笨小笨Why Must The Show Go On?歌词由Noel Coward演唱，出自专辑《Half-Castle Woman》，下面是《Why Must The Show Go On?》完整版歌词！
Why Must The Show Go On?歌词完整版
Why Must the Show Go On? - Noel Coward and Orchestra
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The world for some years
这世界好多年了
Has been sodden with tears
已经被泪水浸透
On behalf of the acting profession
我代表演艺界
Each star playing a part
每个明星都扮演着重要的角色
Seems to expect a Purple Heart
似乎期待着得到一颗紫心勋章
It's unorthodox to be born in a box
生来就被禁锢的感觉真的很奇怪
But it needn't become an obsession
但不必执迷不悟
Let's hope we have no worse to plague us
但愿没有更可怕的东西来折磨我们
Than two shows a night in Las Vegas
比在拉斯维加斯一晚上两场演出更重要
When I think of physicians and mathematicians
当我想到医生和数学家
Who don't earn a quarter the dough
一分钱都挣不到的人
When I look at the faces
当我看着那些脸庞
Of people in Macy's
梅西百货的人们
There's one thing I'm burning to know:
有件事我很想知道
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
It can't be all that indispensable
这不可能是不可或缺的
To me it really isn't sensible on the whole
对我来说这真的很不明智
To play a leading role
扮演主角
While fighting those tears you can't control
一边强忍着你无法控制的泪水
Why kick up your legs
为何你要翘着二郎腿
When draining the dregs
当我们把糟粕
Of sorrow's bitter cup
悲伤的苦酒
Because you have read
因为你读过
Some idiot has said
有些傻瓜说过
'The curtain must stay up '
窗帘必须挂起来
I'd like to know
我想知道
Why a star takes bows
为何明星要鞠躬
Having just returned from burying her spouse
刚刚埋葬完她的爱人
Brave boop-a-doopers
勇敢的人
Go home and dry your tears
回家擦干你的眼泪
Gallant old troopers
英勇的老战士
You've bored us all for years
你让我们无聊了好多年
And if you're so blue
如果你郁郁寡欢
Wet through
浑身湿透
And thoroughly woe-begone
伤心欲绝
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
Oh mammy
妈妈
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
We're asked to condole
我们被要求吊唁
With each tremulous soul
每一个颤抖的灵魂
Who steps out to be loudly applauded
走出来接受热烈的掌声
Stars on opening nights
开幕之夜星光熠熠
Weep when they see their names in lights
当他们看到自己的名字出现在聚光灯下他们潸然泪下
Though people who act
虽然那些装腔作势的人
As a matter of fact
事实上
Are financially amply rewarded
都能得到丰厚的回报
It seems when pursuing their calling
似乎在追寻他们的使命时
Their suffering's simply appalling
他们的痛苦简直骇人听闻
But butchers and bakers and candlestick makers
但是屠夫面包师蜡烛匠
Get little applause for their pains
他们的痛苦只得到很少的掌声
When I think of miners
当我想起矿工
And waiters in diners
餐厅里的服务员
The query forever remains:
这个问题永远不会消失：
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
The rule
规则
Is surely not immutable
肯定不是一成不变的
It It might be wiser
也许这样更明智
And more suitable
更适合
Just to close
只是为了结束
If you are in the throes
如果你在痛苦中挣扎
Of personal grief and private woes
个人的悲伤和个人的悲哀
Why stifle a sob when doing your job
做好你的工作为何要强忍泪水
When if you'd use your head
如果你动动脑子
You'd go out and grab
你会出门去抓
A comfortable cab
一辆舒适的出租车
And go right home to bed
回家上床睡觉
Because you're not
因为你不是
Giving us much fun
让我们纵享欢乐
This 'Laugh Clown Laugh' routine's been overdone
小丑一样的欢声笑语已经有点过头了
Hats off to showfolks
向表演者致敬
For smiling when they're blue
在他们忧伤时微笑
But more comme il faut folks
But more comme il faut folks
Are sick of smiling through
厌倦了强颜欢笑
And if you're out cold
如果你心灰意冷
Too old
年纪太大
And most of your teeth have gone
你的牙齿都掉光了
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
I sometimes wonder
有时候我在想
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
Now why not announce the closing night of it
现在为何不宣布闭幕之夜
The public seem to hate the sight of it dear
大家似乎都不喜欢这一幕亲爱的
And so
所以
Why you should undergo
为何你要承受
This terrible strain
这可怕的压力
We'll never know
我们永远不会知道
We know that you're sad
我们知道你很悲伤
We know that you've had
我们知道你经历过
A lot of storm and strife
一场又一场的风暴
But is it quite fair
但这公平吗
To ask us to share
让我们分享
Your dreary private life
你沉闷的私生活
We know you're trapped in a gilded cage
我们知道你被困在镀金的牢笼里
But for heaven's sake
但是看在上帝的份上
Relax and be your age
放轻松像你一样年纪
Stop being gallant
别再献殷勤
And don't be such a bore
别这么烦人
Pack up your talent
把你的才能收起来
There's always plenty more
总是意犹未尽
And if you lose hope
如果你失去希望
Take d**e
吞下**
And lock yourself in the John
把自己锁在监狱里
Why must the show go on
为何这场戏还要继续下去
I'm merely asking
我只是问你
Why must the show
为什么一定要表演
Go on
继续
