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[00:00.000]Cowbirds - Lorraine Feather
[00:24.480]以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
[00:24.480]I wake up to the sound of the cowbirds
[00:35.580]我在牛鸟的鸣叫声中醒来
[00:35.580]Their burbling beautiful cry
[00:44.200]它们那潺潺的叫声如此美妙
[00:44.200]You can see them all day at the cherrywood feeder
[00:54.990]你可以在樱桃木喂食器旁整天看到它们
[00:54.990]They started appearing in early July
[01:07.780]它们从七月初开始出现
[01:07.780]They are stocky and glossy
[01:13.650]它们体型健壮，羽毛光泽
[01:13.650]Certainly bossy
[01:16.400]确实有些霸道
[01:16.400]But no more than the jays
[01:23.320]但也不比蓝鸟更甚
[01:23.320]As they finish their feeding
[01:28.810]当它们结束觅食时
[01:28.810]I begin reading
[01:32.250]我开始阅读
[01:32.250]Of their curious ways
[01:39.550]关于它们奇特的行为
[01:39.550]They gather no moss
[01:42.540]它们不收集苔藓
[01:42.540]They carry no leaves
[01:45.100]也不携带树叶
[01:45.100]To fashion fine homes
[01:48.090]去建造精致的家园
[01:48.090]In the trees or the eaves
[01:51.210]在树上或屋檐下
[01:51.210]A cowbird roams the woods until
[01:56.580]牛鸟在森林中游荡
[01:56.580]She finds a nest that fills the bill
[02:03.070]直到找到一个合适的巢穴
[02:03.070]Snug in a tower of green
[02:08.370]安卧在绿塔之中
[02:08.370]She stays awhile but doesnt brood
[02:14.300]她短暂停留，却不愿孵育
[02:14.300]She wont return to offer food
[02:20.240]她不会回来提供食物
[02:20.240]But simply flees the scene
[02:31.900]只是匆匆逃离现场
[02:31.900]Her young one hatches quickly
[02:37.270]她的幼雏迅速孵化
[02:37.270]And does what hes wired to do
[02:44.380]并遵循本能行动
[02:44.380]With a purposeful thrust of his juvenile legs
[02:52.370]用稚嫩的双腿有力地一推
[02:52.370]He starts to dispose of the resident eggs
[03:01.600]他开始清除巢中的其他鸟蛋
[03:01.600]Make short work of the slumbering finches or phoebes
[03:13.210]迅速解决沉睡的雀鸟或鹟鸟
[03:13.210]Who drop to the ground without any sound
[03:24.630]它们无声地坠落地面
[03:24.630]Or he leaves them quite alone
[03:31.180]或者他完全不去理会它们
[03:31.180]Soon a stranger arrives to fill his gaping beak
[03:40.730]很快，一个陌生者到来，填满他张开的喙
[03:40.730]As if he were one of her own
[03:50.530]仿佛他是她的亲生骨肉
[03:50.530]The tale will be told in the course of a week
[03:58.710]故事将在一周内被讲述
[03:58.710]The latecomers fragile and small
[04:06.870]迟来者脆弱而渺小
[04:06.870]Will get little or nothing at all
[04:17.710]将几乎一无所获
[04:17.710]The dusk is alive with the call of the cowbirds
[04:30.700]暮色中，牛鸟的鸣叫充满生机
[04:30.700]The striking display of their wings
[04:40.120]它们翅膀的展翅令人惊叹
[04:40.120]I watch them hold court by the cherrywood feeder
[04:49.980]我注视着它们在樱桃木喂食器旁聚集
[04:49.980]And quietly ponder the nature of things
[05:03.760]静静地思索着万物的本质
[05:03.760]How stars that have died can collide in the night
[05:12.200]逝去的星辰如何在夜空中碰撞
[05:12.200]Make such a grand show as they spatter
[05:21.550]在碎裂时展现如此壮丽的景象
[05:21.550]How sunsets that bring up a groan of delight
[05:30.100]日落带来愉悦的叹息
[05:30.100]Are filled with particulate matter
[05:40.460]却充满了微小的尘埃
[05:40.460]How it hardly seems fair
[05:43.540]这似乎并不公平
[05:43.540]That some birds get the boot
[05:46.840]有些鸟儿被驱逐
[05:46.840]So others can live and grow fat
[05:52.830]只为让其他鸟儿生存并长胖
[05:52.830]Theres a metaphor there
[05:56.450]这里有一个隐喻
[05:56.450]But its low-hanging fruit
[06:00.190]但它显而易见
[06:00.190]So maybe Ill leave it at that
[06:11.300]所以我或许就此打住
[06:11.300]As a stout baby cowbird falls asleep
[06:20.540]当一只健壮的牛鸟幼崽入睡
[06:20.540]To the piteous cheep of a ghost
[06:28.150]伴随着幽灵般的微弱鸣叫
[06:28.150]And the sound of his mamas mantra:
[06:36.520]他母亲的声音如咒语般回响：
[06:36.520]May we ever outnumber our host
[06:49.310]愿我们永远比宿主更强大
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