Glass of Water - Daniel Ingram
A little glass of water please
请给我一杯水
A fresh pressed hanky if I sneeze
如果我打喷嚏 请给我一块干净整齐的手帕
Some tea with honey from the bees
还要一点加了蜂蜜的茶
Whenever you can brew it
不管何时能泡好
I'll get your tea
我都要喝一杯
And while I get a little rest
当我小憩时
A teeny tiny small request
我有个小小的请求
Some codfish oil for my chest
给我的胸前涂点鳕鱼油
Poured from a crystal cruet
就装在那个水晶调味瓶里
A crystal cruet
那个水晶调味瓶里
My goodness I'm a nincompoop
天哪 我真傻
Because I fear I've got the croup
因为我恐怕自己已得了喉炎
I need a vat of pumpkin soup
我需要一桶南瓜汤
And scarves made out of zinnias
以及百日草编的围巾
Did I say zinnias I meant silk
我是不是说成百日草了 我指的是丝绸
Or something shiny of that ilk
或是别的什么闪亮柔滑的料子
And then I'll need some nice warm milk
接着我要一些香甜的温牛奶
And pastries from Abyssinia
以及阿比西尼亚的点心
And since my stomach's feeling crummy
既然我的胃不舒服
Why not give my aching tummy
何不给我来点舒缓 好吃的东西
Something soothing something yummy
来点美食
Piled up with noodles
弄一大堆面条
Add a slice of homemade rye
自制的黑麦面包
With stacks of Swiss way up high
堆着厚厚的瑞士奶酪
Served with sides of sweet mince pie
配几块甜美的鲜肉馅饼
More basil I need oodles
多放点罗勒 多放点面
Anything else
还需要别的吗
I'll be grateful for your charity
我会感激你的慷慨仁慈
Until the bitter end
直到生命的尽头
Because I've heard that tenderness
因为我听说我们应该
Is what you lend an ailing friend
温柔对待生病的朋友
Tenderness isn't that right friend
但是温柔也不是最完美的方式
Right but
的确 可是
So who's ready for my big reprise
谁准备好了 听我再唱一遍
I'd like that glass of water please
请给我一杯水
Some magic spell to cure disease
还有一些治愈疾病的魔咒
A firm gesundhoof when I sneeze
当我打喷嚏时 但愿你的房子足够结实
A fresh bouquet of roses
一束新鲜的玫瑰
Some lozenges will soon appease
一些含片能减缓我的症状
My wheezing when I start to sneeze
打喷嚏之后我又开始气喘
A wig to keep me from the breeze
需要一顶假发 避免受风
And blankets for my toes-es
用毛毯裹住我的脚趾
Take tweezers out of my valise
从我的旅行袋里拿出把镊子
And then massage my knobby knees
然后按摩一下膝盖上的茧子
A bowl of peas some extra cheese
我要一碗豌豆 多放点奶酪
A cuddle with a Pekingese
让我抱抱哈巴狗
A singing harp who's named Louise
让路易斯为我弹琴唱歌
A goat on skis a new trapeze
还要会滑雪的山羊 一个崭新的秋千
And more and more and more and more of these
我还要更多更多 多多益善
And just because I oughta
只是因为我想要
Make sure I'm drinking in the right
确定无论白天还是黑夜
Amount of fluids day and night
我都能喝到足够的水
I wish I may I wish I might
我希望我可以 我希望我能够
Have just one little thing
只有一个小小的请求
Oh would you please finally bring
最后你能给我
Me that tiny glass
端来那小小的
Of water
一杯水吗