The Pig
It was an evening in November,
As I very well remember,
I was 1)strolling down the street in 2)drunken pride,
But my knees were all 3)aflutter,
And I landed in the 4)gutter
And a pig came up and lay down by my side.
Yes, I lay there in the gutter
Thinking thoughts I could not utter,
When a colleen passing by did softly say,
"You can tell a man who 5)boozes
By the 6)company he chooses.”
And the pig got up and slowly walked away.
豬
那個十一月之夜,
叫我沒齒難忘,
醺然醉步流連在街頭,
可膝蓋晃晃悠悠,
我便扎進(jìn)了水溝,
一頭豬走近來趴在身旁。
對,我躺在水溝里
思潮奔涌卻苦無一言,
一名少女走過,殷然細(xì)語:
“區(qū)分人品好壞,
莫過于看他擇誰與伴”
豬遂起,緩身棄然而去。
注釋:
1) stroll v. 漫步,閑逛
2) drunken a. 酒醉的
3) aflutter a. 飄動的,鼓動的
4) gutter n. 水槽
5) booze v. 豪飲
6) company n. 伴侶,朋友