Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯)
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer
蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂瑟
We're a notorious couple of cats
我们是一对臭名昭著的猫
As knockabout clowns quick-change comedians
既是喧闹小丑也是变装喜剧演员
Tight-rope walkers and acrobats
既是走钢丝的特技演员也是杂技表演家
We have an extensive reputation
我们声名远扬
We make our home in Victoria Grove
我们住维多利亚树林
This is merely our centre of operation
但那只是我们活动的根据地
For we are incurably given to rove
因为我们行踪的十分诡秘
We are very well known in Cornwall Gardens
我们在康沃尔花园享有盛名
In Launceston Place and in Kensington Square
在朗塞斯顿和肯辛顿广场也是如此
We have really a little more reputation
我们的名声不止于此
Than a couple of cats can very well bear
普通的猫可无福消受
If the area window is found ajar
如果这片地区有一扇窗户半开
And the basement looks like a field of war
地下室看上去一片狼藉
If a tile or two comes loose on the roof
如果房顶有一两块瓦片松动
(Which presently fails to be waterproof)
最终丧失了防水功能
If the drawers are pulled out from the bedroom chest
如果你卧室衣柜里的抽屉被打开了
And you can't find one of your winter vests
你一件冬季背心都找不到
If after supper one of the girls
如果晚饭后 家里其中一个女孩
Suddenly misses her Woolworth pearls
突然找不到她的伍尔沃思珍珠
The family will say "It's that horrible cat
这家人就会大喊 都怪那可恶的猫
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer "
一定是蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂瑟
And most of the time they leave it at that
大多数时候他们并不追究
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer have a very unusual gift of the gab
蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂瑟都有唠叨的天赋
We are highly efficient cat burglars as well
我们是超高效率的猫咪大盗
And remarkably smart at a smash and grab
砸坏东西和强取豪夺的能力也同样令人惊叹
We make our home in Victoria Grove
我们住维多利亚树林
We have no regular occupation
却没有固定的职业
We are plausible fellows who like to engage
我们是一对花言巧语的家伙
A friendly policeman in conversation
最爱和友善的警察叔叔打交道
When the family assembles for Sunday dinner
当周日全家聚餐时
With their minds made up that they won't get thinner
们下定决心绝不变瘦
On Argentine joint potatoes and greens
阿根廷牛腱 土豆和蔬菜
And the cook will appear from behind the scenes
厨师却从幕后出现
And say in a voice that is broken with sorrow
满脸悲伤声音颤抖地说道
"I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow
恐怕你们要等到明天才能用餐了
For the joint has gone from the oven like that "
牛肉平白无故地就从烤箱里失踪了
The family will say "It's that horrible cat
这家人就会大喊 都怪那可恶的猫
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer "
一定是蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂瑟
And most of the time they leave it at that
大多数时候他们并不追究
Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer have a wonderful way of working together
蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂瑟 合作得天衣无缝
And some of the time you would say it was luck
有时候靠运气
And some of the time you would say it was weather
有时候靠天气
We go through the house like a hurricane
我们像飓风一般冲进房子
And no sober person could take his oath
没有人能冷静地发誓说
Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpelteazer
究竟是蒙哥杰利还是蓝蓓蒂瑟
Or could you have sworn that it mightn't be both
你敢发誓不会是两只猫合伙干的吗
And when you hear a dining room smash
你听到餐厅里一阵东西破碎的声音
Or up from the pantry there comes a loud crash
或者储物间里传来一声巨响
Or down from the library there comes a loud ping
或者听到书房里嘭的一声
From a vase that was commonly said to be Ming
大概是明朝的花瓶摔碎了
The family will say: "Now which was which cat
这家人就会大喊 到底是哪只猫
It was Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer "
是蒙哥杰利和蓝蓓蒂瑟合伙干的
And there's nothing at all to be done about that
实在是拿他们没法呀