuteronomy:Do you know how to go to the heaviside layer?

老杜特洛諾米:你知道如何直達(dá)云霄嗎?

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

全體:因?yàn)榻芾四芙芾诵薪芾诵薪芾四?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:你能騎著掃帚去遠(yuǎn)方嗎，

Jennyanydots:Familiar with candle.

愈尼點(diǎn)點(diǎn):熟悉蠟燭

Mungojerre&Rumpleteazer: With book and with bell?

蒙哥杰利和藍(lán)蓓蒂澤:書和鈴檔嗎?

Bombaluyrina: Were you whittington's friend?

邦馬盡娜:你是惠廷頓的朋友嗎?

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嗎?

Plato&Munkustrap: Have you been an alumnus of heaven or hell?

帕拉圖和蒙克斯崔普:你曾在地獄里呆過嗎?

Tumblebrutus: Are you mean like a minx?

騰布勒布每圈斯:你脾氣壞得像輕挑少女嗎?

Victoria: Are you lean like a lynx?

維克多利亞:你瘦小輕盈像只山貓嗎?

Pouncival: Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?

龐斯沃爾:當(dāng)聞到老鼠的味道你急于現(xiàn)身嗎?

Cassandra: Were you there when the pharaohs? Commissioned the Sphinx?

卡桑德拉:法老下令建造獅身人面像時你在那兒嗎，

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

全體:如果你全部肯定你就是杰利克貓!杰利克歌為杰利克唱杰利克歌為杰利克唱杰利克歌為杰利克唱杰利克歌為杰利克唱杰利克歌為杰利克唱我們騰空而起就像飛翔的秋千我們能在輪胎上連續(xù)地翻筋斗

We can run up a wall

我們能跳上墻

We can swing through the trees

我們能在樹枝上搖蕩

We can balance on bars

我們能在棍子上平衡

We can walk on a wire

我們能在鋼絲上行走

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

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Can you sing at the same time

你能同時唱出幾個調(diào)嗎?

In more than one key?

既有羅西尼的二重唱

Duets by Rossini and waltzes by strauss?

也有施特勞斯的華爾茲?

And can you (as cats do)begin with a‘C'

你能像貓一樣以C音開始

That always triumphantly brings down the house?

總是博得滿堂彩嗎?

Jellicle cats are queen of the nights

杰利克貓是夜之后

Singing at astronomical heights

歌聲直達(dá)天際

Handling pieces from the‘Messiah

唱著彌賽亞中的哈利路亞

Hallelujah, angelical choir

還有天使合唱

Jellicle cats are queen of the nights

杰利克貓是夜之后

Singing at astronomical heights

歌聲直達(dá)天際

Handling pieces from the Messiah

唱著彌賽亞中的哈利路亞

Hallelujah, angelical choir

還有天使合唱

The mystical divinity

傲然貓族的

Of unashamed felinity

奧秘神威

Round the cathedral rang `Vivat'

在大教堂四周回響“萬歲”

Life to the everlasting cat!

貓族長命百歲

Feline, fearless, faithful and true

他無懼無畏

To others who do-what

對任何貓都忠誠而真實(shí)

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

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle old and Jellicle new

杰利克老歌與杰利克新調(diào)

Jellicle song and Jellicle dance

杰利克歌杰利克舞

Jelficle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Practical cats, dramatical cats

務(wù)實(shí)的貓生動的貓

Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats

實(shí)際的貓狂熱的貓

Oratorial cats, Delphic-Oracle cats

雄辯的貓閃爍的貓

Skeptical cats，Dyspeptical cats

多疑的貓憂郁的貓

Romantical cats, Pedantical cats

浪漫的貓遷腐的貓

Critical cats parasitical cats

挑剔的貓寄生的貓

Allegorical cats metaphorical its

諷喻的貓隱喻的貓

Statistical cats and mystical cats

算計(jì)的貓神秘的貓

Political cats hypocritical cats

政治的貓?zhí)搨蔚呢?/p>

Clerical cats hysterical cats

布道的貓神經(jīng)的貓

Cynical cats rabbinical cats

憤世的貓教條的貓

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats

杰利克歌為杰利克唱

Gus: There's a man over there

格斯:有個人在那里

With a look of surprise

帶著驚訝的表情

As much as to say

就像在說:

Weel now, how about that?

那么，又怎樣呢?

Munkustrap: Do I actually see with my own very eyes

蒙克斯崔普:我是否親眼見到

A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?

一個沒有聽說過杰利克貓的人?

What's a Jellicle cat?

杰利克貓是什么?

All: What's a Jellicle cat?

全體:杰利克貓是什么?

What's a Jellicle cat?

杰利克貓是什么?

THE NAMING OF CATS

貓的命名

All: The naming of cats is a difficult matter

全體:為貓取名是一件難事

It isn't just one of your holiday games

這可不是一場假日游戲

You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter

當(dāng)我告訴你一只貓必須有三個名字

When I tell you a cat must have three different names

你可能認(rèn)為我精神有病

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/奧古斯塔斯/阿隆佐/詹姆斯

Such as Victor or Jonathan，George or Bill Bailey

比如:維克多/喬納坦/喬治l比爾·貝利

All of them are sensible, everyday names

這都是日常合理的名字

There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter

還有花哨些的名字或許你覺得更好聽

Some for the gentlemen，some for the dames

有些屬于紳士有些屬于淑女

Such as Plato ADMETUS ELECTRA, Demeter

比如:柏拉圖/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

而我要告訴你貓還需要一個特別的名字

A name that's peculiar and more dignified

一個奇特而且更加尊貴的名字

Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular?

不然它怎能翹著高高的尾巴

Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride?

展開長長的胡須而且傲氣十足呢?

Of names of this kind, I can give you a quorum

像這樣的名字我能給你一大串

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

還有邦巴露娜或是詹麗若姆

Names that never belong to more than one cat

一個名字只對應(yīng)一只貓

But above and beyond there's still one name left over

但除此之外還有一個名字

And that is the name that you will never guess

那是你永遠(yuǎn)猜不到的名字

The name that no human research can discover

那是人類無法發(fā)現(xiàn)的名字

But the cat himself knows and will never confess

那是貓自己知道卻永不會說的名字

When you notice a cat in profound meditation

當(dāng)你看到貓陷入沉思

The reason，I tell you，is always the same

我告訴你原因只有一個

Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name

他正投入地思索著、思索著、思索著他的名字

His ineffable, effable, effanineffable

他那難以言說，有時說得出，有是又說不出的

Deep and inscrutable singular name

高深莫測，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

杰利克舞會的邀請

Mr Mistoffelees; Jellicle cats come out tonight

米斯托弗里斯先生:杰利克貓今夜現(xiàn)身

Jellicle cats come one come all

出現(xiàn)一只出現(xiàn)全部

The Jellicle moon is shining bright

杰利克月皎潔明亮

Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball

杰利克貓來到杰利克舞會

Jellicle cats come out tonight

杰利克貓今夜現(xiàn)身

Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball

杰利克貓來到杰利克舞會

All: Jellicle cats come out tonight

全體:杰利克貓今夜現(xiàn)身

Jellicle cats come one come all

出現(xiàn)一只出現(xiàn)全部

The Jellicle moon is shining bright

杰利克月皎潔明亮

Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball

杰利克貓來到杰利克舞會

Jellicle cats come out tonight

杰利克貓今夜現(xiàn)身

Jellicle cats come one come all

出現(xiàn)一只出現(xiàn)全部

The Jellicle moon is shining bright

杰利克月皎潔明亮

Jellicle come to the Jellicle ball

杰利克貓來到杰利克舞會

Munkustrap: Jellicle cats meet once a year

蒙克斯崔普:杰利克貓一年聚一次

At the Jellicle ball where we all rejoice

在杰利克舞會上盡情歡樂

And the Jellicle leader will soon appear

杰利克領(lǐng)袖就要出現(xiàn)

And make what is known as the Jellicle choice

在黎明破曉之前

When Old Deuteronomy just before dawn

老杜特洛諾米將做出杰利克選擇

Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife

在小刀都可以劃破的寂靜中

Announces the cat who can now be reborn

他將宣布誰可重生

And come back to disevent Jellicle life

去過另一種杰利克生活

For waiting up there is the heaviside layer

因?yàn)槟抢锸巧衿娴奶焯?/p>

Full of wonders one Jellicle only will see

只有一只杰利克貓能有幸目賭

And Jellicle ask because Jellicle dare

杰利克問因?yàn)榻芾烁?/p>

Who will it be?

會是誰昵

Who will it be?

會是誰昵，

THE OLD GIIMBIE CAT

淤甘比貓

Munkustrap: I have a gumbie cat in mind

蒙克斯崔瞥:我心中有只甘比貓

her name is Jennyanydots

她的名字叫詹尼點(diǎn)點(diǎn)

Her coat is of the tabby kind

她的皮毛是斑貓型

With tiger stripes and leopard spots

帶有虎紋與豹斑

All day she sits beneath the stair

她整天坐在樓梯下

Or on the steps or on the mat

或是階梯和地席上

She sits and sits and sits and sits

她坐啊、坐啊、坐啊

And that's what makes a gumbie cat

坐成了一只甘比貓

That's what makes a gumbie cat!

坐成了一只甘比貓

Demeter&Jellylorum&Bombalurina: But...

迪米特，臉麗若姆，邦巴解娜:但·

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

白天的忙碌過去之時

Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

甘比貓的工作才開始

And when all the family's in bed and asleep

當(dāng)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蕩

She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice

她最關(guān)心老鼠的行動

(Gumbie)Jennyanydots: Their behavior's not good and their manners not nice

(甘比貓)詹尼點(diǎn)點(diǎn):它們行為不佳而且沒有禮貌

Trio: So when she has got them lined up on the matting She teaches them

(三人組):于是她讓它們在地席上排成隊(duì)還教它們

Gumbie: Music crocheting and tatting

甘比貓:音樂、針織和梭織

Munkustrap: I have a gumbie cat in mind

蒙克斯崔普:我心中有只甘比貓

Her name is Jennyanydots

她名字叫詹尼點(diǎn)點(diǎn)

The curtain cord she likes to wind

她喜好纏卷這窗簾繩索

And tie it into sailor knots

把拉繩綁成水手結(jié)

She site upon the windowsill

她坐在窗臺上

Or anything that's smooth and flat

或是柔滑平坦的東西上

she sits and sits and sits and sits

她坐啊、坐啊、坐啊

And that's what makes a gumbie cat

坐成了一只甘比貓

That's what makes a gumbie cat

坐成了一只甘比貓

Trio: But...

(三人組):但··…

When the day's hustle and bustle is done

白天忙碌過去之時

Then the gumbie cat's work is but hardly begun

甘比貓的工作才開始

She thinks that the cockroaches

她認(rèn)為嶂螂

Gumbie: Need employment

甘比貓:需要工作

Trio: To prevent them from

(三人組):免得他們因?yàn)?/p>

Gumbie: Idle and wanton destroyment

甘比貓:無事可干而態(tài)意破壞

Trio: So she's formed form that lot of disorderly louts A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts

(三人組)她把那群不守秩序的家伙組成了一支有紀(jì)律，樂于助人

(GumbielJennyanydots: With a purpose in fife and a good deed to do...

(甘比貓)后尼點(diǎn)點(diǎn):有生活目標(biāo)和做好事的童子軍

Trio: And she's even created a beetles tattoo!

(三人組):她甚至創(chuàng)作了一首甲殼蟲歸營號!

All: For she's a jolly good fellow!

全體:她真是個可愛的好家伙

(GumbielJennyanydots: Thank you my dears! The Rum Tum Tugger

(甘比貓)詹尼點(diǎn)點(diǎn):謝謝了，親愛的各位!搖滾貓若騰塔格

All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

全體:若騰塔格是只古怪的貓

Tugger: If you offer me pheasant, I'd rather have grouse

塔格:如果你給我吃野雞，我寧愿吃松雞

If you put me in a house, I would much prefer a flat

如果你讓我住洋房，我更喜歡住公寓

If you put me in a flat, I word rather have a house

而你讓我住公寓，我倒喜歡住洋房

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

全體:若騰塔格是只古怪的貓

Tugger: And there isn't any need for me to shout it

塔格:這不需要我多講

All: For he will do as he do do

全體:因?yàn)樗回炍倚形宜?/p>

Tugger: And there's nothing doing about it!

塔格:對他真是無可奈何

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:若騰塔格是個惹人生厭的家伙

Tugger: When you let me in, then I want to go out

塔格:你讓我進(jìn)去，我就要出去

I' m always on the wrong side of every door

門里門外我總不在地方

And as soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about

一旦回到家，我就想四處晃蕩

I like to lie in the bureau drawer

我喜歡躺在衣柜抽屜

And I make such a fuss if I can't get out

若出不去就要大吵大鬧

All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat

全體:若騰塔格是只古怪的貓

Tugger: And there isn't any use fou you to doubt it

塔格:你們根本用不著去懷疑

All: For he will do as he do do

全體:因?yàn)樗回炍倚形宜?/p>

Tugger: And there's no doing anything about it!

塔格:對他真是無可奈何

Bombalurina: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast

邦巴稱娜:若騰塔格是只古怪的畜生

Tugger: My disobliging ways are a matter of habit

塔格:冒犯他人已成我的習(xí)慣

If you offer me fish，then I always want a feast

若你給我魚吃，那我就要一桌酒席

When there isn't any fish，then I won't eat rabbit

要是沒有魚吃，那連兔子我也不吃

If you offer me cream，then I sniff and sneer

若你給我奶油，我只聞一下就冷笑

For I only like what I find for myself

因?yàn)槲抑幌矚g自己找到的東西

So you'H catch me in it right up to my ears

如果你把它放在儲藏架上

If you put it away on the larder shelf

你會發(fā)現(xiàn)我在上面盡情品嘗

All: The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing

全體:若騰塔格既狡猾又博學(xué)

The Rum Tum Tugger

若騰塔格

Tugger: Doesn't care for a cuddle

塔格:不喜歡樓樓抱抱

But I'll leap upon your lap in the middle Of your sewing

但我會在你縫衣服時 跳進(jìn)你懷里

For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle!

因?yàn)槲揖拖矚g把事情攪得一團(tuán)糟

All: The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat...

全體:若騰塔格是只古怪的貓

The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle

若騰塔格不喜歡樓樓抱抱

The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat...

若騰塔格是只古怪的貓

Tugger: And there isn't any need for me to spout it

塔格:我沒必要為此喋喋不休

All;For he will do as he do do

全體:因?yàn)樗回炍倚形宜?/p>

Tugger: And there's no doing anything abou-ou-out it!

塔格:而且對此我也無啊無啊無可奈何!

GRIZABELLAV THE GLAMOUR CAT

格里澤貝拉—嬌艷的貓

Grizabella: Remark the cat

格里澤貝拉:注意這只貓

Who hesitates toward you

她向著你躊躇不前

In the light of the door

門微笑般向她開啟

Which opens on her like a grin

門上的燈光灑向她的身軀

You see the border of her coat

看她外套邊角

Is torn and stained with sand

被撕破并沽滿了沙

And you see the corner of her eye

你看她眼角

Twist like a crooked pin

歪曲得就像回形針

Demeter: She haunted many a low resort Near the grimy road of Tottenham court

迪米特:她出沒在托敦漢短巷周圍的許多骯臟地段

She flitted about the no man's land

她流浪在無人地區(qū)

From "The rising sun" to "The friend at hand"

從“如日中天”淪落到“四處乞討’‘

And the postman sighed as he scratched his head

而郵差抓抓頭嘆口氣

"You'd really had thought she ought to be dead"

“你一定曾想過她早該死去”

And who would ever suppose that that

而有誰會想到

Was Grizabella the Glamour cat

那就是當(dāng)年嬌艷的格里澤貝拉

Bombalurina: Grizabella, the Glamour Cat

邦巴礴娜:格里澤貝拉，嬌艷的貓

Bombalurina&Demeter: Grizabella the Glamour cat

邦巴露娜.迪米特:格里澤貝拉，嬌艷的貓

All: Who'd have ever supposed that that

全體:誰又會想到

Was Grizabella, the Glamour Cat

那就是當(dāng)年的嬌艷貓格里澤貝拉