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:因為杰利克是杰利克行杰利克行杰利克會杰利克會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:因為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:你能騎著掃帚去遠方嗎，
Jennyanydots:Familiar with candle.
愈尼點點:熟悉蠟燭
Mungojerre&Rumpleteazer: With book and with bell?
蒙哥杰利和藍蓓蒂澤: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
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)實的貓生動的貓
Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats
實際的貓狂熱的貓
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
因為那里是神奇的天堂
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
杰利克問因為杰利克敢
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
她的名字叫詹尼點點
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)詹尼點點: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
她名字叫詹尼點點
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):免得他們因為
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)后尼點點: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)詹尼點點: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:因為他一貫我行我素
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:因為他一貫我行我素
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
因為我只喜歡自己找到的東西
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 跳進你懷里
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle!
因為我就喜歡把事情攪得一團糟
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:因為他一貫我行我素
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
