1. 楔子
OVERTURE(伴奏)
2. 洁里珂歌唱给洁里珂猫
JELLICLE SONGS FOR JELLICLE CATS
演唱:全体
舞蹈:全体
剧情:
午夜的破烂场,猫儿轻巧而
缓慢地一只接一只从隐蔽的
地方钻出来。
今夜是一个特殊的夜晚,因
为一年里,只有今夜,猫儿
们聚集在破烂场里,庆祝只
属于洁里珂的荣耀。
在这一场,每一只猫都有机会出场亮像。他们的歌声讲述了洁里珂猫的
轻巧体态和独特性情,而他们的舞蹈节奏明快,动作流畅,与欢快的歌
声相合。在这一场里,应该是所有的演员一起上场的,就连后面才要介
绍的格瑞泽、老德特等有特色的猫,在这一场也穿着普通猫的戏装上场
。
歌词:
Are you blind when you're born? Can you see in the dark?
Dare you look at a king? Would you sit on his throne?
Can you say of your bite that it's worse than your bark?
Are you cock of the wall when you're walking alone?
Because Jellicles are and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles would
Jellicles would and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
When you fall on your head, do you land on your feet?
Are you tense when you sense there's a storm in the air?
Can you find your way blind when you're lost in the street?
Do you know how to go to the Heaviside Layer?
Because Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Can you ride on a broomstick to places far distant?
Familiar with candle, with book and with bell?
Were you Whittington's friend? The Pied Piper's assistant?
Have you been an alumnus of heaven and hell?
Are you mean like a minx? Are you lean like a lynx?
Are you keen to be seen when you're smelling a rat?
Were you there when the pharaohs commissioned the Sphinx?
If you were, and you are, you're a Jellicle cat
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
We can dive through the air like a flying trapeze
We can turn double somersaults, bounce on a tire
We can run up the wall, we can swing through the trees
We can balance on bars, we can walk on a wire
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Can you sing at the same time in more than one key
Duets by Rossini and waltzes by Strauss
And can you (as cats do) begin with a C
That always triumphantly brings down the house?
Jellicle cats are queen of the nights
Singing at astronomical heights
Handling pieces from the messiah
Hallelujah, angelical choir
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
Round the cathedral rang "Vivat!"
Life to the everlasting cat!
Feline, fearless, faithful and true
To others who do-what
Jellicles do and Jellicles can
Jellicles can and Jellicles do
Jellicle cats sing Jellicle chants
Jellicles old and Jellicles new
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Practical cats, dramatical cats
Pragmatical cats, fanatical cats
Oratorical cats, delphioracle cats
Skeptical cats, dispeptical cats
Romantical cats, pedantical cats
Critical cats, parasitical cats
Allegorical cats, metaphorical cats
Statistical cats and mystical cats
Political cats, hypocritical cats
Clerical cats, hysterical cats
Cynical cats, rabbinical cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
Jellicle songs for Jellicle cats
3. 猫的命名
THE NAMING OF CATS
演唱:全体
舞蹈:全体
剧情:
因为陌生人(观众)出现在猫儿们的天地,
舞蹈后的猫儿们对陌生者心存怀疑,但是很
快他们就接纳了陌生者的出现,并且为他们
解释猫的命名。
所有的猫都有三个名字,第一个名
字是普通名字,是给家人在平日里
叫的;第二个名字是有尊严的名字
,是要让每一只猫觉得骄傲的独特
名字,而且每只猫的名字都不相同
。而第三个名字,是秘密的名字,
猫儿是永远不会告诉他类动物的。
如果你看到一只猫在下午的太阳里
暝想,那么有可能,他就是在思索
他的神秘名字。
这一首歌和别的歌不同,它是由所
有的猫念诗一样念出来的。在迷离
的伴奏音乐下,猫的言语快速而有
韵律。
歌词:
Solo:
There's a man over there with a look of surprise
As much as to say well now, how about that?
Munkustrap:
Do I actually see with my own very eyes
A man who's not heard of a Jellicle cat?
What's a Jellicle cat?
All:
What's a Jellicle cat?
All:
The naming of cats is a difficult matter,
It isn't just one of your holiday games
You may think at first I'm as mad as a hatter
When I tell you a cat must have three different names
First of all, there's the name that the family use daily
Such as Peter, Augustus, Alonzo or James,
Such as Victor or Jonathan, George or Bill Bailey--
All of them sensible, everyday names
There are fancier names if you think they sound sweeter
Some for the gentlemen, some for the
4. 洁里珂舞会的邀请
THE INVITATION TO THE JELLICLE BALL
演唱:迷斯特,蒙克斯
舞蹈:迷斯特,维多利亚
剧情:
洁里珂猫对同类发出的邀请,由迷斯特略带
童音的动情呼唤开场。然后,蒙克斯向其他
的猫,尤其是还没有参加过洁里珂舞会的小
猫解释了舞会的意义:在今晚月亮最圆的安
静时刻,猫群的首领老德特将会出现,只有
他有权利选出一只能够获得重生的猫。
接下来,纯白的幼猫维多利亚有一段独舞,象徵著舞会的正式开始。
这一场的音乐安静甜美,维多
利亚的独舞更是灵活美妙,技
术高超。再有的一点就是,这
一场标志着《猫》的起始部份
的结束。许多特殊的猫也从场
上下去,直到介绍到他们时才
上来。
歌词:
Mistoffelees:
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one come all
The Jellicle moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
All:
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one come all
The Jellicle moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one come all
The Jellicle moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Munkustrap:
Jellicle cats meet once a year
At the Jellicle Ball where we all rejoice
And the Jellicle Leader will soon appear
And make what is known as the Jellicle Choice
When Old Deuteronomy just before dawn
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife
Announces the cat who can now be reborn
And come back to a different Jellicle Life
For waiting up there is the Heaviside Layer
With wonders one Jellicle only will see
Jellicles ask because Jellices dare
Who will it be?
5. 老甘比猫
THE OLD GUMBIE CAT
演唱:蒙克斯,邦姆博,蒂米特,詹丽
舞蹈:蒙克斯,詹妮,詹丽,邦姆博,蒂米特
剧情:
所有的猫儿都想被他们的首领
选中,从而获得重生。这一首
歌,是蒙克斯的推荐
老甘比猫其实是詹妮的别称,她被称
为甘比猫是因为“她整天坐着坐着坐
着坐着,这就是一只甘比猫”。这大
约也是甘比(又一个在字典上查不到
的词)的含义。
但是老甘比猫并不是总这样懒的。白天里她什么也不干,但是到了晚上
,她就会充满活力,在房子里四下走动。她教导“没有教养”的老鼠们
音乐和编织,希望这能使他们有文化一点。她也很为没有事做的蟑螂们
担心,所以她总要让他们忙得透不过气来,甚至调教出一队蟑螂的军事
演习来。詹妮也很关系小猫的生活,好像是猫群的妈妈一样。大家都很
喜欢她,高兴地为她伴舞。
这一首歌有好几个段落,前一段由蒙克斯演唱,十分悠扬。(这首歌的
头两句,如果你仔细听,会觉得和香港的BEYOND的一首歌“大地
”很像。尤其“大地”里的“眼前不是我熟悉的双眼,陌生的感觉一点
点”一句--记忆中的歌词,如哪位看官知道确切歌词,请告诉我。)
接下来詹妮在夜晚工作的一段,音乐转成明快的爵士乐,由三个女高音
:詹丽,邦姆博和蒂米特演唱。最后是一段由大家都上场的爵士舞。
歌词:
Munkustrap:
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots
Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots
All day she sits beneath the stairs or on the steps or on the mat
She sits and sits and sits and sits and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
That's what makes a Gumbie Cat
Jellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter:
But
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
And when all the family's in bed and asleep
She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice
Their behavior's not good and their manners not nice
And when she has got them lined up on the matting
She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting
Munkustrap:
I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots
The curtain cord she likes to wind and tie it into sailor knots
She sits upon the windowsill, or anything that's smooth and flat
She sits and sits and sits and sits and that's what makes a Gumbie Cat
That's what makes a Gumbie Cat
Jellylorum, Bombalurina, Demeter:
But
When the day's hustle and bustle is done
Then the Gumbie Cat's work is but hardly begun
She thinks that the cockroaches need employment
To protect them from idle and wanton destroyment
So she's formed from that lot of disorderly louts
A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do
And she's even created a Beetles Tattoo!
All:
For she's a jolly good fellow!
Jennyanydots:
Thank you my dears
6. 蓝汤姆塔阁
THE RUM TUM TUGGER
演唱:塔阁
舞蹈:塔阁
剧情:
老甘比猫詹妮的音乐刚到尾声,就被
下一只猫,塔阁的入场打断了。塔阁
被称为好奇的猫。但是也许他更应该
被叫做受宠的猫。他的人类家庭对他
百依百顺,养成了他骄傲自大,喜欢
惹人注意,又十分挑剔的习惯。在他
的歌里,他告诉大家他只喜欢没有的
东西,到了手里就又不喜欢了:如果
你给他家鼠,他只想要田鼠;可要是
你给他田鼠,他又觉得家鼠的味道好
。他出了门就想回去,回到屋里又想
出去。他要求别人给他想要的东西,
可是人要是真的给了他,他又觉得还
是自己去找到得好。
塔阁是只相貌威风的公猫,他是唯一
颈边有鬃毛的猫,看上去好像雄狮一
样出众。他是猫中摇滚歌星般的人物
,十分受母猫们的喜爱,尤其是一群
小猫更喜欢围着他打转,为他的每句
歌词倾倒。
塔阁的歌,也如他的人一样,是快速的摇滚乐。塔阁的演员大多有轻微
的鼻音,因此听起来好听而且有一点讨人喜欢的蛮横霸道的神气。他的
舞蹈不多,一说是因为塔阁的鬃毛太重。他只是在所有人视线的中心任
意游走,挑逗追逐着他小母猫们。
歌词:
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
If you offer me pheasant I'd rather have grouse
If you put me in a house I would much prefer a flat
If you put me in a flat then I'd rather have a house
If you set me on a mouse then I'd only want a rat
If you set me on a rat then I'd rather chase a mouse
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to shout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it
The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore
When you let me in, then I want to go out
I'm always on the wrong side of every door
As soon as I'm at home, then I'd like to get about
I like to lie in the bureau drawer
And I make such a fuss if I can't get out
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for you to doubt it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything about it
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious beast
My disobliging ways are a matter of habit
If you offer me fish then I always want a feast
When there isn't any fish then I won't eat rabbit
If you offer me cream then I sniff and sneer
But I only like what I find for myself
So you'll catch me in it right up to my ears
If you put it away on the larder shelf
The Rum Tum Tugger is artful and knowing
The Rum Tum Tugger
Doesn't care for a cuddle
But I'll leap in your lap in the middle of your sewing
For there's nothing I enjoy like a horrible muddle
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
The Rum Tum Tugger doesn't care for a cuddle
The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious cat
And there isn't any need for me to spout it
For he will do as he do do
And there's no doing anything abou-----t it!
7. 格瑞泽贝拉:华美的猫
GRIZABELLA: THE GLAMOUR CAT
演唱:格瑞泽,蒂米特,邦姆博
MIDI音乐
剧情:
塔阁的歌结束时,格瑞泽首次上场了。她的衣裳褴褛,神色疲惫。塔阁
对她威胁地直立起鬃毛,傲然地擦着她的身边下场。
几只小猫可怜格瑞泽的悲惨样子,想
凑过去安慰她,却被年纪大的猫们拉
开了。
蒂米特走上前,仿佛要抚摸
格瑞泽,可是在最后一刹那
失去了勇气,悲伤地逃开了
。格瑞泽哀怨地歌声责备挡
在她面前的蒙克斯。
蒂米特和邦姆博在一旁唱出了她的身份:原来她就是当年骄傲美丽的格
瑞泽贝拉,华美的猫。她在年轻的时候就离开了猫群去看外面的世界,
成为猫儿们不可饶恕的叛徒。现在她历尽艰辛,狼狈地回来时,猫儿们
仍然不肯原谅她。格瑞泽只好又哀伤地下场了。
歌词:
Grizabella:
Remark the cat who hesitates towards you
In the light of the door which opens on her like a grin
You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand
And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin
Demeter:
She haunted many a low resort near the grimy road of Tottenham Court
She flitted about the no man's land
From "The Rising Sun" to "The Friend at Hand"
And the postman sighed as he scratched his head
"You'd really had thought she ought to be dead"
And who would ever suppose that that was Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Bombalurina:
Grizabella the Glamour Cat, Grizabella the Glamour Cat
8. 巴斯特琼斯,城里的猫
BUSTOPHER JONES: THE CAT ABOUT TOWN
演唱:詹妮,巴斯特
剧情:
格瑞泽下场之后,场上的
气氛又欢快起来。詹妮开
始介绍她的好朋友,神气
的胖猫巴斯特。巴斯特是
所有猫群的骄傲,因为他
是猫里的绅士 ,不光有身
份,而且还吃遍了英国的
酒店和饭馆。
巴斯特坐下来给小猫们唱了一
段歌曲,又送给了詹妮一朵鲜
艳的红花。
这一场有一点过渡的性质,尤其为了冲淡格瑞泽上场时带来的沉重,歌
曲都十分轻松,但不见得会像其他的歌那样给人留下深刻印像。也基本
上没有舞蹈。巴斯特身穿黑白相间的礼服,用一只小汤匙作拐杖。后来
他用汤匙作高尔夫球棒打球,十分可爱。
歌词:
JennyAnyDots, Bombalurina, Jellylorum:
Bustopher Jones is not skin and bones
In fact, he's remarkably fat
He doesn't haunt pubs, he has eight or nine clubs
For he's the St. James's Street Cat
He's the cat we all greet as he walks down the street
In his coat of fastidious black
No common-place mousers have such well cut trousers
Or such an impeccable back
In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names is
The name of this brummel of cats
And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to
By Bustopher Jones in white spats
In the whole of St. James's the smartest of names is
The name of this brummel of cats
And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to
By Bustopher Jones in white spats
Bustopher Jones:
My visits are occasional to the Senior Educational
And it is against the rules
For any one cat to belong both to that
And the Joint Superior Schools
For a similar reason when game is in season
I'm found not at Fox's but Blimp's
I am frequently seen at the gay Stage and Screen
Which is famous for winkles and shrimps
In the season of venison I give my Benison
To the Pothunter's succulent bones
And just before noon's not a moment too soon
To drop in for a drink at the Drones
When I'm seen in a hurry there's probably curry
At the Siamese or at the Glutton
When I look full of gloom then I've lunched at the Tomb
On cabbage, rice pudding and mutton
Jellylorum:
In the whole of St. James's is the smartest of names
Is the name of this brummel of cats
And we're all of us proud to be nodded or bowed to
By Bustopher Jones in white, Bustopher Jones in white
Bustopher Jones in white spats
So much in this way passes Bustopher's day
At one club or another he's found
It can be no surprise that under our eyes
He has grown unmistakably round
He's a twenty-five pounder or I am a bounder
And he's putting on weight everyday
But I'm so well preserved because I've observed
All my life a routine, and I'd say
I am still in the prime, I shall last out my time
That's the word from the stoutest of cats
It must and it shall be spring in Pall Mall
While Bustopher Jones wears white, Bustopher Jones wears white
Bustopher Jones wears white spats
9. 蒙哥杰瑞和丽普提泽
MUNGOJERRIE AND RUMPELTEAZER
演唱:迷斯特,蒙哥(百老汇版);蒙哥,丽普(录象带版)
舞蹈:蒙哥,丽普
剧情:
突然一声怪响,随之传来警号和红闪光灯。恶猫麦克的脸出现在舞台一
角,所有的猫在蒙克斯的保护下逃离的舞台,蒙克斯在四下里搜索一遍
之后也下场了。
两声咯咯的笑声,把蒙哥和丽普这两只小偷儿带到来场上。
蒙哥和丽普身上背着小包袱,大约是刚刚作案归来。在歌里他们告诉观
众,他们喜欢和人类开玩笑,不是乱拉抽屉,就是偷走主人宴客时客人
的珠宝。可是人们也拿他们没办法,他们甚至分不清究竟是哪一只猫做
的坏事,因为蒙哥和丽普长得一模一样。
蒙哥和丽普他们的动作灵敏,神态顽皮,大约还是刚刚成年的小猫。蒙
哥是个滑稽的男孩子,丽普则是个机灵的女孩。他们的歌舞节奏都很快
,很讨人喜爱。在他们的歌结束的时候,其他的猫一起冲上舞台,把他
们围住不让他们逃走。从此蒙歌和丽普就一直留在台上。猫群显然并不
因为他们是小偷就排挤他们。
还有一点就是,他们的歌常常是由不同的人演唱。据说只有录象带版的
《猫》里,蒙哥和丽普的歌才是有蒙哥和丽普本人演唱,其他的时候,
不是蒙克斯或迷斯特代唱,就是由蒙哥一个人唱两个人的歌。这也许和
他们要求高的舞蹈有关,在舞台上跳动作幅度大的舞蹈,很难一起发出
嘹亮的歌声。
歌词:
Demeter:
Macavity!
Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer/Mistoffelees:
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer were a notorious couple of cats
As knockabout clowns, quick-change comedians
Tight-rope walkers and acrobats
They/We had an extensive reputation, they/we made their home in Victoria Grove
That was merely their/our center of operation for they/we were incurably given to rove
If the area window was found ajar and the basement looked like a field of war
If a tile or two came loose on the roof which presently ceased to be waterproof
If the drawers were pulled out from the bedroom chest
And you couldn't find one of your winter vests
Or after supper one of the girls suddenly missed her Woolworth pearls
Then the family would say, "It's that horrible cat!"
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpleteazer
And most of the time they left it at that
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer had an unusual gift of the gab
They were highly efficient cat burglars as well and remarkably smart at a smash and grab
They made their home in Victoria Grove, they had no regular occupation
They were plausible fellows who liked to engage a friendly policeman in conversation
When the family assembled for Sunday dinner
Their minds made up that they wouldn't get thinner on
Argentine joint, potatoes and greens
Then the cook would appear from behind the scenes
And say in a voice that was broken with sorrow
"I'm afraid you must wait and have dinner tomorrow
The joint has gone from the oven like that!
And the family would say, "It's that horrible cat!
It was Mungojerrie or Rumpleteazer!"
And most of the time they left it at that
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer had a wonderful way of working together
And some of the time you would say it was luck and some of the time you would say it was weather
They'd/We go through the house like a hurricane and no sober person would take his oath
Was it Mungojerrie or Rumpleteazer? Or could you have sworn that it mightn't be both?
And when you heard a dining room smash or up from the pantry there came a loud crash
Or down from the library came a loud ping
From a vase that was commonly said to be Ming
Then the family would say: Now which was which cat?
It was Mungoherrie and Rumpleteazer and there's nothing at all to be done about that!
10. 老德特然那米
OLD DEUTERONOMY
演唱:蒙克斯,塔阁
剧情
猫儿们再次重聚舞台,蒙克斯给
没有见过老德特的小猫们讲述这
位猫群首领的事迹
塔阁也在一半的时候加入,表
现出他对老德特的尊敬。(蒙
克斯对此表现得极其感动,好
像从来不敢奢望傲慢的塔阁也
尊敬老德特
这首歌是赞美老德特一生经历的歌,表明了老德特在猫群里的身份。但
除了强调老德特的寿命之长(“老德特活了很久,他已经活了猫的九条
命--我忍不住想说,九十九条。”),歌里并没有太多描述老德特业
绩的段落。反复唱段都是咏叹“是,不,喔,啊!我想我看到了老德特
。”歌曲结束的时候老德特上场,所有的猫都冲上去拥抱住他,表现了
对老德特无比的尊敬和崇拜
这首歌由两位男高音合唱,他们的音质优美,歌曲悠扬,十分动听
歌词
Solo:
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
All:
Well of all things can it be really
Yes, No, ho, hi, oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Munkustrap:
Old Deuteronomy's lived a long time
He's a cat who has lived many lives in succession
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria's accession
Rum Tum Tugger:
Old Deuteronomy's buried nine lives
And more I am tempted to say ninety-nine
And his numerous progeny prospers and thrives
And the village is proud of him in his decline
Munkustrap:
At the sight of that placid and bland physiognomy
When he sits in the sun on the vicarage wall
The oldest inhabitant croaks
Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger:
Well of all things can it be really
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
All:
Well of all things can it be really
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Well of all things can it be really
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!
My mind may be wandering but I confess
I believe it is Old Deuteronomy
Well of all things can it be really
Yes, no, ho, hi, oh my eye!
Old Deuteronomy:
My legs may be tottery I must go slow
And be careful of Old Deuteronomy
11. 狗咬狗的可怕事件
THE AWE-FULL BATTLE OF THE PEKES AND THE
POLLICLES
演唱:蒙克斯
舞蹈:蒙克斯及众猫
剧情:
这是蒙克斯为老德特解闷而编写的一个歌剧。在老德特到来之后,所有
的猫穿上戏装(比如鞋盒装做狗头)扮演各种各样的狗。剧的情节很简
单,就是两只狗在街上相遇之后打起架来,结果所有听见叫声的狗都跑
来参战的故事。最后以威武的英雄蓝姆斯猫出现,吓走了打架的狗结束
。可麻烦的是,任凭认真的蒙克斯费尽心机,所有的猫不是搞错了台词
,站错了地方,就是错过了正确时机。于是这一场成了《猫》里的滑稽
剧,很多最逗笑的情景都是来自这一场。
这首歌的节奏十分快,歌词好像绕口令一样。蒙克斯想保证歌声嘹亮而
且吐字清晰,就要看演员的功力了。
歌词:
Munkustrap:
Of the awful battle
of the pekes and the pollicles
Together with some account
Of the participation of the pugs and the poms
And the intervention of the all great Rumpus Cat!!!
The pekes and the pollicles everyone knows
Are a proud and implacable passionate foes
It is always the same where ever one goes
And the Pugs and the Poms although most people say
That they did not like fighting will once in a way
Show every symptom of wanting to join in the fray
And they
All:
Bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark
Munkustrap:
Until you could hear them all over the park
Now on the occassion of which I shall speak
Almost nothing had happened for nearly a week
And that's long time for a Pol or a Peke
The big police dog was away from his beat
I don't know the reason but some people think
He slipped into the *Wellington's Arms for a drink
And no one at all was about on the street
When a Peke and a Pollicle happened to meet
They did not advance or exactly retreat
But they glared at each other and scraped their hind feet
And they started to
All:
Bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark
Munkustrap:
Until you could hear them all over the park
Now the Peke although people may say what they please
Is no british dog but Heathen Chinese
And so all the Pekes when they heard the uproar
Some came to the window, some came to the door
And together they started to grumble and wheeze
In their huffery-snuffery Heathen Chinese
But a terrible din is what Pollicles like
For your Pollicle dog is a dour Yorkshire tyke
Male Cats:
There are dogs out of every nation the Irish, the Welsh and the Dane:
The Russian, the Dutch, the Dalmatian,
and even from China and Spain.
The Poodle, the Pom, the Alsatian
And the Mastiff who walks on a chain.
Munkustrap:
And to those that are frisky and frolical,
Let my meaning be perfectly plain:
Male Cats:
That my name it is little Tom Pollicle,
and you'd better not do it again!"
Munkustrap:
And his braw Scottish cousins are snappers and biters
And every dog-jack of them notable fighters
And so they stepped out with their pipers in order
Playing "When the Blue Bonnets Come Over The Border"
And the Pugs and the Poms held no longer aloof
But some from the balcony some from the roof
Joined into the din with a
All:
Bark bark bark bark bark bark bark bark
Munkustrap:
Until you could hear them all over the park
All:
Huffery snuffery huffery snuff!
Munkustrap:
Until you could hear them all over the park
All:
BARK BARK BARK BARK
Munkustrap:
NO!!!!
(Silence)
When these bold hereos together assembled
The traffic all stopped
And the Underground trembled
And some of the neightbors were so much afraid
That they started to ring up the Fire Brigade
When suddenly up from a small basement flat
Why who should stalk out but the Great Rumpus Cat!!!!
His eyes were like fireballs fearfully blazing
He gave a great yawn and his jaws were amazing
And when he looked out through the bars of the area
You never saw anything fiercer.......Or hairier
And what with a glare of his eyes and his yawning
The Pekes and the Pollicles quickly took warning
He looked to the sky and he gave a great leap
And every last one of them scattered like sheep!
And when the Police dog returned to his beat
There wasn't a single one left on the street!
All:
All hail and all bow to the Great Rumpus Cat!!!!
12. 洁里珂之歌
THE SONG OF JELLICLES
演唱:众猫
舞蹈:众猫
剧情:
忽然恶猫麦克再次出现,所有的猫儿
纷纷躲在角落里。蒙克斯保护在老德
特前面,警惕地留在场中心。幸好麦
克只是在场边现一下身就消失了。
几只小猫在老德特
的安抚下开始重新
歌唱,由此带动了
所有的猫儿再度集
合表演的舞会。
歌曲重复了“洁利珂舞会的
邀请”的一段。这一场舞蹈
则包括了维多利亚和其他几
只公猫(迷斯特,阿蓝奥兹
,和没有上“火车上的猫”
妆的斯格姆)的双人舞。可
以想见,舞会已达到高潮。
歌词:
Demeter:
Old Deuteronomy:
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
Solo:
Jellicle cats are black and white
Jellicle cats are rather small
Jellicle cats are merry and bright
And pleasant to hear when we caterwaul
Jellicle cats have cheerful faces
Jellicle cats have bright black eyes
We like to practice our airs and graces
And wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise
Jellicle cats develop slowly
Jellicle cats are not too big
Jellicle cats are roly poly
We know how to dance a gavotte and a jig
Until the Jellicle Moon appears
We make our toilette and take our repose
Jellicles wash behind their ears
Jellicles dry between their toes
Jellicle cats are white and black
Jellicle cats are of moderate size
Jellicles jump like a jumping jack
Jellicle cats have moonlit eyes
We're quiet enough in the morning hours
We're quiet enough in the afternoon
Reserving our terpsichorean powers
To dance by the light of the Jellicle Moon
Jellicle cats are black and white
Jellicle cats (as we said) are small
If it happens to be a stormy night
We will pracitce a caper or two in the hall
If it happens the sun is shining bright
You would say we had nothing to do at all
We are resting and saving ourselves to be right
For the Jellicle Moon and the Jellicle Ball
All:
Jellicle cats come out tonight
Jellicle cats come one, come all
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright
Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball
13. 格瑞泽贝拉
GRIZABELLA
演唱:格瑞泽
剧情:
格瑞泽第二次上场,所有的猫依然拒绝接
纳她,格瑞泽被孤伶伶地留在舞台中心。
格瑞泽努力地想重现当年的美丽时光,但是她已经年老体弱,永远不
能再像从前那样轻盈的舞蹈了。这时,她唱出了《猫》剧的名曲“记
忆”。老德特在舞台的背景里,听了她的歌声似乎很有感触。可是格
瑞泽没能看到他伸出的手,老德特哀伤地看着她黯然下场。
第一幕结束。
歌词:
Jellylorum:
You see the border of her coat is torn and stained with sand
Jemima:
And you see the corner of her eye twist like a crooked pin
Grizabella:
Midnight. Not a sound from the pavement
Has the moon lost her memory?
She is smiling alone
In the lamplight the withered leaves collect at my feet
And the wind begins to moan
Every street lamp seems to beat a fatalistic warning
Someone mutters and the streetlamp gutters
And soon it will be morning
Memory. All alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
14. 快乐时光
THE MOMENT OF HAPPINESS
演唱:老德特,吉米玛
剧情:
年老体弱的阁斯,被詹丽搀扶着来到舞
台上,其他的猫纷纷起身给他最好的座
位。
老德特提醒所有的猫儿,
快乐的本意不光是在现在
,还有值得怀念的过去时
光。
小猫吉美玛用清脆的歌声
唱出格瑞泽的“记忆”的
旋律,她稚嫩的童音,道
出了《猫》剧的内涵“让
回忆牵引你,展开心扉,
如果你在那里发现了快乐
的意义,一个新的生命就
会在你面前展开。”
猫儿们听了这些话,似乎有所触动。
歌词:
Old Deuteronomy:
The moments of happiness
We had the experience but missed the meaning
And approach to the meaning restores the experience
In a different form beyond any meaning we can assign to happiness
The past experience revived in the meaning
Is not the experience of one life only
But of many generations
Not forgetting something that is probably quite ineffable
Jemima:
Moonlight. Turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
15. 格斯:剧院的猫
GUS: THE THEATRE CAT
演唱:詹丽,格斯
剧情:
格斯一直由詹丽照顾,因此也由
詹丽向大家介绍他这只戏院里的
猫。
别看现在的格斯又老又瘦,而且因
为生病爪子也止不住的颤抖。可是
格斯在年轻的时候,可是戏院里鼎
鼎大名的演员。他曾经扮演过数不
胜数的优秀角色,甚至有一次谢幕
七次之多。老格斯也自豪地诉说当
年他精湛的演技,而且还有更重要
的,现在的小猫们所没有的,认真
踏实的态度。
“现在的小猫们,可不
像我们当年受过那么严
格的训练。他们只会耍
些小聪明,还以为蹦蹦
跳跳就能当好演员。”
“这些现代戏么,也都
不错,可是,不能和我
们当年相比。”
--格斯要是会说中文
,一定就会说出“真是
一代不如一代”的话啦。
老格斯回忆着自己当年演过的角色,他明白那
些辉煌时光再不回来,十分哀伤。
歌词:
Jellylorum:
Gus is the cat at the theatre door
His name as I ought to have told you before
Is really Asparagus, and that's such a fuss to pronounce
That we usually call him just Gus
His coat's very shabby, he's thin as a rake
And he suffers from palsy that makes his paw shake
Yet he was in his youth quite the smartest of cats
But no longer a terror to mice or to rats
For he isn't the cat that he was in his prime
Though his name was quite famous, he says, in his time
And whenever he joins his friends at their club
(Which takes place at the back of the neighboring pub)
He loves to regale them, if someone else pays
With anecdotes drawn from his palmiest days
For he once was a star of the highest degree
He has acted with Irving, he's acted with Tree
And he likes to relate his success on the halls
Where the gallery once gave him seven cat calls
But his greatest creation as he loves to tell
Is Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell
Gus:
I have played in my time every possible part
And I used to know seventy speeches by heart
I'd extemporize backchat, I knew how to gag
And I knew how to let the cat out of the bag
I knew how to act with my back and my tail
With an hour of rehearsal, I never could fail
I'd a voice that would soften the hardest of hearts
Whether I took the lead, or in character parts
I have sat by the bedside of poor little Nell
When the curfew was rung then I swung on the bell
In the pantomime season I never fell flat
And I once understudied Dick Whittington's cat
But my greatest creation, as history will tell
Was Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell
Jellylorum:
Then, if someone will give him a toothful of gin
He will tell how he once played a part in East Lynne
At a Shakespeare performance he once walked on pat
When some actor suggested the need for a cat
Gus:
And I say now these kittens, they do not get trained
As we did in the days when Victoria reigned
They never get drilled in a regular troupe
And they think they are smart just to jump through a hoop
Jellylorum:
And he says as he scratches himself with his claws
Well the theatre is certainly not what it was
These modern productions are all very well
But there's nothing to equal, from what I hear tell
That moment of mystery when I made history
As Firefrorefiddle, the Fiend of the Fell
Gus:
I once crossed the stage on a telephone wire
To rescue a child when a house was on fire
And I think that I still can much better than most
Produce blood curdling noises to bring on the ghost
And I once played Growltiger
Could do it again, could do it again
Could do it again
16. 格若泰格的最后一战
GROWLTIGER’S LAST STAND
演唱:格斯(格若泰格)及众猫
舞蹈:格斯(格若泰格)及众猫
剧情:
这一首歌的场面很大,是《猫》全剧唯一的一次场景改换(由破烂堆转为
荡漾碧波中的船只和小岛)。这其实是老演员格斯一段关于当年演出的回
忆。很可惜这首歌,及后面的比利·麦库尔的叙事诗都没有被《猫》的录
象带收录。
格若泰格的最后一战,讲的是海盗格若
泰格,在海上危害四方,罪大恶极。
可是一天他见到美丽的母猫格瑞德波,
受其迷惑,竟没能看到猫群的追杀,终
于在最后一战之中落水而亡。
在这一段里,格斯扮演格若泰格。(据说在舞台上,格斯在唱完“格斯:
剧院的猫”之后,突然挥去身上残旧破烂的老皮,摇身变成英武雄壮的大
海盗格若泰格。)詹丽身着白衣扮演格瑞德波。其他几只公猫(通常是蒙
克斯,斯格姆,塔阁,迷斯特和阿兰兹奥)先是扮演被格若泰格袭击的商
船船员,后来扮演冲上来杀害格若泰格的一群狸猫。
虽然听来也许像是个坏人罪有应得的故事,可是由于格若泰格与格瑞德波
对唱情歌真挚动人,而后在格若泰格被人围功的时候格瑞德波却偷偷溜掉
,格若泰格反而变成了让人怜悯的悲剧英雄。
17. 比利·麦库尔的叙事诗
THE BALLAD OF BILLY M’CAW
演唱:格斯(格若泰格)及众猫
舞蹈:格斯(格若泰格)及众猫
剧情:
这首歌和前一首歌加在一起有两种唱法。一种是只唱前一首,但是篇幅
很长;一种是两首都唱,但篇幅都有删节。因此下面的歌词,事实上是
两首放在一起的。
18. 斯格宝杉克斯:火车上的猫
SKIMBLESHANKS:THE RAILWAY CAT
演唱:斯格姆
舞蹈:斯格姆及众猫
剧情:
火车上的猫斯格姆即使与
老德特没有血缘关系,他
也无疑被猫儿们看作最可
爱的叔叔。他的到来,使
场上充满了快乐的气氛,
所有的猫儿为他唱歌伴舞
,和谐欢快的场面只有詹
妮的歌“老甘比猫”可以
媲美。
斯格宝是一只在火车上举足轻重
的猫。如果没有他细心周密的监
督,整个火车就无法顺利运行。
斯格宝照顾着旅客、行李、车厢
,甚至连车上的工人和列车长也
得听他调度。在半夜里他也不会
闲下来,而是在火车上下巡逻视
察,因为有责任心的斯格宝从不
让事情出一点差错。
猫群里的大猫小猫对劳苦功高的斯格宝
十分尊敬。他们用雨伞,埽笊,自行车
轮和探照灯为斯格宝装配了一辆火车,
在这首歌结束的时候,大家把他像英雄
一样高举起来。
这一段的舞蹈虽然不多,但是场上的活
动纷繁多样,带了一点儿童剧式的灵活
多变的色彩。而且这首歌的节奏十分明
快,曲调流畅,是剧中较有名的曲目之
一。
歌词:
All:
Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat the cat of the railway train
There's a whisper down the line at eleven thirty-nine
When the night mail's ready to depart
Saying, "Skimble, where is Skimble has he gone to hunt the thimble
We must find him or the train can't start"
Skimbleshanks:
All the guards and all the porters and the station master's daughters
Would be searching high and low
Saying "Skimble where is Skimble for unless he's very nimble
Then the night mail just can't go.
At eleven forty-two with the signal overdue
And the passengers all frantic to a man
That's when I would appear and I'd saunter to the rear
I'd been busy in the luggage van!
Then he gave one flash of his glass-green eyes
And the signal went all clear&
They'd be off at last for the northern part of the northern hemisphere!
All:
Skimbleshanks, the Railway Cat the cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks:
You might say that by and large it was me who was in charge
Of the Sleeping Car Express
From the driver and the guards to the bagmen playing cards
I would supervise them all more or less
Down the corridor he paces and examines all the faces
Of the travellers in the first and the third
He established control by a regular patrol
and he'd know at once if anything occurred.
And he'd watch you without winking and he saw what you were thinking
And it's certain that he didn't approve
Of hilarity and riot so that folks were very quiet
When Skimble was about and on the move
You could play no pranks with Skimbleshanks
He's a cat that couldn't be ignored
So nothing went wrong on the Northern Mail
When Skimbleshanks was aboard
It was very pleasant when they'd found their little den
With their name written up on the door
And the berth was very neat with a newly folded sheet
And not a speck of dust upon the floor
There was every sort of light you could make it dark or bright
And a button you could turn to make a breeze
And a funny little basin you're supposed to wash your face in
And a crank to shut the window should you sneeze
Then the guard looked in politely and would ask you very brightly
Would you like your morning tea weak or strong?
But I was right behind him and was ready to remind him
For Skimble won't let anything go wrong
All:
When they crept into their cosy berth and pulled up the counterpane
They all could reflect that it was very nice
To know that they wouldn't be bothered by mice
They can leave all that to the railway cat
The cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat the cat of the railway train
Skimbleshanks:
In the watches of the night I was always fresh and bright
Every now and then I'd have a cup of tea
With perhaps a drop of scotch while I was keeping on the watch
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea
They were fast asleep at Crewe
And so they never knew that I was walking up and down the station
They were sleeping all the while I was busy at Carlisle
Where I met the station master with elation
They might see me at Dumfries if I summoned the police
If there was anything they ought to know about
When they got to Gallowgate there they did not have to wait
For Skimbleshanks would help them to get out
All:
And he gives a wave of his long brown tail
Which says "I'll see you again"
You will meet without fail on the midnight mail
The Cat of the Railway Train
You will meet without fail on the midnight mail
The Cat of the Railway Train
19. 麦克维题:神秘的猫
MACAVITY:THE MYSTERY CAT
演唱:蒂米特,邦姆博
舞蹈:蒂米特,邦姆博
剧情:
这一段的风格急转,由无忧无虑
的旋律直落成神秘阴暗,流利婉
转的爵士乐。许多故事的关键情
节也都发生在这一首歌里。
斯格宝的歌被麦克的到来打断。
这一次,麦克不再隐藏在幕后冷
笑,而是直接闯到场上,带领他
的老鼠爪牙截走了老德特。
全场的猫儿都被这突然的变化惊呆了。在蒙
克斯带领其他猫追赶麦克的时候,两只曾经
与麦克相识的母猫,蒂米特和邦姆博,向躲
在角落里的小猫们讲述麦克这一只神秘的罪
犯猫。
麦克人称“隐藏的魔爪”,
因为他虽然罪大恶极,可是
从没有人抓住过他犯罪的证
据。他看起来总是半睡半醒
,无所事事的样子,其实那
只是他在深思熟虑时的伪装。
无论他做了什么坏事,比如
偷人家的牛奶,打碎暖房的
玻璃,麦克总能抓出一两个
证人证明他不在案发现场。
因此就连苏格兰场也没有他
的犯罪案底。
麦克自在地萧遥于法外,在
幕后操纵着无数恶行。蒂米
特和邦姆博愤怒的称他为“
犯罪界的拿破伦”。
这一段里,两只母猫载歌载
舞,歌声亮丽浑厚,舞蹈柔
韧夭娆,是本剧的经典曲目。
蒙克斯和其他的猫儿没有找到老德特,失望的回来,不想几只老鼠忽然带着老
德特出现。他们解开老德特让他回到猫群之中。在所有的猫兴奋地拥抱老德特
的时候,蒂米特却连连退缩。只有她看出场上的老德特不是老德特本人。最后
,她终于冲上前去揭开老德特的灰皮,原来皮的下藏着的是大犯罪者麦克!
麦克被揭露了面目,放肆地
伸出利爪,在猫群里四下抓
咬,猖狂到极点。可是在他
又一次抓住蒂米特,想要截
持她的时候,蒙克斯和阿兰
兹奥冲上去救下了蒂米特。
然后,蒙克斯和麦克展开一场血淋
淋的大战。最后蒙克斯虽然失败,
但是被激怒的猫群勇敢地站起来,
团团围攻麦克。麦克敌不过这么多
猫,在受伤之后他抓过场边裸露的
电线,使电线造成短路,全场陷入
一片黑暗。麦克也称着黑暗逃跑了。
暗中,受伤的猫儿互相安慰。
歌词:
Demeter:
Macavity!
Macavity's a mystery cat: He's called the Hidden Paw
For he's a master criminal who can defy the law
He's the bafflement of Scotland Yard, the Flying Squad's despair
For when they reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's broken every human law, he breaks the law of gravity
His powers of levitation would make a fakir stare
And when you reach the scene of crime Macavity's not there
You may seek him in the basement, you may look up in the air
But I tell you once and once again, Macavity's not there!
Bombalutina:
Macavity's a ginger cat, he's very tall and thin
You would know him if you saw him for his eyes are sunken in
His brow is deeply lined in thought, his head is highly domed
His coat is dusty from neglect, his whiskers are uncombed
He sways his head from side to side, with movements like a snake
And when you think he's half asleep, he's always wide awake!
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He is a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square
But when a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!
Demeter, Bombalutina:
He's outwardly respectable, I know he cheats at cards
And his footprints are not found in any files of Scotland Yard's
And when the larder's looted or the jewel cases rifled
Or when the milk is missing or another Peke's been stifled
Or the greenhouse glass is broken and the trellis past repair
There's the wonder of the thing Macavity's not there!
and they say that all the cats whose wicked deeds are widely known
I might mention Mungojerrie, I might mention Griddlebone
Are nothing more than agents for the cat who all the time
Just controls the operations: The Napoleon of Crime!
Demeter, Bombalutina:
Macavity, Macavity, there's no one like Macavity
He's a fiend in feline shape, a monster of depravity
You may meet him in a by-street, you may see him in the square
But when a crime's discovered then Macavity, Macavity
Macavity, Macavity
When a crime's discovered then Macavity's not there!
All:
We have to find Old Deuteronomy
20. 迷斯特弗里斯先生
MR。MISTOFFELEES
演唱:塔阁,迷斯特(百老汇版);塔阁
舞蹈:迷斯特
剧情:
猫群在黑暗中惶恐不安,他们急需
要找回老德特,却又不知道该如何
找起。这时候,塔阁从躲避的地方
(他大概是唯一没有参战的成年猫
)走出来,向大家介绍了一只年轻
的猫:迷斯特弗里斯先生(迷斯特
)。
迷斯特是一只有魔力的猫,要说他的魔幻法术,就连
人类的魔术师也甘拜下风。他看起来小巧灵活,年轻
而且有些害羞,可是他的能力不能让人小看。他能穿
过最小的缝隙,也曾在帽子里变出七只小猫,他能使
人在空间里跳跃,大家明明在屋里刚看见他,转眼他
却在房顶上出现。
迷斯特在塔阁的歌声中从天而降。他用魔力引亮了场
上的灯,使破烂堆又现光明。
然后,他选卡珊德拉做助手,用一快红绸变
回了老德特。
所有的猫一起为老德特的归来和迷斯特的魔
力欢呼。小迷斯特自己也因为有机会为猫群
做大事而高兴得连蹦带跳。
这一首歌,在一些版本里是塔阁独唱,但也有一些版本里是塔阁和迷斯特合唱。但是
舞蹈只有剧团里最优秀的舞者--迷斯特独自承担。这首歌的曲调动听,重复的地方多
,因而会给人留下很深的印象。
歌词:
Rum Tum Tugger:
You ought to ask Mr. Mistoffelees!
The original Conjuring Cat
The greatest magicians have something to learn
From Mr. Mistoffelees conjuring turn
And you'll all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
He is quiet, he is small, he is black
From the ears to the tip of his tail
He can creep through the tiniest crack
He can walk on the narrowest rail
He can pick any card from a pack
He is equally cunning with dice
He is always decieving you into believing
That he's only hunting for mice
He can play any trick with a cork
Or a spoon and a bit of fish paste
If you look for a knife or a fork
And you think it was merely misplaced
You have seen it one moment and then it is gone!
But you find it next week laying out on the lawn
And we all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
All:
And we all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
And we all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
And we all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Mistoffelees/Rum Tum Tugger:
Well! My manner is vague and aloof
You would think there was nobody shyer
But my voice has been heard on the roof
When I was curled up by the fire
And I've sometimes been heard by the fire
When I was about on the roof
At least they all heard that somebody purred
Which is uncontestable proof of my singular magical powers
And I've known the family to call me in from the garden for hours
When I was asleep in the hall
Rum Tum Tugger:
And not long ago this phenomenal cat
Produced seven kittens right out of a hat
And we all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
And not long ago this phenomenal cat
Produced seven kittens right out of a hat
And we all say
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Oh! well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Oh! Well I never was there ever
A cat so clever as magical Mr. Mistoffelees
Ladies and gentlemen, I give you the magical Mr. Mistoffelees!
21. 记忆
MEMORY
演唱:格瑞泽,吉美玛,蒙克斯
剧情:
天色渐渐发白,黎明在即。重新回
到猫群里的老德特就要在此刻选出
登上云外之路的幸运猫儿。忽然小
猫吉美玛站起,唱起了格瑞泽的歌。
歌声中格瑞泽再次上场,所有的猫不
愿接收她,但也不再敌对,他们分散
到场地四周,背对着格瑞泽。
格瑞泽悲伤的唱起“记忆”。记忆使
她回忆起当年的快乐时光,虽然那些
时光不再回来,但她的生命已因它们
而完整。
一只接一只的,场上的猫儿慢慢转过
身来面对格瑞泽。当善良的白猫维多
利亚再一次站起来触摸格瑞泽的时候
,年长的猫们非但没有阻拦,反而示
意她勇敢的上前。
在维多利亚的带领下,所有的
猫都走上前来,用伸出的双手
接纳了当年背叛过他们的同类
。经过了今晚的事件,他们已
经学会了欢乐与谅解的重要。
歌词:
Jemima:
Daylight, see the dew on the sunflower
And a rose that is fading
Roses whither away
Like the sunflower I yearn to turn my face to the dawn
I am waiting for the day
Munkustrap:
Now Old Deuteronomy just before dawn
Through a silence you feel you could cut with a knife
Announces the cat who can now be reborn
And come back to a different Jellicle Life
Grizabella:
Memory, turn your face to the moonlight
Let your memory lead you
Open up, enter in
If you find there the meaning of what happiness is
Then a new life will begin
Memory, all alone in the moonlight
I can smile at the old days
I was beautiful then
I remember the time I knew what happiness was
Let the memory live again
Burnt out ends of smokey days
The stale cold smell of morning
The streetlamp dies, another night is over
Another day is dawning
Daylight, I must wait for the sunrise
I must think of a new life
And I musn't give in
When the dawn comes tonight will be a memory too
And a new day will begin
Sunlight, through the trees in summer
Endless masquerading
Like a flower as the dawn is breaking
The memory is fading
Touch me, it's so easy to leave me
All alone with the memory
Of my days in the sun
If you touch me you'll understand what happiness is
Look, a new day has begun
22. 踏上云外之路
THE JOURNEY TO THE HEAVYSIDE LAYER
演唱:众猫
剧情:
当蒙克斯把格瑞泽带到老德特面前的时候,老德
特欢迎了这终于归家的游子。他决定,格瑞泽就
是被送上云外之路的猫。
场中具有神奇魔力的轮胎在老德特的召唤下徐徐升起,所有的猫围聚在一起
,用歌声向轮胎上的格瑞泽道别。轮胎升上半空,金色的云彩降落,格瑞泽
在老德特的鼓励下走入了美丽的云彩之中。
这一首歌的篇幅很短,是尾声之前的过渡。
歌词:
All:
Up up up past the Russell Hotel
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
Up up up past the Russell Hotel
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
Up up up past the Russell Hotel
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
Up up up past the Russell Hotel
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
Up up up past the Jellicle Moon
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
Up up up past the Jellicle Moon
Up up up up to the Heaviside Layer
The mystical divinity of unashamed felinity
Round the cathedral rang "Vivat"
Life to the everlasting cat
23. 对猫儿的态度
THE ADDRESSING OF CATS
演唱:老德特
剧情:
全剧的最后的一首歌是老德特唱给场外听众的。他告诉大家,其实猫和
人类没什么不同。经过了这一晚精彩的演出,人类也看到了各种各样的
猫儿,也知道了他们的特点和喜好。所以,要是你想得到猫儿的尊敬,
就要首先尊重他们。
歌词:
Old Deuteronomy:
You've heard of several kinds of cat
And my opinion now is that
You should need no interpreter to understand our character
You've learned enough to take the view
That cats are very much like you
You've seen us both at work and play
And learnt about our proper names
Our habits and our habitat
But how would you ad-dress a cat
So first, your memory I'll jog
And say: A cat is not a dog
So first, your memory I'll jog
And say: A cat is not a dog
With cats, some say one rule is true
Don't speak til you are spoken to
Myself I do not hold with that
I say you should ad-dress a cat
But always bear in mind that he resents familiarity
You bow, and taking off your hat, ad-dress him in this form: "O cat"!
Before a cat will condescend
To treat you as a trusted friend
Some little token of esteem is needed, like a dish of cream
And you might now and then supply
Some caviar or strassburg pie
Some potted grouse or salmon paste
He's sure to have his personal taste
And so in time you reach your aim
And call him by his name
All:
A cat's entitled to expect
These evidences of respect
So this is this and that is that
And there's how you ad-dress a cat
A cat's entitled to expect these evidences of respect
So this is this, and that is that
And there's how you ad-dress a cat
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