[Scene 2 "Kings, Sticks and Birds"] [场景2 “王，斗杆和小鸟”]

   

[RINGMASTER] [驯兽师]

Ladies and Gentlemen 女士们，先生们

Imagine a bird on song in a tree 想象一下，在歌唱的小鸟在树上

An ordinary bird like you or like me 像你还是像我这样的一个普通的鸟

Imagine some ruffian happening by 试想一下，有些痞子发生了

And beating him within an inch of his life 并殴打他在他的生活英寸

   

[CHORUS] [合唱]

Ahh! 啊！

   

[RINGMASTER] [驯兽师]

Then a priest from some denomination 然后，一些教派牧师

Witnessing this abomination 目睹这一可憎

Blesses not the bird but the beast 祝福不是小鸟飞不过野兽

The Unknown Soldier appears on the field 无名战士出现在现场

And takes the bird's feathers to put on his shield 并把鸟的羽毛把他的盾牌

Then a powerful judge from the high court 高等法院再强大的法官

Decrees that the birds really ought 法令的鸟真的应该

Not be allowed to sing in the trees 不准唱在树上

But then one day 可是有一天，

Some of the priests and soldiers and judges 一些祭司和战士和法官

Putting aside some old worn grudges 抛开一些老戴恩怨

Changes their minds and the birds sang again 改变了他们的思想和鸟儿又唱

It was the Revolution 这是革命

The Revolution is a story of birds 革命是鸟的故事

Of sticks and stones and bushes and bones 棍棒和石头，灌木和骨骼

   

[RINGMASTER & CHORUS] [驯兽师与合唱]

A story of now, a story of then 一个故事，现在，那么一个故事

A story of woman, a story of men 一个故事的女人，男人故事

   

[RINGMASTER] [驯兽师]

A story of everything to come 一切的故事来

Of everything under the sun 阳光下的一切