Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride,
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小青蛙去求爱,他骑着马,(“a-courtin'”是古语或方言,意思是追求异性、求婚;“did ride”在此处用助动词did强调动作并为了押韵)
Sword and pistol by his side.
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剑和手枪在他的身旁。(更自然:身旁佩着剑和手枪。)
He rode right up to Miss Mouse's door,
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他直接骑到了老鼠小姐的门前,
Where he had often been before.
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那个他以前常去的地方。
He said, "Miss Mouse, are you within?"
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他说:“老鼠小姐,你在里面吗?”(更自然:“老鼠小姐,你在家吗?”;“within”在此处是古雅用法,指在屋里)
"Yes, kind sir, I sit and spin."
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“在的,好心的先生,我正坐着纺纱。”
He took Miss Mouse upon his knee,
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他把老鼠小姐抱到他的膝盖上,
And said, "Miss Mouse, will you marry me?"
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然后说:“老鼠小姐,你愿意嫁给我吗?”
"Without my Uncle Rat's consent,
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“如果没有我大鼠叔叔的同意,
I wouldn't marry the President."
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我就算总统也不嫁。”
So Uncle Rat, he galloped down,
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于是大鼠叔叔,他策马飞奔而去,
To buy his niece a wedding gown.
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去给他的侄女买一件婚纱。
"Where shall the wedding supper be?"
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“婚礼晚宴要在哪里办呢?”
"Way down yonder in a hollow tree."
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“就在那边远处的空心树洞里。”(“way down yonder”是方言,意思是“在远处那边”)
"What shall the wedding supper be?"
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“婚礼晚宴要吃些什么呢?”
"A fried mosquito and a roasted flea."
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“一只炸蚊子和一只烤跳蚤。”
The first to come in was a bumblebee,
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第一个进来的是一只大黄蜂,
With a fiddle buckled on his knee.
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他的膝盖上扣着一把小提琴。(“fiddle”在口语中指小提琴,常用于民间音乐)
The next to come in was a little flea,
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下一个进来的是一只小跳蚤,
To dance a jig with the bumblebee.
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来和大黄蜂跳一支吉格舞。(“jig”是一种节奏轻快的传统民间舞蹈)
But then came in the old gray cat,
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但随后进来了那只老灰猫,
And swallowed up the mouse and the rat.
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把老鼠和大鼠都吞了下去。
And Froggie went swimming across the lake,
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小青蛙游过湖面去,
But he got swallowed by a big green snake.
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但他却被一条大绿蛇吞掉了。