Life Is A Funny Proposition After All
'Did you ever sit and ponder,
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你們有沒有坐下思考
Sit and wonder, sit and think,
感到疑惑，靜靜思考
Why were here and what this life is all about?
我們為什麼在這裡，生活為什麼如此這般
Its a problem that has driven
這個問題讓
Many brainy men to drink,
無數聰明人喝酒買醉
Its the weirdest thing theyve tried to figure out.
這是最最奇怪的事情，他們都想弄清楚
About a thousand diffrent theories
科學家們可以展示
All the scientists can show,
上千種不同的理論
But never yet have proved a reason why
但從未證明這是為什麼
With all weve thought
通過我們所想的
And all were taught,
和我們被教導的
Why all we seem to know,
為什麼我們似乎只了解
Is were born, and live a while and then we die.
我們降生，我們活著，然後我們步入死亡
Refrain 1
Lifes a very funny proposition after all,
人生真是一個可笑的命題
Imagination, jealousy, hypocrisy and all.
.想像、妒忌、偽善和其他一切
Three meals a day, a whole lot to say;
一天三餐有很多話要說
When you havent got the coin youre always in the way.
當你一貧如洗你就不受歡迎
Evrybodys fighting as we wend our way along,
大家都在各自的路上抗爭
Evry fellow claims the other fellows in the wrong;
大家都宣稱其他人都是錯誤的
Hurried and worried until were buried and theres no curtain call.
匆忙、焦慮直到我們死亡連謝幕都沒有
Lifes a very funny proposition after all.
人生真是一個可笑的命題
Verse 2
When all things are coming easy, and when luck is with a man,
當一切隨手可得當幸運伴隨他身邊
Why then life to him is sunshine evrywhere;
為什麼這時人生於他到處充滿了陽光
Then the fates blow rather breezy and they quite upset a plan,
然後命運輕輕波動計劃充滿了不安
Then hell cry that lifes a burden hard to bear.
這時他就會哭訴人生是一種負擔他已無力承擔
Though today may be a day of smiles, tomorrows still in doubt,
儘管今天歡聲笑語明天可能充滿了懷疑
And what brings me joy, may bring you care and woe;
帶給我快樂的事也許帶給你煩惱和痛苦
Were born to die, but dont know why, or what its all about,
人生注定一死毫無道理也不明白是怎麼一回事
And the more we try to learn the less we know.
想要了解的越多我們知道的就越少
Refrain 2
Lifes a very funny proposition, you can bet,
人生真是一個可笑的命題
And no ones ever solved the problem properly as yet.
這是當然的沒人解決的問題
Young for a day, then old and gray;
年輕只是一時隨後便老死
Like the rose that buds and blooms and fades and falls away,
就像玫瑰含苞然後怒放最終褪色凋謝
Losing health to gain our wealth as through this dream we tour.
以健康換取財富好像在夢裡經歷
Evrythings a guess and nothings absolutely sure;
萬事都是猜測沒有什麼絕對確定
Battles exciting and fates were fighting until the curtain falls.
令人興奮的戰爭反抗命運直到謝幕那一刻
Lifes a very funny proposition after all.