歌词
The dog
一条狗
The dog trots freely in the street and sees reality
一条狗在街上无拘无束地小跑，看到了现实
And the things he sees are bigger than himself
他所看到的，比他自己还大
And the things he sees are his reality
他看到的是他的现实
Drunks in doorways
醉汉在门口
Moons on trees
卫星在树上
The dog trots freely thru the street
狗在街上自由地小跑
And the things he sees are smaller than himself
他所看见的，比他自己还小
Fish on newsprint
报纸上的鱼
Ants in holes
洞里的蚂蚁
Chickens in Chinatown windows
唐人街橱窗里的鸡
Teir heads a block away
蒂尔走了一个街区
The dog trots freely in the street
狗在街上自由地小跑
And the things he smells smell something like himself
他闻到的东西闻起来有点像他自己
The dog trots freely in the street
狗在街上自由地小跑
Past puddles and babies
过去的水坑和婴儿
Cats and cigars
猫和雪茄
Poolrooms and policemen
游泳池和警察
He doesn’t hate cops
他不恨警察
He merely has no use for them
他只是不需要他们
And he goes past them
他从他们身边走过
And past the dead cows hung up whole in front of the San Francisco Meat Market
经过旧金山肉市场前的挂满了的死牛
He would rather eat a tender cow than a tough policeman
他宁愿吃一头嫩母牛也不愿吃一个严厉的警察
Though either might do
尽管两者都有可能
And he goes past the Romeo Ravioli Factory
他经过罗密欧意式馄饨店
And past Coit’s Tower
经过科伊特大厦
And past Congressman Doyle
与前国会议员道尔擦肩而过
He’s afraid of Coit’s Tower
他害怕科伊特的塔
But he’s not afraid of Congressman Doyle
但他不怕道尔议员
Although what he hears is very discouraging
尽管他听到的是令狗沮丧的
Very depressing
令狗非常沮丧
Very absurd to a sad young dog like himself to a serious dog like himself
对于像他这样悲伤的小狗，对于像他这样严肃的小狗，这是非常荒谬的
But he has his own free world to live in
但他有自己的自由世界
His own fleas to eat
把自己身上的跳蚤吃掉
He will not be muzzled
他不会被封住嘴的
Congressman Doyle is just another fire hydrant to him
道尔议员对他来说只是另一个消防栓
The dog trots freely in the street
狗在街上自由地小跑
And has his own dog’s life to live and to think about and to reflect upon
他有自己的狗的生活要过，要思考，要反思
Touching and tasting and testing everything
触摸、品尝和测试一切
Investigating everything without benefit of perjury
在没有伪证的情况下调查一切
A real realist with a real tale to telland a real tail to tell it with
一个真正的现实主义者，有一个真正的故事要讲，有一条真正的尾巴要讲
A real live barking democratic dog
一只活生生的具有民主精神的狗在叫
Engaged in real free enterprise
从事真正的自由企业
With something to sayabout ontology
关于本体论
Something to sayabout reality
一些关于现实的东西
And how to see it
以及如何看待它
And how to hear it
以及如何听到它
with his head cocked sideways at streetcorners
他的头歪在街角
As if he is just about to have his picture taken for Victor Records
好像他就要为维克多的唱片拍照了
Listening for His Master’s Voice
倾听主人的声音
And looking like a living questionmark
看起来像一个活的问号
Into the great gramaphone of puzzling existence
变成令人困惑的存在的伟大的留声机
With its wondrous hollow horn
它那奇妙的空心角
Which always seems just about to spout forth
似乎总是要喷涌而出
Some Victorious answer to everything
一切都有胜利的答案
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