《The Clown》歌词

[00:00:00] The Clown - Charles Mingus (查尔斯·明古斯)

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[00:00:20] Man there was this clown

[00:00:24] 朋友有个小丑

[00:00:24] And he was a real happy guy a real happy guy

[00:00:29] 他是一个真正快乐的人真正幸福的人

[00:00:29] He had all these greens and all these yellows and all

[00:00:32] 他有各种各样的绿色和黄色

[00:00:32] These oranges bubbling around inside of him

[00:00:35]

[00:00:35] And he had just one thing he wanted in this world

[00:00:39] 他在这世上只有一个愿望

[00:00:39] He just wanted to make people laugh

[00:00:41] 他只想博人一笑

[00:00:41] That's all he wanted out of this world

[00:00:44] 这就是他对这世界的渴望

[00:00:44] We was a real happy guy

[00:01:08] 我们曾经幸福无比

[00:01:08] Let me tell you about this clown

[00:01:12] 让我给你讲讲这个小丑

[00:01:12] He used to a raise a sweat every night

[00:01:13] 他以前每天晚上都汗流浃背

[00:01:13] Out on the stage and just wouldn't stop

[00:01:16] 站上舞台我不会止步

[00:01:16] That's how hard he worked

[00:01:19] 这是他多么努力的工作

[00:01:19] He was trying to make people laugh

[00:01:22] 他只想博人一笑

[00:01:22] He used to have this cute little gimmick

[00:01:23] 他曾经有一个可爱的小把戏

[00:01:23] Where he had a seal follow him up and down a step-ladder

[00:01:27] 他有一只海豹跟着他在阶梯上上上下下

[00:01:27] Blowing Columbia the gem of the ocean out on a b-flat scale

[00:01:29] 吹着哥伦比亚号大海上的宝石尽情放纵

[00:01:29] Sears-roebuck a model thirteen twenty-two A plastic bugle

[00:01:32] Sears-Roebuck一个型号1322一个塑料喇叭

[00:01:32] A real cute act but they didn't laugh

[00:01:38] 真是可爱的举动但他们没有笑

[00:01:38] Well you know a few little things here and there

[00:01:41] 你知道有些小事

[00:01:41] But not really and he was booking out in all these tank towns

[00:01:46] 但并不是真的他在坦克城到处闲逛

[00:01:46] Playing the rotary clubs the Kiwanis clubs and the American legion hall;

[00:01:51] 在旋转俱乐部、基瓦尼斯俱乐部和美国军团大厅演出；

[00:01:51] And he just wasn't making it

[00:01:54] 他没有成功

[00:01:54] But he had all these wonderful things going on inside of him

[00:01:56] 但他的内心充满了美妙的感觉

[00:01:56] All these greens and yellows and all these oranges

[00:01:58] 所有的绿色和黄色还有所有的橙色

[00:01:58] He was a real happy guy

[00:02:00] 他是个快乐的人

[00:02:00] And all he wanted to do was to make these people laugh

[00:02:02] 他只想让这些人笑

[00:02:02] That's all he wanted out of this world

[00:02:04] 这就是他对这世界的渴望

[00:02:04] To make people laugh and then something began to grow

[00:02:08] 让人们开怀大笑然后有些东西开始生长

[00:02:08] Something that just wasn't good began growing

[00:02:10] 有些不太好的东西开始滋长

[00:02:10] Inside of his head

[00:03:05] 在他的脑海里

[00:03:05] You know it's a funny thing

[00:03:12] 你知道这是一件有趣的事情

[00:03:12] Something began to trouble this clown

[00:03:15] 有些事情开始困扰这个小丑

[00:03:15] You know little things little things once in a while would happen

[00:03:20] 你知道有些小事偶尔会发生

[00:03:20] That would make that crowed begin to howl

[00:03:22] 让人们开始嚎叫

[00:03:22] But they were never the right things

[00:03:24] 但从来都不合适

[00:03:24] Like for example the time the seal got sick on the stage

[00:03:27] 比如有一次海豹在舞台上生病了

[00:03:27] All over the stage the crowd just

[00:03:29] 舞台上人山人海

[00:03:29] Just broke out little things like that

[00:03:32] 刚刚爆发了这样的小事

[00:03:32] And they weren't suppose to

[00:03:33] 他们不该这样做

[00:03:33] They weren't supposed to be funny

[00:03:37] 他们不该搞笑的

[00:03:37] This began to trouble him and it bothered him

[00:03:39] 这件事开始让他烦恼，也让他心烦意乱

[00:03:39] And this little thing began to grow inside of him

[00:03:42] 这个小东西开始在他心中滋长

[00:03:42] And all those greens and all those oranges and all those yellows

[00:03:47] 所有的绿色橙色和黄色

[00:03:47] They just weren't as bright as they used to be

[00:03:50] 只是没有以前那么耀眼

[00:03:50] And all he wanted to do was to make that crowd laugh

[00:03:52] 他只想博观众一笑

[00:03:52] That's all he wanted to do

[00:03:55] 这就是他想做的全部

[00:03:55] There was this one night

[00:03:56] 有一天晚上

[00:03:56] When he was playing at the rotary club

[00:03:59] 当他在扶轮社演出时

[00:03:59] All these dentists all these druggists

[00:04:02] 好多牙医好多药剂师

[00:04:02] All these postmen sitting around

[00:04:04] 这些邮递员坐在那里

[00:04:04] And they were a real cold bunch nothing was happening

[00:04:08] 他们冷漠无情什么都没有发生

[00:04:08] He was leaving the stage when he stumbled over his ladder

[00:04:11] 他正要离开舞台时不小心绊到了梯子

[00:04:11] And fell flat on his face just flat on his face

[00:04:18] 重重地摔在他的脸上

[00:04:18] When he stands up and he's got this bloody nose

[00:04:21] 当他站起来他流着血的鼻子

[00:04:21] And he looks out at the crowd

[00:04:22] 他望着人群

[00:04:22] And that crowd is just rolling on the floor

[00:04:25] 人群在舞池里翻滚

[00:04:25] He's just knocked them flat out

[00:04:29] 他把他们打得落花流水

[00:04:29] This begins to trouble and even more

[00:04:31] 这就开始带来麻烦甚至更多

[00:04:31] He begins to see something he begins to see something

[00:08:47] 他开始看到一些东西

[00:08:47] And right about here is when things began to change

[00:08:50] 就在此时一切开始改变

[00:08:50] But really change

[00:08:54] 但是真的改变

[00:08:54] Not the least of which our clown changes his act

[00:08:57] 至少我们的小丑会改变他的行为

[00:08:57] He bought himself a set of football pads

[00:09:00] 他给自己买了一套足球垫

[00:09:00] A yellow helmet with red stripes

[00:09:04] 黄色的头盔上有红色的条纹

[00:09:04] Hired a girl who dropped a 5-pound sac

[00:09:06] 雇佣了一个姑娘她的身材超丰满

[00:09:06] Of flour on his head every night

[00:09:08] 每天晚上用面粉撒在他的头上

[00:09:08] Maybe twenty feet up Oh man what a pit

[00:09:10] 或许在二十英尺高空天啊多么大的坑

[00:09:10] That just broke them up every night

[00:09:12] 每天晚上都让他们支离破碎

[00:09:12] But not like the buke

[00:09:16] 但不像那些家伙

[00:09:16] And all those colors

[00:09:18] 所有的色彩

[00:09:18] All those yellows all those reds all those oranges

[00:09:23] 所有的黄色所有的红色所有的橙色

[00:09:23] A lot of gray in them now

[00:09:24] 现在他们已经蒙上了一层阴霾

[00:09:24] Not blue

[00:09:25] 不忧伤

[00:09:25] And all he wanted was to make this crowd laugh

[00:09:28] 他只想让观众开怀大笑

[00:09:28] That's all he wanted out of this world

[00:09:31] 这就是他对这世界的渴望

[00:09:31] They were laughing alright

[00:09:34] 他们哈哈大笑

[00:09:34] Not like the buke but they were laughing

[00:09:37] 不像那些家伙但他们在笑

[00:09:37] And all the dough started coming in

[00:09:39] 钞票源源不断

[00:09:39] He was playing the big towns

[00:09:41] 他在大城市演出

[00:09:41] Chicago Detroit and then it was Pittsburgh one night

[00:09:45] 芝加哥底特律然后在匹兹堡度过一个夜晚

[00:09:45] A real fine town Pittsburgh you know

[00:09:49] 匹兹堡是个好地方你知道吧

[00:09:49] But three quarters way through his act a rope broke

[00:09:53] 但在他的表演进行到四分之三的时候绳子就断了

[00:09:53] Down came the backdrop right on the back of the neck

[00:09:57] 脖子后面的背景幕布应声而下

[00:09:57] And he went flat and something broke this was it

[00:10:08] It hurt way down deep inside he tried to get up

[00:10:12] He looked out at the audience

[00:10:14] And you should've man you should've

[00:10:16] You should've seen that crowd

[00:10:18] They was rolling in the aisle

[00:10:22] This was bigger than the buke

[00:10:24] This was bigger than the buke

[00:10:29] He really had them going

[00:10:33] This was it this was the last one

[00:10:37] This was the last one This was the last one

[00:10:52] He knew now man he really knew now

[00:11:00] But it was too late

[00:11:03] And all he had wanted was to make this crowd laugh

[00:11:04] Well they were laughing But now he knew

[00:11:14] That was the end of the clown

[00:11:17] And you should have seen the bookings coming

[00:11:21] Man his agent was on the phone for 24 hours

[00:11:25] The Palladium MCA William Morris But it was too late

[00:11:38] He really knew now

[00:11:40] He really knew

[00:11:52] He really knew now

[00:12:01] William Morris sent regrets

[00:12:06] WilliamMorris发来道歉信