A Few Words About The Chinese New Year - Allan Sherman
以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
Now this next song
接下来这首歌
Was a big hit comedy song before I was born
在我出生前就是热门喜剧歌曲
And I took this song and modernized it
我将这首歌重新改编
I hope
希望你们喜欢
The hero of the song was originally Jewish
原曲主角本是犹太裔
And I made him Chinese
而我将他改为华人形象
Which is no small achievement
这可不是件容易的事
Actually
说真的
Uh and the reason I did that
我这么做的原因
Was that a couple months ago
是因为几个月前
In January I was appearing in San Francisco
在一月份 我在旧金山演出时
And it happened to be during the Chinese New Year
恰逢中国农历新年
And I learned that to the Chinese people
我了解到对中国人来说
This is the year 4664
今年是4664年
And of course to the Jewish people
而对犹太人而言
This is the year 5726
今年则是5726年
Which means that for 1062 years
这意味着整整1062年
Jewish people have had to do their own laundry
犹太人都得自己动手洗衣裳
Now this is a very tender
这其实是首非常温柔的
Poignant song actually
动人的歌谣
It's beautiful if you want to know
它的美你应当知晓
I figure I better tell you it's beautiful
我想最好先告诉你它有多美妙
Before I start singing it
在我开始歌唱之前
Because once I start
因为一旦我开口
You'll have no way of knowing that it's beautiful
你永远无法知晓 这故事有多美妙
This is a song about a man who walks into a tailor
这首歌讲述一个男人走进裁缝店
And tells him a very sad story
向他倾诉一段忧伤往事
And it goes like this
故事是这样开始的