[Sarah:] [莎拉： ]

Gus is the cat at the theatre door 格斯是猫在剧院门口

His name, as I ought to have told you before 他的名字，因为我应该之前已经告诉过你

Is really Asparagus, but that's a fuss to pronounce 真的是芦笋，但是这是一个大惊小怪的发音

That we usually call him just Gus 我们平时都叫他只是格斯

His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a rake 他的外衣的很寒酸，他瘦得像耙子

And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake 他从麻痹，使他的爪子受到震动

For he was in his youth quite the smartest of cats 因为他在年轻时相当聪明的猫

But no longer a terror to mice or to rats 但不再是恐怖的小鼠或大鼠

   

For he isn't the cat that he was in his prime 因为他不是，他是在他的首相猫

Though his name was quite famous, he says, in his time 虽然他的名字是相当有名的，他说，在他的时代

And whenever he joins his friends at their club 每当他加入他的朋友在他们的俱乐部

(Which takes place at the back of the neighbouring pub) （这发生在邻近的酒馆的背面）

He loves to regale them, if someone else pays 他喜欢款待他们，如果有人支付

With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days 与轶事，从他的palmiest天画

For he once was a star of the highest degree 因为他曾经是最高级别的明星

He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree 他曾为与欧文，他的行动与树

And he likes to relate his success on the halls 他喜欢与他对成功的殿堂

Where the gallery once gave him seven cat calls 凡画廊曾经给了他7嘲讽

But his grandest creation as he loves to tell 但他最伟大的创作，因为他喜欢告诉

Was Firefrorefiddle, the fiend of the fell 是Firefrorefiddle ，在下跌的恶魔

   

[Sir John:] [约翰爵士： ]

I have played in my time every possible part 我打我的时候每一个可能的组成部分

And I used to know seventy speeches by heart 我用了才知道70演讲心脏

I'd extemporize backchat, I knew how to gag 我即兴表演顶嘴，我知道怎么禁言

And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag 我知道如何让猫出来的袋

I knew how to act with my back and my tail 我知道如何与我的背，我的尾巴行动

With an hour of rehearsal, I never could fail 随着排练了一个小时，我从来就不会失败

I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts 我倒是有声音，将软化最难心

Whether I took the lead, or in character parts 我是否带头，或在性格零件

I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell 我已可怜的小内尔的床边坐

When the curfew was rung then I swung on the bell 当被敲响了宵禁，后来我就摇摆铃

In the pantomime season, I never fell flat 在哑剧赛季，我从来没有倒扁

And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat 我曾充分研究迪克·惠廷顿的猫

But my grandest creation, as history will tell 但我最伟大的创造，是历史会告诉

was Firefrorefiddle, the fiend of the fell 是Firefrorefiddle ，在下跌的恶魔

   

[Sarah:] [莎拉： ]

Then, if someone will give him a toothful of gin 然后，如果有人给他杜松子酒的toothful

He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne 他会告诉他如何一次在东林恩发挥了作用

At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat 在莎士比亚的表现，他曾经走过的拍拍

When some actor suggested the need for a cat 当有些演员认为需要一只猫

   

[Sir John:] [约翰爵士： ]

And I say now these kittens, they do not get trained 我现在说的这些小猫，他们没有得到培训

As we did in the days when Victoria reigned 正如我们在未来的日子没有当维多利亚统治

They never get drilled in a regular troupe 他们永远不会钻在一个普通的剧团

And they think they are smart just to jump through a hoop 而且他们认为自己是聪明的只是跳透过箍

   

[Sarah:] [莎拉： ]

And he says as he scratches himself with his claws 他说，他抓挠着他的爪子

   

[Sir John:] [约翰爵士： ]

Well the theatre is certainly not what is was 以及影院肯定不是什么WAS

These modern productions are all very well 这些现代化的制作都非常好

But there's nothing to equal from what I hear tell 但没有什么从我听到的告诉等于

That moment of mystery when I made history 神秘的那一刻，当我创造了历史

As Firefrorefiddle, the fiend of the fell 由于Firefrorefiddle ，织的恶魔