Happy的美篇聆听原唱 欣赏译词(30)The World Is Getting Smaller

Happy（李衷）

　　美国有首爱情歌曲，展示的是，春心萌动，情火中烧，而无处亲热的情侣，急切寻找幽静之处所遭遇的尴尬，很是幽默搞笑，令人捧腹。

歌曲之名为《The World Is Getting Smaller》。译为中文则是《世界越来越小》。

　　在《世界金曲200首》那本歌集中，这首歌曲的原文如下：

The World Is Getting Smaller

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

1. The world is getting smaller,

The populations grown.

Where, oh, where can sweetheart

go

When they wanna be alone?

Out to the park we went walking,

To a quiet spot by the way.

We found some kids playing cowboy there,

And they wuoldn't go away,

So no romance that day.

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

2. We thought that we had the answer,

A drive in movie we planned.

But the only place we could find to park

was next to the business stand,

and man that's a busy stand.

Dum deedle dee i dee,

dum deedle dee ay,

where can you hide away?

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

3. The world is getting smaller,

And let me ask you this.

Where, oh, where can sweetheart

go

when they wanna steal a kiss?

To lovers land we went driving,

we parked what did I find.

My own kid sister was in the car

that parked by nekt to mine,

and love written on her mind.

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

Dum deedle dee i dee,

Dum deedle dee ay,

Where can you hide away?

Where can you hide away?

　　经核实，原印歌词中错误不少。现更正如下：

1. "The populations grown"中的“populations”, 应为"population's"。它是population has的缩写。

2. "Where, oh, where can sweetheart go"中的"sweetheart(心上人)"，应为复数，既含女方，也含有男方。这可根据其后从句中的"they"来判断。

3. "To a quiet spot by the way"中的"way", 应为"bay"。by the way为“顺便”之意，而by the bay则是“在海边”的意思。

4. "A drive in movie we planned"中的"drive in"是一个单词，所以要写为"drivein"。"a drivein movie"为“免下车电影”，即在車内观看的电影。

5. "But the only place we could find to park"中的"could"被遗漏。

6. "was next to the business stand"中的"business",实为"pizza" 。

7. "And man that's a busy stand"中，man不是名词（男人），而是惊叹词，所以其后要用逗号隔开，即"And man, that's…"。man作为惊叹词，在俚语中表惊喜、兴奋、不耐烦时，强调提醒注意，可译为“啊、呀、哈、啊呀、喂、嗨、嘿，或那傢伙等”。

8. "To lovers land we went driving"中，"lovers land"，原被译为“恋人角”。但公园里的僻静小径或其他适合于谈情说爱的隐蔽处，即情侣小径或恋人之角，英文中多用"lovers' lane"。

9. "We parked what did I find."，实为"we parked and what did I find?"

10. "My own kid sister was in the car that parked by nekt to mine"，实为"My own kid sister was in the car that was parked right next to mine"。

在此，须对park 一词的用法作些说明：

"Park"作为动词使用时，既可及物，又可不及物，意思都是“停放（车辆）”。

作为及物动词使用而且主语为人时，其后可带宾语，用主动式。如 She parked her car over there.（她把她的车停在那儿。）其后不带宾语，则用被动式。如 I'll be parked over there.（我将把车停在那儿。）

作为不及物动词使用，而且主语为人时，用主动式；主语为车时，则应用被动式。

故此，"…in the car that parked…"应为"…in the car that was parked…"。因为that 指代的先行词为“the car”。

11. "And love written on her mind"这句话，着实叫人费解。经核实，本为"and love withered on the vine"。"wither on the vine"是个固定搭配，其意为“夭折、流产、被断送”。

经上述更正和分析之后，鄙人将这首歌曲的歌词翻译如下，供诸位鉴赏。

　　世 界 越 来 越 小

译者 李 衷

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

情侣能往哪儿猫？

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

僻静角落何处找？

1. 这个世界越来越小，

人山人海挤破脑。

情侣能往哪儿猫？

何时才不受干扰？

心想公园会静悄悄，

海湾幽静会无人到，

谁料孩子们正在嬉戏打闹，

好说歹说哄不跑，

哪有浪漫可言表？

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

情侣能往哪儿猫？

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

僻静角落何处找？

2. 我们终于想到妙招，

车内看电影计谋好。

但泊车地点实在不好找，

唯有皮杂店旁可停靠，

那儿顾客却如涌潮。

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

情侣能往哪儿猫？

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

僻静角落何处找？

3. 这个世界越来越小，

个中缘由谁知道？

情侣能往哪儿猫？

何时才能偷吻拥抱？

我驾车前往恋人之角，

停下车却出乎意料。

有辆小车随后也赶到，

我家小妹车内笑，

臊得我恋情如烟消。

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

情侣能往哪儿猫？

咚嘀嗒嘀哎嘀，

咚嘀嗒嘀哎，

僻静角落何处找？

情侣能往哪儿猫？

僻静角落何处找？