分类: Koyaの恐怖童話 鵝媽媽 |
Simple Simon met a pieman
Going to the fair;
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Let me taste your ware."
无知的西蒙遇见一个卖派的商人
正要赶往集市
无知的西蒙对卖派的商人说:
“让我尝尝你的派吧 ”
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
"Show me first your penny."
Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
"Indeed I have not any."
商人对无知的西蒙说:
“先让我看看你的便士吧”
无知的西蒙对商人说:
“其实我一分也没有”
He went to catch a dickey bird,
And thought he could not fail,
Because he'd got a little salt,
To put upon his tail.
他去抓小鸟
认为自己不会失败
因为他有一把盐
撒在它的尾巴上
He went to take a bird's nest,
Was built upon a bough;
The branch gave way and Simon fell
Into a dirty slough.
他去取小鸟的窝
那个筑在一根大树枝上的鸟窝
树枝断了,无知的西蒙掉下来
落在脏脏的泥沼里
He went to shoot a wild duck,
But wild duck flew away;
Say Simon, I can't hit him,
Because he will not stay."
他去打野鸭
但是野鸭飞走了
西蒙说,我打不中它
因为他不呆在那里
Simple Simon went a-fishing,
For to catch a whale;
All the water he had got
Was in his mother's pail.
无知的西蒙去钓鱼
想要钓一条鲸鱼
然而他所有的水
都在妈妈的水桶里
Simple Simon went a-hunting,
For to catch a hare;
He rode an ass about the streets,
But couldn't find one there.
无知的西蒙去打猎
想要打中一只野兔
他骑着驴穿过街道
那里找不到一只野兔
He went for to eat honey,
Out of the mustard pot;
He bit his tongue until he cried,
That was all the good he got.
他去吃蜂蜜
从一只餐桌上的芥末罐子
他咬着自己的舌头直到哭出来
这就是他吃到的全部
He went to ride a spotted cow
That had a little calf;
She threw him down upon the ground,
Which made the people laugh.
他去骑头花斑牛
可母牛还有头小牛
母牛甩他在地上
惹的人们笑哈哈
Once Simon made a great snowball,
And brought it in to roast;
He laid it down before the fire,
And soon the ball was lost.
一次西蒙做了个大雪球
把它带回来烤一烤
把它放在火前面
雪球一会儿不见了
He went to slide upon the ice
Before the ice would bear;
Then he plunged in above his knees,
Which made poor Simon stare.
他到冰上去滑冰
在冰还能支撑前
然后他把膝盖插到冰里面
可怜的西蒙睁大了眼
He washed himself with blacking ball,
Because he had no soap;
Then said unto his mother,
"I\'m a beauty now, I hope."
他用黑色的鞋油来洗澡
因为他没有肥皂
然后他对妈妈说:
“我想现在自己很漂亮吧”
Simple Simon went to look
If plums grew on a thistle;
He pricked his fingers very much,
Which made poor Simon whistle.
无知的西蒙去赏花
李子长在蓟上
手被刺伤了好几次
可怜的西蒙大叫着
He went for water in a sieve,
But soon it all ran through.
And now poor Simple Simon
Bids you all adieu.
他坐在笼子里到了水里
但是很快就沉了下去
可怜而又无知的西蒙啊
永远地再见了
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