【歌词翻译】《史努比开心音乐会》(3)
大家好,今天我们继续翻译第一幕第三首歌曲。这首歌曲表达了查理布朗的朋友——露西、莎莉、薄荷派蒂在课堂中害怕被老师提问的紧张之情。无论是否毕业,相信这首歌会让你会心一笑。


《埃德加·爱伦坡》
[Edgar Allan Poe]

薄荷派蒂/Peppermint Patty
求求你,希望今天别抽我提问
Please, don't let her call on me today, please!
我是真心诚意地求你
Mentally I'm begging on my knees, please!
你说什么我一切包办
Please and I'll do anything you say!
只要老师今天不问我
Only please don't let her call on me today!
露西/Lucy
最近老师经常提问
She's gonna ask us something
有关埃德加·爱伦坡的问题
on Edgar Allan Poe!
我知道,我只是一时紧张而已
I know it, I just know that any moment now!
他今天又要问我
She's gonna call on me and
问我一些我不知道的问题
ask me something I don't know!
埃德加·爱伦坡
On Edgar Allan...Poe!

莱纳斯/Linus
爱伦坡,是一位美国诗人,生于1809年
Edgar Allan, American poet born in 1809
查理布朗/Charlie Brown
他写了《知更鸟》
He wrote "Cock Robin"
以及《我亲爱的克莱门汀》
and "My Darling Clementine"!
莱纳斯/Linus
在1827年出版了诗集《帖木尔》
Published "Tamerlane" in 1827!
莎莉/Sally
如果你在听
If you're listening,
求求你
Heaven, heaven
帮帮我
Help me, help me!
露西/Lucy
今天老师要抽问我们...
She's gonna ask us something...
爱伦坡的问题
on Edgar Allan Poe!
薄荷派蒂/Peppermint Patty
但愿老师不会抽到我!
Please don't let her call on me today, please!
露西/Lucy
我知道,我只是一时紧张而已!
I know it, I just know it any moment now!

莎莉/Sally
她要请我回答
She's gonna call on me
我竟无言以对!
and ask me something I don't know!
求求你,我可以做任何你想做的事
Please, and I'll do anything you say, please!
露西/Lucy
但愿不要被抽到
Don't let the world find out
我答不上来的问题
what I don't know about..Edgar Allan.
莱纳斯/Linus
爱伦坡也是一位小说家和评论家
Edgar Allan, stories and essays.
代表作是侦探小说《莫格街探案记》
Wrote "The Mystery of Rue Morgue"!
查理布朗/Charlie Brown
《海华沙之歌》和《曼达蕾之路》
"Hiawatha" and "The Road to Mandalay"!
莱纳斯/Linus
在1927年春天参军
Joined the army in the spring of 1927!
莎莉/Sally
你有在听吗,帮帮我
Are you listening, Heaven?
查理布朗/Charlie Brown
狄更斯的《圣诞颂歌》
Dickens' Christmas Carol!
莎莉/Sally
救救我!
Help me!
露西/Lucy
今天老师要抽问我们...
She's gonna ask us something
埃德加·爱伦坡
on Edgar Allan Poe!
薄荷派蒂/Peppermint Patty
别让我的眼神和老师对上
Don't let her catch my eye! Try!
露西/Lucy
我知道,我只是太紧张了!
I know it, I just know that any moment now!
莎莉/Sally
她要请我回答
She's gonna call on me and
我竟无言以对!
ask me something I don't know!

露西/Lucy
如果她问到我,我死定了
If she calls on me today, I'll die, die!
合唱/Together
但愿不要被抽到
Don't let the world find out!
我答不上来的问题
What I don't know about!
埃德加·爱伦坡
Edgar... Allan...Poe!
莱纳斯/Linus
爱伦坡退伍后
Edgar Allan got out of the army!
与 弗吉尼亚·克莱姆 结婚
Married Ms. Virginia Clemm!
查理布朗/Charlie Brown
他还创作了《小黑人桑布的故事》
He wrote Black Sambo
以及《哥伦比亚海洋的宝石》
and "Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean"!
莱纳斯/Linus
1849年去世
Died in 1849!
莎莉/Sally
明天我会没事的
Tomorrow, I'll be fine!
查理布朗/Charlie Brown
《亲爱的阿迪丽娜》
"Sweet Adeline"!
露西/Lucy
今天老师要抽问我们
She's gonna ask us something
埃德加·爱伦坡
on Edgar Allan Poe!
莱纳斯/Linus
他将拟声词应用到了写作中
He invented onomatopoeia!
莎莉/Sally
她今天又要抽问我
She's gonna call on me
我却没法答上来
and ask me something I don't know!

合唱/Together
Edger..
Edgar Allan...
(对白)
薄荷派蒂:什么?
Peppermint Patty:What?
老师我在
Yes mam,
答案是5
the answer's 5,
不是,是83?
8, 83?
你让我读一遍“密西西比”(一种读秒方式 读完这个单词用时约一秒)
How'd it be if I spelled Mississippi?
(歌唱)

合唱/Together
埃德加·爱伦坡
Edgar Allan Poe
(对白)
史努比:其实我也可以到学校接受教育
Snoopy: I too could have gone to school and become educated
我可以学习各国历史、钻研大师著作
I could have studied the Odyssey and Lord Jim and Bleak House
但我是一只宠物狗
But just because I'm a dog
他们说我没有这个资格
they say I can't go to their stupid school
但是另一方面,当他们需要一位棒球游击手
On the other hand. When they need a shortstop
他们并不介意我是一只宠物狗
Then they don't seem to mind that I'm a dog
事实上成为一支宠物狗有时是一件很光彩的事
In fact being a dog can sometimes be a distinct advantage
