杨新磊英译刀郎《罗刹海市》
罗刹海市
Luocha Kingdom
作词：刀郎
Lyrics: Daolang
英译：杨新磊
English Translator: Yangxinlei
罗刹国向东两万六千里
Luocha(Demon) Kingdom, eastward twenty-six thousand miles
过七冲越焦海三寸的黄泥地
Passing seven rapids, crossing rough sea, walking muddy land
只为那有一条一丘河
Then appearing a filthy river
河水流过苟苟营
Its water flows through a squalid camp
苟苟营当家的叉杆儿唤作马户
The governor of the camps called as "Don Key"
十里花场有浑名
She is famous in various vanity fairs
她两耳傍肩三孔鼻
Her two long ears dripping on shoulder, with three-hole wide noses
未曾开言先转腚
Shakes her ass firstly before speaking
每一日蹲窝里把蛋来卧
Everyday she sits in nest to hatch eggs
老粉嘴多半辈儿以为自己是只鸡
Old goat believes she is a hen most of life
那马户不知道他是一头驴
That "Don Key" don't know he is a donkey
那又鸟不知道他是一只鸡
That "H en" don't know she is a hen
勾栏从来扮高雅
Vulgar venue usually pretends to noble and graceful
自古公公好威名
Bigwig always like bubble fame from ancient time to today
打西边来了一个小伙儿他叫马骥
From west comes a young man, called as Maji
美丰姿 少倜傥 华夏的子弟
Handsome, couth, cultured, an offspring of Huaxia(China)
只为他人海泛舟搏风打浪
Just because he survived from wind and waves in deep sea
龙游险滩流落恶地
So that stranding and roving in the camp
他见这罗刹国里常颠倒
He saw things upside down in the Luocha Kingdom
马户爱听那又鸟的曲
Don Key likes to listen H en’ s song
三更的草鸡打鸣当司晨
Hen crows in middle night to report dawn
半扇门楣上裱真情
She feigns true love as a whore
它红描翅那个黑画皮
She paints red wings, black inked skin
绿绣鸡冠金镶蹄
Green embroidered crest, gold inlaid hooves
可是那从来煤蛋儿生来就黑
But that coal ball was born from dust
不管你咋样洗呀那也是个脏东西
No matter how you wash it is still a dirty thing
那马户不知道他是一头驴
That "Don Key" don't know he is a donkey
那又鸟不知道他是一只鸡
That "H en" don't know she is a hen
岂有画堂登猪狗
How can pig or dog become a governor
哪来鞋拔作如意
Where can a shoehorn be seen as a lovely pet
它红描翅那个黑画皮
She paints red wings, black inked skin
绿绣鸡冠金镶蹄
Green embroidered crest, gold inlaid hooves
可是那从来煤蛋儿生来就黑
But that coal ball was born from dust
不管你咋样洗呀那也是个脏东西
No matter how you wash it is still a dirty thing
爱字有心心有好歹
Love holds heart, but heart has good or bad
百样爱也有千样的坏
Hundreds love, also thousands evil
女子为好非全都好
Women often are good, but not all
还有黄蜂尾上针
Beware the needle on wasp’s tail
西边的欧钢有老板
In western European, there is a steel boss
生儿维特根斯坦
His son is L.J.J. Wittgenstein
他言说马户驴又鸟鸡
He said “Don Key” is donkey and “H en” is hen
到底那马户是驴还是驴是又鸟鸡
Is that “Don Key” a donkey or a hen, and is that “H en” a hen or a donkey
那驴是鸡那个鸡是驴
Is that donkey a hen or is that hen a donkey
那鸡是驴那个驴是鸡
Is hen donkey or is donkey hen
那马户又鸟
That “Don Key” with that “H en”
是我们人类根本的问题
Is the essential problem of our humankind
2023年8月20日于美国波士顿
