The Wizard And I

• By: Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Yeoh
• Album: Wicked - Music & Lyrics By Stephen Schwartz

Lyrics:

[English]

[中文]

Oh, miss Elphaba

哦，艾尔法巴小姐

Many years I have waited

我等待了很多年

For a gift like yours to appear

希望能有像你这样的礼物出现

Why, I predict the wizard might make you his magic grand visir

我预言巫师可能会让你成为他的魔法大宰相

My dear, my dear

亲爱的，亲爱的

I'll write at once to the wizard

我会立刻写信给巫师

Tell him of you in advance

提前告诉他关于你的事

With a talent like yours, dear

有你这样的才华，亲爱的

There is a definite chance

绝对有机会

If you work as you should

如果你按应有的方式工作

You'll be making good

你会做得很好

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Welcome to Shiz

欢迎来到希兹

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Did that really just happen?

这真的发生了吗？

Have I actually understood?

我真的理解了吗？

This weird quirk I've tried to suppress or hide

我试图压抑或隐藏的这个奇怪特质

Is a talent that could help me meet the wizard

是一个可以帮助我见到巫师的才华

If I make good

如果我做得好

So I'll make good

所以我会做得好

When I meet the wizard

当我见到巫师时

Once I prove my worth

一旦我证明了我的价值

And then I meet the wizard

然后我见到巫师

What I've waited for since, since birth

这是我从出生以来一直在等待的

And with all his wizard wisdom

而凭借他所有的巫师智慧

By my looks, he won't be blinded

他不会被我的外表所迷惑

Do you think the wizard is dumb?

你认为巫师是傻瓜吗？

Or like Munchkins, so small-minded? No!

还是像小矮人一样，心胸狭隘？不！

He'll say to me, "I see who you truly are

他会对我说：“我看到了你真正的样子

A girl on whom I can rely"

一个我可以依赖的女孩”

And that's how we'll begin

这就是我们的开始

The wizard and I

巫师和我

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Once I'm with the wizard

一旦我和巫师在一起

My whole life will change

我的整个生活将会改变

'Cause once you're with the wizard

因为一旦你和巫师在一起

No one thinks you're strange

没人会觉得你奇怪

No, father is not proud of you

不，父亲并不为你感到骄傲

No, sister acts ashamed

不，姐妹表现得很羞愧

And all of Oz has to love you

而整个奥兹都必须爱你

When by the wizard you're acclaimed

当你被巫师称赞时

And this gift or this curse I have inside

而我内心的这个礼物或诅咒

Maybe at last, I'll know why

也许我终于会知道为什么

As we work hand in hand

当我们携手合作时

The wizard and I

巫师和我

And one day, he'll say to me

有一天，他会对我说

"Elphaba, a girl who is so superior

“艾尔法巴，一个如此优秀的女孩

Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside

难道一个内心如此善良的女孩

Have a matching exterior?

不应该有一个匹配的外表吗？

And since folks here to an absurd degree

而且这里的人们在荒谬的程度上

Seem fixated on your verdigris

似乎对你的铜绿情有独钟

Would it be alright by you

如果我让你去掉绿色

If I de-greenify you?"

这样可以吗？”

And though, of course, that's not important to me

虽然，这对我来说当然并不重要

"Alright, why not?" I'll reply

“好吧，为什么不呢？”我会回答

Oh, what a pair we'll be, the wizard and I

哦，我们会是多么一对，巫师和我

Yes, what a pair we'll be, the wizard and-

是的，我们会是多么一对，巫师和-

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Unlimited

无限

My future is unlimited

我的未来是无限的

And I've just had a vision, almost like a prophecy

我刚刚有了一个愿景，几乎像预言一样

I know, it sounds truly crazy

我知道，这听起来真的很疯狂

And true, the vision's hazy

而且，愿景有些模糊

But I swear, someday there'll be

但我发誓，总有一天会有

A celebration throughout Oz

在整个奥兹的庆祝活动

That's all to do with me!

这全都与我有关！

And I'll stand there with the wizard

我会和巫师站在一起

Feeling things I've never felt

感受我从未感受过的东西

And though I'd never show it

虽然我永远不会表现出来

I'd be so happy, I could melt

我会如此快乐，仿佛要融化

And so it will be for the rest of my life

这将是我余生的状态

And I'll want nothing else 'til I die

我会直到死去都不想要其他

Held in such high esteem

被如此高度尊重

When people see me, they will scream

当人们看到我时，他们会尖叫

For half of Oz's favorite team

为奥兹最受欢迎的团队之一

The wizard and I

巫师和我

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Vocabulary in this song:

Vocabulary	Meanings
predict /prɪˈdɪkt/ B2	verb -
wizard /ˈwɪz.ərd/ B2	noun -
appear /əˈpɪər/ B1	verb -
talent /ˈtæl.ənt/ B1	noun -
chance /tʃæns/ B1	noun -
work /wɜːrk/ A2	verb -
understood /ˌʌn.dɚˈstʊd/ B1	verb -
quirk /kwɜrk/ B2	noun -
meet /miːt/ A2	verb -
prove /pruːv/ B2	verb -
worth /wɜrθ/ B2	noun -
wisdom /ˈwɪz.dəm/ C1	noun -
rely /rɪˈlaɪ/ B2	verb -
align /əˈlaɪn/ C1	verb -
feeling /ˈfiː.lɪŋ/ A2	noun -
melt /melt/ B2	verb -

Grammar:

• Many years I have waited

  ➔ 时间副词短语的倒装

  ➔ 正常的语序是'I have waited many years.'倒装成'Many years I have waited'强调了时间的长度。这是一种文学手法，可以用来增加强调或创造更正式的语调。这在句子的开头尤其常见。

• I predict the wizard might make you his magic grand visir

  ➔ 情态动词 'might' 表示可能性； 动词 'make' 的复合宾语

  ➔ 'Might'表达的可能性比'will'或'may'弱。'Make you his magic grand visir'是一个复合宾语结构。'You'是宾语，'his magic grand visir'是宾语补语。

• There is a definite chance

  ➔ 存在句 'There is'，其中形容词修饰名词。

  ➔ 'There is' 引入某物的存在。'Definite' 修饰 'chance'，强调可能性的确定性。

• This weird quirk I've tried to suppress or hide

  ➔ 省略关系代词的关系从句

  ➔ 关系代词（'that' 或 'which'）从关系从句 'I've tried to suppress or hide' 中省略。完整的句子是：'This weird quirk that I've tried to suppress or hide...'

• What I've waited for since, since birth

  ➔ 名词性从句作主语；重复以示强调

  ➔ 'What I've waited for since birth' 是一个名词性从句，充当句子的主语。重复使用“since”强调了漫长的等待。

• A girl on whom I can rely

  ➔ 介词 'on' + 关系代词 'whom'

  ➔ 'Whom' 用作介词 'on' 的宾语。这比使用 'who' 或完全省略代词更正式（尽管 'who' 通常在非正式场合可以接受）。

• Shouldn't a girl who's so good inside / Have a matching exterior?

  ➔ 带有 'Shouldn't' 的反问句；关系代词缩减的关系从句

  ➔ 这个问题是反问句，因为巫师期望得到“是”的回答。 “Who's so good inside”是一个缩减的关系从句——“who is”。这意味着关系代词/动词的一部分已被省略以使从句更短。

• Would it be alright by you / If I de-greenify you?

  ➔ 使用 'would' 和 'if' 表示假设情况的条件句（类型 2）； 'de-greenify' 作为新词（动词创建）。

  ➔ 这是一个使用类型 2 条件句的礼貌请求。 巫师假设改变艾尔帕巴的肤色。 “De-greenify” 是一个创造的动词，意思是“去除绿色”。 这突显了巫师试图使用语言使潜在的冒犯性请求看起来不那么冒犯。