The Moss

• By: Cosmo Sheldrake
• Album: Eye To The Ear

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Legend has it that the moss grows on

传说苔藓生长在

The north side of the trees

树的北面

Well, legend has it when the rain comes down

传说下雨的时候

All the worms come up to breathe

所有的虫子都出来呼吸

Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come

传说阳光照耀时

All the plants, they eat them with their leaves

所有植物用叶子把它吃掉

Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round

传说这个世界在旋转

On an axis of 23 degrees

绕着23度的轴线

But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?

你听过月亮里的兔子吗？

Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon

或者那只跨着勺子跳跃行星的牛

Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune

还有她，唱着歌跳上山峰

And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

骑着扫帚与燕子交换歌声

Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few

我们都可以从老女人那里学到东西

From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe

那个住在鞋里的弯腰老太太

Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup

或者那个白天唱歌、夜里吃着泪汤的女孩

Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop

还有喝太多酒，得了酿酒者的病的男人

Come listen, all ye fair maids, to how the moral goes

来听听，姑娘们，关于道德的故事

Nobody knew and nobody knows

没有人知道，也没人知道

How the Pobble was robbed of his twice five toes

那只波布尔是怎么被抢走了双倍的五个脚趾

Or how the Dong came to own a luminous nose

还有那只东怎么拥有发光的鼻子

Or how the Jumblies went to sea in a sieve that they rowed

或者那只贾布利在筛子里划着船去海

And came to shore by the Chankly Bore where the Bong-trees grow

到达坎克利·波尔，那里长满了宝树

Where the Jabberwocky's small green tentacles do flow

小绿触手从咬人的怪兽那里流出

And the Quangle Wangle plays in the rain and the snow

昂格尔旺格在雨雪中玩耍

But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?

你听说过月亮里的兔子吗？

Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon

或者那只跨着勺子跳跃行星的牛

Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune

或者那只跳山、吹着哼唱的歌的她

And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

她在骑着扫帚时与燕子交换歌声

Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few

我们都可以从老女人那里学到东西

From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe

那个住在鞋里的弯腰老太太

Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup

或者那个白天唱歌、夜里吃着泪汤的女孩

Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop

还有喝太多酒，得了酿酒者的病的男人

...

...

Legend has it that the moss grows on

传说苔藓生长在

The north side of the trees

树的北面

Well, legend has it when the rain comes down

传说下雨的时候

All the worms come up to breathe

所有的虫子都出来呼吸

Well, legend has it when the sunbeams come

传说阳光照耀时

All the plants, they eat them with their leaves

所有植物用叶子把它吃掉

Well, legend has it that the world spins 'round

传说这个世界在旋转

On an axis of 23 degrees

绕着23度的轴线

But have you heard the story of the rabbit in the moon?

你听过月亮里的兔子吗？

Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon

或者那只跨着勺子跳跃行星的牛

Or she, who leapt up mountains, while whistling up a tune

或者那只跳山、吹着哼唱的歌的她

And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

她在骑着扫帚时与燕子交换歌声

Well, we can all learn things, both many and a-few

我们都可以从老女人那里学到东西

From that old hunched-up woman who lived inside a shoe

那个住在鞋里的弯腰老太太

Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup

或者那个白天唱歌、夜里吃着泪汤的女孩

Or the man who drank too much and he got the brewers' droop

还有喝太多酒，得了酿酒者的病的男人

...

...

Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
legend /ˈlɛdʒənd/ B2	noun - 传奇, 传说
moss /mɒs/ A2	noun - 苔藓
rain /reɪn/ A1	noun - 雨
worms /wɜːrmz/ A2	noun - 蠕虫
sunbeams /ˈsʌnˌbiːmz/ B2	noun - 阳光线
plants /plænts/ A1	noun - 植物
world /wɜːrld/ A2	noun - 世界
axes /ˈæk.siːz/ B2	noun - 轴
degrees /dɪˈgriːz/ B1	noun - 度
story /ˈstɔː.ri/ A2	noun - 故事
moon /muːn/ A1	noun - 月亮
cow /kaʊ/ A1	noun - 牛
planet /ˈplænɪt/ B1	noun - 行星
mountains /ˈmaʊntɪnz/ A2	noun - 山脉

Grammar:

• Legend has it that the moss grows on

  ➔ 用现在时和 'has it that' 来讲述故事或表达习语

  ➔ 短语 'Legend has it that' 引入一个传统或神话故事，使用现在时表达永恒性。

• Well, legend has it when the rain comes down

  ➔ 使用 'when' 构成条件句，表示事件发生的时间

  ➔ 'when' 引导一个从句，指定雨降落的时间，作为时间连词使用。

• All the worms come up to breathe

  ➔ 一般用现在时表示习惯性动作或普遍真理

  ➔ 一般现在时的 'come up' 表示蠕虫习惯性地浮出水面呼吸。

• Or the girl that sang by day and by night she ate tear soup

  ➔ 由 'and' 连接的并列句子，用于表达两个并列的动作或状态

  ➔ 'and' 将女孩在白天和夜间的两个动作连接起来，描述她的活动。

• And swapped her songs with swallows while riding on a broom

  ➔ 现在分词短语 'while riding' 表示两个动作同时发生

  ➔ 'while riding on a broom' 是一个现在分词短语，描述在骑扫帚的同时交换歌曲的动作。

• Because the world spins 'round on an axis of 23 degrees

  ➔ 一般现在时，第三人称单数用 'spins' 表示普遍真理

  ➔ 动词 'spins' 使用一般现在时第三人称单数，表达关于地球旋转的普遍或科学事实。

• Or the cow that hopped the planets while straddling a spoon

  ➔ 定语从句用 'that' 指明是哪头牛；现在分词 'straddling' 描述同时发生的动作

  ➔ 关系从句 'that hopped the planets' 指明是哪头牛；现在分词 'straddling a spoon' 描述牛同时进行的动作。