歌词
I am the very model of a modern Major-General
我正是现代少将的典范
I am the very model of a modern Major-General,
我正是现代少将的典范
I've information vegetable, animal, and mineral,
我懂得植物学、动物学和矿物学
I know the kings of England, and I quote the fights historical,
我知道英格兰诸王，还能援引历史上的大战
From Marathon to Waterloo, in order categorical;
从马拉松到滑铁卢，按序排列
I'm very well acquainted too with matters mathematical,
我也非常熟悉数学的领域
I understand equations, both the simple and quadratical,
我懂得方程，一次和二次
About binomial theorem I'm teeming with a lot o' news---
关于二项式定理我紧跟新闻（嗯，最新消息）
With many cheerful facts about the square of the hypotenuse.
还有很多斜边平方的有趣的事实
我非常擅长积分和微分计算
I'm very good at integral and differential calculus,
也知道微生物的学名
I know the scientific names of beings animalculous;
简而言之，论及植物学、动物学和矿物学
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
我正是现代少将的典范
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
我知道我国神话历史，亚瑟王和卡拉多克爵士
我能回答藏头诗，还对悖论颇有研究
I know our mythic history, King Arthur's and Sir Caradoc's,
我以哀歌双行体援引埃拉伽巴路斯的所有罪孽
I answer hard acrostics, I've a pretty taste for paradox,
论圆锥曲线我还能算出抛物线的奇特属性
I quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus,
我可以十分确定地区分出拉斐尔、格里特德奥和佐法尼
In conics I can floor peculiarities parablous.
我知道阿里斯托芬的蛙的粗粝合唱声音
I can tell undoubted Raphaels from Gerard Dows and Zoffanies,
我还能靠以前听过的曲调哼出对应的曲调（dinafore，dinafore。啊pinafore）
I know the croaking chorus from the Frogs of Aristophanes,
再用口哨吹那个无聊透顶的《围裙号》的所有咏叹调
And whistle all the airs from that infernal nonsense Pinafore.
然后我还能用巴比伦楔形文字写洗衣账单
简而言之，论及植物学、动物学和矿物学
Then I can write a washing bill in Balylonic cuneiform,
我正是现代少将的典范
And tell you every detail of Caractacus's uniform;
事实上，当我知道何为“乳突山堡”和“三棱外堡”
In short, in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
当我能一眼分出毛瑟枪和标枪的区别
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
当我对“分遣”和“奇袭”这类事情更加谨慎
当我知道“军需部”到底是什么意思的时候
In fact, when I know what is meant by "mamelon" and "ravelin",
当我知道现代炮兵技术到了何种程度
When I can tell at sight a chassep?t rifle from a javelin,
当我比修道院里的新手懂得更多战术
When such affairs as sorties and surprises I'm more wary at,
简而言之，当我对基本军略有了最粗浅的了解时（vtrategy？btrategy？啊我知道了strategy）
And when I know precisely what is meant by "commissariat",
你就可以说马鞍上从来没有坐过更好的少将了
When I have learnt what progress has been made in modern gunnery,
哪怕我勇敢又好冒险，但毕竟我的军事知识，
When I know more of tactics than a novice in a nunnery:
只不过达到了19世纪初期的水平
In short, when I've a smattering of elemental strategy,
但无论如何，论及植物学、动物学和矿物学
You'll say a better Major-General has never sat a gee---
我绝对是现代少将的典范！
For my military knowledge, though I'm plucky and adventury,
Has only been brought down to the beginning of the century;
But still in matters vegetable, animal, and mineral,
I am the very model of a modern Major-General.
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