歌词
J. S. Bach had a little problem.
（d小调托卡塔与赋格BWV 565-托卡塔部分）
J. S. Bach was in a fix.
巴赫遇到了一点小问题
J. S. Bach couldn't find an answer.
巴赫陷入了困境
What to do?
巴赫找不到办法
I've written most of a rather fabulous work!
怎么办？
Toccata, it's in D minor, but now I'm feeling a bit of a jerk.
我已经写过无数不可思议的作品
I can't think of what should come after it.
托卡塔，是D小调的，但现在让我感到我有点蠢
Now, said his wife, who was resting up after her 33rd child.
我想不出后面应该接什么
Johann, my dear, you should just go to bed.
(d小调双小提琴协奏BWV 1043第二乐章)
Something always comes up.
这时，正在哄他的第三十三个孩子入睡的妻子说
Don't be a twit!
约翰，我亲爱的，你应该上床睡觉了
It's a real crisis and I'm working to a deadline.
该来的总是会来的
What can I fit?
(第二管弦乐组曲BWV 1067第七曲诙谐曲)
What to fit after the great toccata
别开玩笑了！
Maybe it needs to be something faster
这是真正的危机，我得赶上截止日期
I haven't got a clue
我该配上什么呢？
and in a week the piece is due
什么才能配得上这段伟大的托卡塔呢？
I'm in a panic.
也许来段快速的？
I'm stuck like glue.
我毫无线索
Don't get your knickers in a twist, Johann,
还有一个礼拜就要交稿了
'Those are only notes,' you've always said. ‘
我陷入了恐慌
There's only twelve so use your head
不能自拔
How many arrangements of twelve notes can there possibly be? 12
（第三管弦乐组曲BWV 1068第二曲—“G弦上的咏叹调”）
That's a problem I don't want to deal with
不要为此恼火，约翰
How many permutations on C and D and E and F and G, A, B is a thing that I never heard of.
音符只是音符，’你时常这样说
You can leave that to Arnold Schönberg
一共只有12个音符而已，所以全开的你的大脑吧
He is the person to do that twelve-tone thing
个音符能有多少种可能组合？
No! No!
（F调第二勃兰登堡协奏BWV 1047第三乐章）
It isn't the answer, I haven't the foggiest.
我可不想应付这个问题
What am I gonna do?
我从未听说过什么C，D，E，F和G，A，B有多少种组合
I'm all in a panic
你可以把这个问题留给阿诺尔德·勋伯格
Aaah, no.
他才是搞十二音那些东西的人
What can I do?
(d小调托卡塔与赋格BWV 565-托卡塔部分)
I've finished my toccata but I have no fugue
不！不！
(Phone ringing)
这不是答案，我毫无头绪
Ah... and now I've got the fugue!
我该怎么办！
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我彻底陷入恐慌
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