Conversation with a Mule-Pete Seeger

[ti:Conversation with a Mule] [ar:Pete Seeger] [al:Live in Chicago 1957] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Conversation with a Mule - Pete Seeger
以下歌词翻译由微信翻译提供 [00:11.13]I saw a farmer and a mule a-plowin'
我看见一个农夫和一头骡子在耕地 [00:13.50] [00:14.31]Over on the mountainside
在山坡上 [00:16.35] [00:17.44]As he went along he was a-grumblin'
他一边走一边抱怨 [00:19.68]As he plowed those furror deep and wide
当他发泄心中的怒火时 [00:21.76] [00:22.38]Well as he went along a-plowin'
他一路狂飙 [00:24.44] [00:24.97]He was a swearin and snortin' all the way
他是个粗人一路狂妄自大 [00:27.82]I overheared his conversation with his mule
我听到了他和骡子的对话 [00:30.63]And this is what heared him say
这就是他说的话 [00:32.93]Old mule your the son of a jack-ass
老骡子你真是个 [00:35.56] [00:36.25]And I'm the image of God
我就是上帝的化身 [00:37.94] [00:38.74]Yeah here we work hitched together
我们在这里携手共进 [00:40.66] [00:41.39]Toilin' and a-tillin' the sod [00:43.04] [00:43.88]I wonder if you work for me
我不知道你是否为我效力 [00:45.87] [00:46.42]Or I work for you old mule
或者我为你卖命 [00:48.55] [00:49.34]Sometimes I think it's a partnership
有时候我觉得这是一种合作 [00:51.33]Between a mule and a doggone fool
在骡子和蠢蛋之间徘徊 [00:53.56] [00:55.99]When plowin' we go the same distance
当我们奋力拼搏时我们会保持一致 [00:58.10] [00:58.85]But I work harder than you
但我比你更努力 [01:00.21] [01:01.14]You skin the ground on four good legs
你的四条好腿让你倒地不起 [01:03.76]While I hobble along on two
我一瘸一拐地走着 [01:05.48] [01:06.44]So mule mathmatically speaking
所以骡子从数学上来说 [01:08.20] [01:08.77]Well I do more than you
我做的比你多 [01:10.31] [01:11.10]Yes I do just twice the work per legs
没错我每一条腿的工作量都是原来的两倍 [01:13.68]Just twice as much as you
比你多一倍 [01:15.59] [01:17.42]Now soon we'll be making the corn crop
很快我们就能收获丰收 [01:20.07]That's probably split three ways
可能分成三份 [01:22.25] [01:23.03]A third for you and a third for me
三分之一的爱属于你我 [01:25.11]And a third for the landlords pay
三分之一的钱是给房东的 [01:27.46] [01:28.77]You get your third you eat it
你得到第三次机会你就得吃掉 [01:30.20] [01:31.03]Your get the best and how
你会得到最好的结果 [01:32.56] [01:33.38]I split my third amongst eight kids
我的第三胎分给了八个孩子 [01:35.92]A banker six hens and a cow
一个银行家六只母鸡和一头牛 [01:37.57] [01:39.50]So mule confidentially speakin'
所以不要推心置腹地说 [01:42.28]Would you change places with me
你会不会和我换个位置 [01:43.85] [01:44.78]Would you take up all my worries
你能否替我排解忧愁 [01:47.10]And still contented be
依然心满意足 [01:49.06] [01:49.82]Would you swap places I'm asking
你是否愿意与我交换位置 [01:51.76] [01:52.41]Of course you know we couldn't
当然你知道我们不可能 [01:53.96] [01:54.57]But would you if you could
但如果你可以的话你是否愿意 [01:55.79]Now tell the truth
现在说实话 [01:57.19]You know
你知道 [01:57.54]You're doggone right you wouldn't
你说得没错你不会的