Once Upon A Time(Live)
Once Upon A Time (Live) - Frank Zappa
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Once upon a time way back a long time ago
很久很久以前
When the universe consisted of nothing more elaborate than
当宇宙还只有简单的存在
Mark Bolman oh thank you Frank
马克·博尔曼 哦 谢谢你弗兰克
And don't misspell it that's not Marc Bolan
别拼错了 那不是马克·博兰
That's Mark Volman
那是马克·沃尔曼
Hiya friends I wanna welcome each
嗨朋友们 我想欢迎每一位
And everyone of you I wanna say to you tonight
今晚我想对你们说
I feel great I mean I feel great
我感觉很棒 我是说 我感觉很棒
Everywhere I go people are always comin' up to me
无论我走到哪里，人们总是围上来
And they say Mark Mark Mark
他们喊着：马克 马克 马克
Mark are you kiddin' lemme tell you this friends
马克，你在开玩笑吗？让我告诉你，朋友们
I am not kiddin' I mean I am portly and I am maroon
我没有开玩笑，我是胖胖的，我是酒红色的
Well how many people here tonight can guess what I am
那么，今晚在座的各位谁能猜出我是什么？
Ah I can't guess what you are
啊，我猜不出你是什么
Well then I'll give you some clues
好吧，那我给你一些线索
And the first clue is I am portly
第一条线索是：我是胖胖的
Does that help Not much
这有帮助吗 并不大
No I don't know who you are
不 我不知道你是谁
Okay I got one clue number two
好吧 我有一个线索 第二条线索
I am double knit does that help
我是双面针织的 这有帮助吗
No not much whaddya mean
不 并不大 你什么意思
Well then I've to give you one more clue
好吧 那我得再给你一个线索
I know this is gonna give it away
我知道这会泄露答案
And I hate like damn to tell you this
我真的很讨厌告诉你这个
But clue number three
但第三条线索是
Ich bin Maroon
我是酒红色
Ah you're a sofa
啊，你是一张沙发
Once upon a time way back a long time ago
很久很久以前
When the universe consisted
当宇宙还只是
Of nothing more elaborate than
比马克·沃尔曼更简单的存在
Mark Volman thank you Frank
马克·沃尔曼，谢谢你，弗兰克
Trying to convince each and every member
试图说服每一位成员
Of this extremely hip audience here tonight
今晚在场的这些时尚观众们
That he was nothing more nothing less
他不过就是一张
Than a fat maroon sofa
胖胖的酒红色沙发
Suspended in the midst of a great emptiness
悬浮在浩瀚的虚空之中
A light shined down from heaven
一道光芒从天而降
And there he was ladies and gentleman
女士们先生们，他就在那里
The good Lord and he took
仁慈的主啊，他看了看
He took a look at the sofa
他看了看那张沙发
And he said to himself
他自言自语道
\"Quite an attractive sofa\"
“这张沙发真吸引人”
\"This sofa could be commercial\"
“这张沙发可能有商业价值”
With a few more Margaritas
再来几杯玛格丽塔
And the right company
还有合适的伙伴
However I digress
不过 我跑题了
\"What this sofa needs\" said the Big 'G'
“这张沙发需要的” 大“G”说
\"Is a bit of flooring underneath of it\"
“是下面铺点地板”
And so in order to make this construction project possible
为了使这个建设项目成为可能
He summoned the assistance of the celestial corp of engineers
他召集了天界工程师的协助
And by means of a cute little song in the German language
并通过一首可爱的德语小曲
Which is the way he talks whenever it's heavy business
这是他处理重要事务时的说话方式
The good Lord went something like this
仁慈的上帝如此说道
Take it away Jim Pons
交给吉姆·庞斯吧
Gib zu mir etwas Fussbodenbelag
给我一些地板材料
Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa
放在这张胖胖的流动沙发下面
Everybody
每个人
Gib zu mir etwas Fussbodenbelag
给我一些地板材料
Unter diesen fetten fliessenden sofa
放在这张胖胖的流动沙发下面
And of course ladies and gentlemen that means
当然，女士们先生们，这意味着
Give unto me a bit of flooring under this fat floating sofa
给我一些地板，放在这张漂浮的胖沙发下面
And sure enough boards of oak appeared
果然，橡木板出现了
Throughout the emptiness as far as vision permits
在虚空中延伸，直到视线所及
Stretching all the way from Belfast to Bogner Regis
从贝尔法斯特一直延伸到博格纳里吉斯
And the Lord put aside his huge cigar
上帝放下了他那巨大的雪茄
And proceeded to deliver unto the charming
开始向那张迷人的沙发传达
Maroonish sofa the bulk of his message
酒红色的沙发 他大部分的信息
With the assistance of a small electric clarinet
借助一个小小的电子单簧管
And it went something like this
信息的内容大致如下