The Naming of Cats-Andrew Lloyd Webber

[ti:The Naming of Cats] [ar:Andrew Lloyd Webber] [al:猫] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Naming of Cats - Andrew Lloyd Webber (安德鲁·劳埃德·韦伯) [00:08.90]The naming of cats is a difficult matter
给猫星人取名字真是件苦差事 [00:11.46] [00:12.39]It isn't just one of your holiday games
这绝不像假日游戏那么简单 [00:15.33] [00:16.39]You may think that I'm as mad as a hatter
而当我跟你说猫必须要有三个不同的名字时 [00:19.20] [00:20.13]When I tell you a cat must have three different names
你肯定会觉得我疯了吧 [00:23.26] [00:23.94]First of all there's the name that the family use daily
首先 第一个名字要是家里人常叫的 [00:27.75]Such as Peter Augustus Alonzo or James
比如彼得 奥古斯都 阿朗佐 或者詹姆斯 [00:31.74]Such as Victor or Jonathan George or Bill Baily -
再如维克托或乔纳森 乔治或者比尔 贝利也不错 [00:36.23]All of them sensible everyday names
这些都说得过去 都是些常用的名字 [00:38.97] [00:39.79]There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter
也有些你听起来比较体贴的名字 [00:43.84]Some for the gentlemen some for the dames
这当中有的是绅士的名字 有的则是美女常用的 [00:47.48]Such as Plato Admetus Electra Demeter -
比如有Plato Admetus Electra 和Demeter [00:51.65]But all of them sensible everyday names
这些也都是可以的 算是比较常用的名字 [00:55.28]But I tell you a cat needs a name that's particular
但我跟你说哦 猫第二个名字就要用特别点的了 [00:59.09]A name that's peculiar and more dignified
不仅罕见 还要逼格满满 [01:02.63]Else how can he keep up his tail perpendicular
不然的话它会一辈子竖不起尾巴 [01:06.53]Or spread out his whiskers or cherish his pride
也不敢挺着胡须 会失去骄傲的 [01:10.46]Of names of this kind I can give you a quorum
对于这一类名字 我倒可以给你提供些 [01:14.57]Such as Munkustrap Quaxo or Coricopat
比如Munkustrap Quaxo 或者 Coricopat [01:17.52]Such as Bombalurina or else Jellylorum -
再如Bombalurina 或者 Jellylorum [01:22.01]Names that never belong to more than one cat
这些都是猫星人独一无二的名字 [01:25.62] [01:26.37]But above and beyond there's still one name left over
解决了第二个 还有第三个名字呢 [01:29.93]And that is the name that you never will guess;
这第三个名字要让人无法猜透 [01:33.43]The name that no human research can discover
就算做调查也研究不来 [01:37.22]But the cat himself knows and will never confess
这名字猫宝宝知道 但猫宝宝不说 [01:41.35]When you notice a cat in profound meditation
当猫爷意味深长地冥想时 [01:44.47] [01:45.40]The reason I tell you is always the same
告诉你吧 原因永远都只有一个 [01:48.90]His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
那就是 它的思维 思绪 思想 [01:52.65]Of the thought of the thought of the thought of his name
都在全神贯注地冥想着它这第三个名字 [01:59.00]His ineffable effable effanineffable
这名字难以形容 [02:05.75] [02:07.62]Deep and inscrutable singular name
深奥费解 高深莫测 [02:14.49] [02:15.17]Name name name name name name
而又独一无二