THE JUMBLIES
乔布利人
They went to sea in a sieve, they did;
他们乘筛子出海，他们做到了
In a sieve they went to sea;
他们乘筛子出海
In spite of all their friends could say,
尽管所有的朋友都可以说
On a winter's morn, on a stormy day,
在一个冬天的早晨，在一场有暴风雨的日子
In a sieve they went to sea.
他们乘筛子出海
Far and few, far and few,
愈远愈小，愈远愈小，
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
那是乔布利人居住的地方
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue
他们头是绿色的，手是蓝色的
And they went to sea in a sieve.
他们乘着筛篮出海了
They sailed away in a sieve, they did,
他们乘着筛子出海了，他们做到了。
In a sieve they sailed so fast,
在筛子里他们航行得很快
With only a beautiful pea-green veil
只有一方美丽的豌豆绿面纱
Tied with a ribbon, by way of a sail,
被当做船帆，用丝带
To a small tobacco-pipe mast.
系到了一个小烟斗似的桅杆上
And everyone said who saw them go,
所有看见他们走了的人说，
“Oh! won't they be soon upset, you know?
噢！他们会很快难过的，你懂的？
For the sky is dark, and the voyage is long;
因为天空很黑，航程很长
And, happen what may, it'sextremely wrong
无论发生什么，都是大错特错
In a sieve to sail so fast.”
在筛子里快速航行
They sailed to the Western Sea, they did—
他们航行到了西海，他们做到了。
To a land all covered with trees;
到了一片绿树成荫的土地上
And they bought an owl, and a useful cart,
他们买了一只猫头鹰，和一辆有用途的车
And a pound of rice, and a cranberry-tart,
一磅米饭，一个酸果馅饼
And a hive of silvery bees;
还有一窝银色的蜜蜂
And they bought a pig, and some green jackdaws,
他们买了一头猪，一些绿寒鸭，
And a lovely monkey with lollipop paws,
还有一只长着棒棒糖爪子似的可爱猴子
And forty bottles of ring-bo-ree,
买了四十瓶环宝酒
And no end of Stilton cheese.
还有无数的斯蒂尔顿奶酪
And in twenty years they all came back—
二十年后，他们都回来了
In twenty years or more;
二十年后或更多
And everyone said, “How tall they've grown!
所有人都说：“他们长高了！”
For they've been to the Lakes, and the Torrible Zone,
他们去过湖泊和恐怖区
And the hills of the Chankly Bore.”
还有尚克利博尔的山丘
And they drank their health, and gave them a feast of
他们为他们的健康祝酒干杯🍻，并提供给他们一顿
Dumplings made of beautiful yeast;
由美丽酵母做成的丰盛的饺子宴
And everyone said, “If we only live,
所有人都说，只要我们活着
We, too, will go to sea in a sieve,
我们也将在筛子中出海
To the hills of the Chankly Bore.”
到尚克利山博尔的山上
Far and few, far and few,
愈远愈小，愈远愈小
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
是乔布利人居住的地方
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue
他们的头是绿色的，手是蓝色的
And they went to sea in a sieve.
然后他们用筛子出海
(作者：Edward Lear)