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[ar:Slim Dusty]
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[00:00.000]The Frog (1996 Digital Remaster) - Slim Dusty
[00:06.392]以下歌词翻译由文曲大模型提供
[00:06.392]Now I've listened to tales
[00:08.009]我曾听过许多故事
[00:08.009]That the oldsters told from Bourke to Camooweal
[00:11.712]从伯克到卡穆威尔 老人们讲述的传说
[00:11.712]And on dusty tracks in the southern states from Orbost to Warracknabeal
[00:16.943]在南方尘土飞扬的小路上 从奥博斯特到沃拉克纳比尔
[00:16.943]Some were grave and some were gay and some with humour too
[00:21.962]有的庄重 有的欢快 有的充满幽默
[00:21.962]And each of the tellers always swore that the tale
[00:24.867]每个讲述者都信誓旦旦
[00:24.867]That he told was true
[00:28.336]说自己说的都是真事
[00:28.336]Old Paddy the dancer a swagman of note
[00:30.751]老帕迪是个有名的流浪舞者
[00:30.751]Who followed the 'Bidgee run
[00:33.360]沿着比吉河四处漂泊
[00:33.360]Found himself on the tucker track
[00:35.768]他发现自己走在觅食的路上
[00:35.768]And most of his food was done
[00:38.058]大部分食物都已吃光
[00:38.058]So he pondered a while and thought
[00:39.980]他沉思片刻后想到
[00:39.980]At last as far as he could see
[00:43.133]放眼望去终于明白
[00:43.133]That he'd have to catch himself a cod
[00:45.836]必须亲自去抓条鳕鱼
[00:45.836]To cook on the coals for tea
[00:49.279]好放在炭火上煮茶
[00:49.279]So he rigged a line from binder
[00:51.151]于是他用捡来的捆绳
[00:51.151]Twine that he'd scrounged from a farmers hay
[00:54.273]搓成鱼线准备垂钓
[00:54.273]And then fashioned a hook from
[00:55.522]然后他用生锈的钉子
[00:55.522]A rusty nail that got stuck in his foot that day
[00:59.130]做了个鱼钩 就是那天扎进他脚的那根
[00:59.130]Well he looked with pride on
[01:00.524]他骄傲地打量着
[01:00.524]His fishing gear and to try he could hardly wait
[01:04.146]他的渔具 迫不及待想试试手
[01:04.146]Then he saw at last as anglers
[01:06.182]最后他像所有钓鱼人那样明白
[01:06.182]Do you must cover your hook with bait
[01:10.311]必须给鱼钩挂上饵料
[01:10.311]He remembered a tale that someone
[01:12.180]他想起很久很久以前
[01:12.180]Told in the dim and distant past
[01:15.313]有人讲过的那个故事
[01:15.313]That frogs were the things that
[01:16.718]青蛙本是渔夫们
[01:16.718]The anglers used for the fish to break their fasts
[01:20.217]用来引诱鱼儿上钩的饵食
[01:20.217]But frogs were as scarce as
[01:21.874]但青蛙稀少得就像
[01:21.874]Teeth on hens or that's what he said to me
[01:25.158]母鸡嘴里的牙齿 至少他是这么告诉我
[01:25.158]But he searched around till he found a frog
[01:27.746]他四处寻觅终在
[01:27.746]At the foot of a light wood tree
[01:31.402]一棵轻木树下发现青蛙踪迹
[01:31.402]Well he stalked that frog on
[01:32.999]他匍匐追踪那青蛙
[01:32.999]Hands and knees like big game hunters do
[01:36.382]活像狩猎猛兽的猎人模样
[01:36.382]But a black snake coming the other way
[01:38.493]有条黑蛇迎面而来
[01:38.493]Had the same idea in view
[01:41.324]心怀同样的盘算
[01:41.324]But both of them grabbed together
[01:43.798]二者同时出手争抢
[01:43.798]But the snake was a fraction fast
[01:46.405]蛇却快了一瞬
[01:46.405]It swallowed the frog but
[01:47.899]它吞下青蛙却
[01:47.899]Found itself held in the swagman's grasp
[01:51.169]被流浪汉牢牢钳制
[01:51.169]Well he fished from his
[01:52.201]只见他从
[01:52.201]Pocket a flask he had of very potent grog
[01:56.320]口袋掏出烈酒一壶
[01:56.320]And said with a sigh
[01:57.546]叹息着说道
[01:57.546]It must be done I want that flamin' frog
[02:02.349]必须这么做 我非要那只该死的青蛙
[02:02.349]Well he squeezed that
[02:03.399]他紧紧掐住
[02:03.399]Wriggling reptile's neck 'til
[02:05.043]那条扭动爬虫的脖子直到
[02:05.043]It's jaws were opened wide
[02:07.346]蛇嘴大张
[02:07.346]Then with tears in his eyes
[02:08.783]含着泪水
[02:08.783]He poured the lot into the snakes' insides
[02:12.233]把整瓶烈酒灌进蛇腹
[02:12.233]Well it gave a gurgle and
[02:13.798]蛇发出咕噜声
[02:13.798]Then a gulp and then quite a twist or two
[02:17.431]他猛灌一口 又扭动几下身躯
[02:17.431]And there was that old frog
[02:18.495]那只老青蛙就出现了
[02:18.495]In the light of day almost as good as new
[02:23.325]在晨光中几乎完好如初
[02:23.325]Well he grabbed that frog and
[02:24.977]他一把抓住那只青蛙
[02:24.977]An hurried away to bait up his rusty hook
[02:28.622]匆忙跑去挂上生锈的鱼钩
[02:28.622]And then lay back on the grassy
[02:30.607]然后躺回青草岸边
[02:30.607]Bank by the side of that peaceful brook
[02:33.545]在那宁静小溪旁休憩
[02:33.545]Then he felt a tap on his shoulder
[02:35.445]突然感到肩膀被人轻拍
[02:35.445]Blade and turned with eyes agog
[02:38.511]刀锋一转 瞪大双眼
[02:38.511]And there was that snake all bleary eyed
[02:41.028]只见那蛇醉眼朦胧
[02:41.028]In it's mouth was another frog
[02:45.588]嘴里又叼着只青蛙
[02:45.588]Well that was the tale that was told
[02:48.138]这就是我听来的故事
[02:48.138]To me at a camp on the reedy flat
[02:51.379]在芦苇滩的营火旁
[02:51.379]Maybe it's true or maybe not
[02:53.869]真假由你自行判断
[02:53.869]You'd best be the judge of that
[02:56.184]信不信全在你一念
[02:56.184]But what I can hardly believe is
[02:58.631]但最让我难以置信的是
[02:58.631]Is the way that he liked the grog
[03:01.143]这就是他贪恋烈酒的方式
[03:01.143]He would give it away to a
[03:02.761]他宁愿把酒送给
[03:02.761]Worthless snake for the sake of a useless frog
[03:06.336]一条无用的蛇 只为救一只没用的青蛙
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