Two old Bachelors were living in one house;
One caught a Muffin, the other caught a Mouse.
Said he who caught the Muffin to him who caught the
Mouse,—
"This happens just in time! For we've nothing in the house,
Save a tiny slice of lemon and a teaspoonful of honey,
And what to do for dinner—since we haven't any money?
And what can we expect if we haven't any dinner,
But to lose our teeth and eyelashes and keep on growing thinner?"
一对老光棍儿在同一所房子里住；
一个搞了块松糕，一个抓了只老鼠。
搞到松糕的光棍对抓到老鼠的光棍讲：
“来得真巧，咱这几天正闹饥荒，
只能靠一小片柠檬和几茶匙蜂蜜来过活，
口袋也早已掏空——叫咱怎么揭得开锅？
瘦得人皮包骨头，牙齿、睫毛都掉落，
这饿肚皮的日子呀，可叫咱如何过？
Said he who caught the Mouse to him who caught the
Muffin,—
"We might cook this little Mouse, if we only had some Stuffin'!
If we had but Sage and Onion we could do extremely well;
But how to get that Stuffin' it is difficult to tell!"
抓到老鼠的光棍对搞到松糕的光棍讲：
“若有馅儿，就能把这老鼠做得喷香！
馅儿不需多，只需点儿洋葱和神仙肉；
可上哪儿去搞呢，这可真让人发愁！”
Those two old Bachelors ran quickly to the town
And asked for Sage and Onion as they wandered up and down;
They borrowed two large Onions, but no Sage was to be found
In the Shops, or in the Market, or in all the Gardens round.
这对老光棍儿急急忙忙跑去了镇上，
为找洋葱和神仙肉四处托人帮忙；
他们借了两棵大洋葱，可是神仙肉
找遍了商店、市场、公园，都没有。
But some one said, "A hill there is, a little to the north,