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我觉得现在的人们都不会享受生活。我相信你们都知道一句我来到丹麦后学到的古老谚语:Livet er som en kloak, Man får det ud af det, man kommer i det。*看来大家都听懂了。接下来我推荐一下今天春天享受生活的方式*:

*【人生好比下水道,扔进去什么,捞出来什么。】

*【《去公园毒死鸽子之歌》/Poisoning Pigeons in the Park,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhuMLpdnOjY】

Spring is here

A-suh-puh-ring is here

Life is skittles and life is beer

I think the loveliest time

Of the year is the spring

I do, don't you? 'Course you do

But there's one thing

That makes spring complete for me

And makes every Sunday

A treat for me

春天来了,

吃-稳天来了,

生活多甜蜜,生活多美好,

我认为一年中

最美好的时光

是春天

我觉得。你觉得呢?你也觉得。

但有一件事

让春天变得圆满

每个星期天

都让我多喜欢:

All the world seems in tune

On a spring afternoon

When we're poisoning pigeons in the park

Every Sunday you'll see

My sweetheart and me

As we poison the pigeons in the park

看春光多锦绣

在那春日午后

我们给公园鸽子喂毒药。

每到周日时分

我和我的爱人

我们给公园鸽子喂毒药。

When they see us coming

The birdies all try and hide

But they still go for peanuts

When coated with cyanide

The sun's shining bright

Everything seems all right

When we're poisoning pigeons in the park

一看见我们过来

傻鸟全往旁边躲,

但它们爱吃花生

上面将毒药包裹。

看春光多明媚

风景让人沉醉

而我们给公园鸽子喂毒药。

We've gained notoriety

And caused much anxiety

In the Audubon Society

With our games

They call it impiety

And lack of propriety

And quite a variety

Of unpleasant names

But it's not against any religion

To want to dispose of a pigeon

我们俩恶名昭彰

吓唬坏了奥杜邦

那里人人心里慌

看我们猎物;

都骂我们太混账

神经病不可原谅

转圈骂人多花样

实在太可恶。

但是并没有宗教教义

禁止让鸽子活活断气。

So if Sunday you're free

Why don't you come with me

And we'll poison the pigeons in the park

And maybe we'll do

In a squirrel or two

While we're poisoning pigeons in the park

所以周日要是没事,

你我不妨一同前去,

我们去给公园鸽子喂毒药。

要是你有兴致,

松鼠也不妨试试,

当我们给公园鸽子喂毒药。

We'll murder them all

Amid laughter and merriment

Except for the few

We take home to experiment

My pulse will be quickenin'

With each drop of strychnine

We feed to a pigeon

(It just takes a smidgin!)

To poison a pigeon in the park

杀个一只不剩,

我们放声笑开怀,

仅仅留下几只,

带走当实验素材。

我的脉搏要加快,

马钱子碱滴下来,

眼看鸽子吃掉,

(一丁点就见效!)

当我们给公园鸽子喂毒药。

每年二月都有一周在美国被正式指定为国家团结周。我需要说明的是,这意味着在那一周每个人必须停止杀人放火之类的个人事务,转而去爱每一个身边人。我相信你们都会同意我们应该彼此相爱,我们也知道世界上有些人并不爱他们的同胞,而我憎恨这样的人。以下是一首关于国家团结的歌曲。*

*【《国家团结周》/National Brotherhood Week,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ8ZCs4jY】

Oh, the white folks hate the black folks,

And the black folks hate the white folks.

To hate all but the right folks

Is an old established rule.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,

Cassius Clay and Ms Wallace are dancing cheek to cheek.

It's fun to eulogize

The people you despise,

As long as you don't let 'em in your school.

哦,看那白人憎恨黑人,

黑人同样憎恨白人,

是人就恨不管啥人,

老规矩老理到如今。

但是在国家团结周,国家团结周,

凯瑟斯.克莱与华莱士夫人脸贴脸舞翩翩。*

为他们把歌唱,

哪怕恨得心痒痒,

只要你别让他们踏入你的校园。

*【凯瑟斯.克莱是拳王穆罕默德.阿里的曾用名,华莱士夫人指的是时任阿拉巴马州长乔治.华莱士的妻子,她于1967年1月接任丈夫的州长职位并且继续支持种族隔离政策。】

Oh, the poor folks hate the rich folks,

And the rich folks hate the poor folks.

All of my folks hate all of your folks,

It's American as apple pie.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,

New Yorkers love the Puerto Ricans 'cause it's very chic.

Step up and shake the hand

Of someone you can't stand.

You can tolerate him if you try.

哦,看那穷人憎恨富人,

富人同样憎恨穷人,

我的族人恨你族人,

这才是正经八百美国风。

但是在国家团结周,国家团结周,

纽约人爱波多黎各人,要赶时髦别落后。

走上前来握握手,

哪怕你无法忍受,

握握手你也掉不了一块肉。

Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics,

And the Catholics hate the Protestants,

And the Hindus hate the Moslems,

And everybody hates the Jews.

But during National Brotherhood Week, National Brotherhood Week,

It's National Everyone-smile-at-one-another-hood Week.

Be nice to people who

Are inferior to you.

It's only for a week, so have no fear.

Be grateful that it doesn't last all year!

新教徒恨天主教徒,

天主教徒恨新教徒,

印度教徒恨穆斯林,

而且人人都恨犹太人。

但是在国家团结周,国家团结周,

全国人满面堆起皮笑肉不笑的一周。

既然人家不如你,

姑且脸上笑嘻嘻,

就坚持一礼拜别犯愁,

这还没让你坚持一年到头!

如果咱们这是美国的电视节目,到了这时候就该插播广告了。为了让我感到宾至如归,我现在打个广告。今天所有的歌曲都来自我的唱片,如果你还没买,请明天赶紧去当地唱片店购买。如果唱片店老板说没有,我非常希望你能够直接冲着他的门牙捣一拳。广告时间到此结束。接下来我要略微吹嘘一下美国。这话听上去很有点沙文主义,但是美国目前的确是最先进的核国家。是什么让这一切成为可能,让我们能够花费纳税人的两百亿美元把一帮笨蛋人送上月球?当然是优越的美国技术。而我们的技术领路人则是伟大的美国科学家冯.布劳恩博士。*

*【《维尔纳.冯.布劳恩》/Wernher von Braun,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEJ9HrZq7Ro】

Gather 'round while I sing you of Wernher von Braun,

A man whose allegiance

Is ruled by expedience.

Call him a Nazi, he won't even frown,

"Ha, Nazi, Schmazi, " says Wernher von Braun.

聚集听我唱一曲维尔纳.冯.布劳恩,

这位先生的效忠,

全看身边刮什么风。

称他为纳粹,他也不会皱眉,

“哈,什么纳粹蜡碎,”这就是维尔纳.冯.布劳恩。

Don't say that he's hypocritical,

Say rather that he's apolitical.

"Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down?

That's not my department, " says Wernher von Braun.

别说他这人虚伪阴险,

应该说他没有政治观点,

“火箭只要升空,要往哪儿落我不关心。

这事不归我管,”这就是维尔纳.冯.布劳恩。

Some have harsh words for this man of renown,

But some think our attitude

Should be one of gratitude,

Like the widows and cripples in old London town,

Who owe their large pensions to Wernher von Braun.

有人对这位大科学家出言不逊,

但是有人觉得我们

应该真心诚意感恩,

就像伦敦老城的寡妇和瘸子

能拿到补偿款,多亏维尔纳.冯.布劳恩。

You too may be a big hero,

Once you've learned to count backwards to zero.

"In German oder English I know how to count down,

Und I'm learning Chinese!" says Wernher von Braun.

你也可能成为大英雄,

只要你学会倒数归零。

“德语英语我都会倒数,

如今我正在学习中文!”这就是维尔纳.冯.布劳恩。

每一场伟大的战争都会产生热门歌曲,战争结束后我们喜欢围坐在钢琴旁演唱这些歌。我们喜欢这些歌曲,因为它们让我们想起了我们多么享受战争。正如你们所知,应大家的热烈要求,第三次世界大战眼看就要到来了。我突然想到,如果第三次世界大战也要催生什么歌曲,我们最好现在就开始创作。我这里有一首歌,这是某些小伙子在勇敢地奔赴第三次世界大战时可能唱给他们母亲听的歌曲。*我应该解释一下,在这首歌中提到了美国的两位主要电视评论员切特.亨特利和大卫.布林克利。我认为提到他们俩特别合适,因为正如你们所知,第三次世界大战将是第一场得到电视直播的世界大战——我当然希望到那时我们都有彩色电视可看。

*【《再见了妈妈》/So long, Mom,https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yrbv40ENU_o】

So long, Mom

I'm off to drop the bomb

So don't wait up for me

But while you swelter

Down there in your shelter

You can see me

On your TV

妈妈再见,

我要去投下炸弹,

不用等我回去。

当你汗流满面

躲在防空洞里面,

你可以看见

我的电视画面。

While we're attacking frontally

Watch Brinkally and Huntally

Describing contrapuntally

The cities we have lost

No need for you to miss a minute

Of the agonizing holocaust

当我们攻城略地

看布林克利亨特利

严肃地指天画地

列举沦陷的城市

你没有必要错过一分钟

大屠杀已近在咫尺。

Little Johnny Jones, he was a U.S. pilot

And no shrinking violet was he

He was mighty proud when World War III was declared

He wasn't scared

No sirree

And this is what he said on

His way to armageddon

这位强尼.琼斯,他是美军飞行员,

他可不是什么胆小鬼

他万分骄傲,当三次世界大战爆发

他根本不怕,

想得美!

他这样纵情歌唱

在毁灭世界的路上——

So long, Mom

I'm off to drop the bomb

So don't wait up for me

But though I may roam

I'll come back to my home

Although it may be

A pile of debris

妈妈再见,

我要去投下炸弹,

不用等我回去。

不必将我牵挂,

我早晚要回家,

哪怕家里或许

只剩一堆瓦砾——

Remember, Mommy

I'm off to get a Commie

So send me a salami

And try to smile somehow

I'll look for you when the war is over

An hour and a half from now

别担心妈咪

我要去消灭康米

给我寄两条莎拉米

多难也要笑一笑。

我们将会团聚,等到战争结束——

再过俩钟头不到!

看来我们还有时间再唱最后一首歌,我总喜欢以下面这首歌结束表演。最近在罗马天主教会当中发生了很多激动人心的变化,特别是他们允许在弥撒的某些段落使用白话语言代替拉丁语,并且允许在星期五吃肉。后面这条让我非常高兴,因为我总觉得天主教教义存在一个基本矛盾——教义允许士兵在星期五杀死一个人,但是在当天吃了这个人就是罪孽。此外他们还允许在礼拜仪式当中使用世俗音乐。我认为最后这一点尤其是个好主意,这让我产生了一个想法:如果他们真向推广天主教,他们应该将礼拜音乐重新包装成真正的流行歌曲形式。所以我尝试用社会摇的曲风创作了一首歌,名叫《梵蒂冈摇》/The Vatican Rag*。

*【https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvhYqeGp_Do】

First you get down on your knees

Fiddle with your rosaries

Bow your head with great respect

And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect

跪地祈祷心中虔诚,

手中念珠轻轻拨动。

全能上帝务必尊敬——

下个跪,磕个头,撅个腚。

Do whatever steps you want if

You have cleared them with the pontiff

Everybody say his own Kyrie, eleison

Doin' the Vatican Rag

随心所欲舞步飞扬,

批准与否全看教皇,

人人都得来一段,念经念得滚瓜烂,

再跳一个梵蒂冈摇!

Get in line in that processional

Step into that small confessional

There the guy who's got religion'll

Tell you if your sin's original

If it is, try playin' it safer

Drink the wine and chew the wafer

Two, four, six, eight

Time to transubstantiate

排成长队依次向前进,

忏悔室里掏肺又掏心,

隔间神父道行真高深,

把你罪行研究又拆分,

罪行太重不妨上保险,

喝口红酒就一口饼干,

二,四,六,八,

圣餐本质要变化!

So get down upon your knees

Fiddle with your rosaries

Bow your head with great respect

And genuflect, genuflect, genuflect

跪地祈祷心中虔诚,

手中念珠轻轻拨动。

全能上帝务必尊敬——

下个跪,磕个头,撅个腚。

Make a cross on your abdomen

When in Rome do like a Roman

Ave Maria, gee it's good to see ya

Gettin' ecstatic and sorta dramatic and

Doin' the Vatican Rag

肚皮上面画十字架,

入乡随俗就在罗马,

万福玛利亚,您嘞吃了嘛,

灵魂就要出窍,这场面真不小,

来一段梵蒂冈摇!

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