回复：【闲的】关于歌词的一些考据和其他愚见

听说现在两猫合唱大多数都是长意大利抒情曲，比利麦考伊的长诗比较少。可能是因为这个诗太长……意大利抒情曲才这么短：
Una Tiepida Notte
Mira! - Mio amore! - Sono qui!
In una tepida notte d*estate, allorche la natura
Era nel pieno fulgore, e la resca rugiada
Splendeva al chiar di luna sopra la verzura
Si poteva vedere il galeone ancorato
Oscillare in silenzio nel vento profumato
Dalla marea del naviglio serenamente cullato
In quella tepida notte che c*e dunque di male
Se in tnata poesia anche il pirata divento sentimentale?
Oscillare in silenzio nel vento profumato
Dalla marea do naviglio serenamente cullato
In quella tepida notte
In quella tepida notte
In quella tepida notte
网上有英文翻译：
Look! - My love! - I*m here!
In a summer tepid night, when nature
Was in his full brightness, and the fresh dew
Was shining to the moonlight, over the plants
The galleon could be seen while it was at anchor
And it swang silent in the fragrant wind
In that tepid night, was there something wrong
If in such a poetry even the pirate became sentimental?
It swang silent in the fragrant wind
Serenely cradled by the canal tide
In that tepid night, in that tepid night
In that tepid night
【http://www.angelfire.com/musicals/cats.etc/lyrics/billynotte.html】
也许哪天楼主自己把长诗和抒情曲搞个汉化……不过明天要上课，先更到这儿吧

我了个去我怎么记错的，不是live a long life，是老大说的lived many lives。

楼主好用心

楼主大神我膜拜你！看完帖一定要再重复一次Cats！！

楼主好强大，有些跟帖也壮。关于 Tottenham Court 翻译的推敲见第七楼的回复（我不太喜欢贴吧的这种设置，在相应的楼层的新回复常埋没得很难找出。因此，只好在整个楼底来探讨）。
@某Meao “这个ginger cat明明是姜黄色的猫怎么就变成强力猫了呢……不过他确实……不是姜黄色的……”
@甜甜玉米角 “ginger不仅仅指生姜，还指红头发、姜黄人。ginger就是红头发浅色皮肤长雀斑的人，他们对紫外线比较敏感，ginger也常常受到排挤。我想这里的ginger是指红毛吧，maca就是红毛”
甜玉米的回答是对的。而且，在西方迷信中，ginger hair是属于道德败坏、性如禽兽的人，故该剧最罪恶的和最阴险的角色才被赋此“美”誉。因此我在译配此歌时，也是走的这个路子：


@某Meao “楼主实在不知道，“掌握着一切运行的犯罪界的拿破仑”是怎么翻译成金币流转的……犯罪界的拿破仑可是莫教授的标志性外号啊”。
楼主的翻译是对的。这里是指麦猫（或莫娘）的作案，就和拿破仑作战一样，有极高的艺术性。故我将其试译为：

台后那谁掌控一切，才是犯罪艺术家！