年少輕狂‧笑看世事

Simple Simon

Simple Simon met a pieman
無知的西蒙遇見一個賣派的商人

Going to the fair;
正要趕往集市

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
無知的西蒙對賣派的商人說：

"Let me taste your ware."  
“讓我嘗嘗你的派吧”
 

 
Says the pieman to Simple Simon,
商人對無知的西蒙說：

"Show me first your penny."
“先讓我看看你的便士吧”

Says Simple Simon to the pieman,
無知的西蒙對商人說：

"Indeed I have not any."
“其實我一分也沒有”

He went to catch a dickey bird,
他去抓小鳥

And thought he could not fail,
認為自己不會失敗

Because he'd got a little salt,
因為他有一把鹽

To put upon his tail.
撒在它的尾巴上

He went to take a bird's nest,
他去取小鳥的窩

Was built upon a bough;
那個築在一根大樹枝上的鳥窩

The branch gave way and Simon fell
樹枝斷了，無知的西蒙掉下來

Into a dirty slough.
落在髒髒的泥沼裡

He went to shoot a wild duck,
他去打野鴨

But wild duck flew away;
但是野鴨飛走了

Say Simon, I can't hit him,
西蒙說，我打不中它

Because he will not stay.
因為他不呆在那裡

Simple Simon went a-fishing,
無知的西蒙去釣魚

For to catch a whale;
想要釣一條鯨魚

All the water he had got
然而他所有的水

Was in his mother's pail.
都在媽媽的水桶裡

Simple Simon went a-hunting,
無知的西蒙去打獵

For to catch a hare;
想要打中一隻野兔

He rode an ass about the streets,
他騎著驢穿過街道

But couldn't find one there.
那裡找不到一隻野兔

He went for to eat honey,
他去吃蜂蜜

Out of the mustard pot;
從一隻餐桌上的芥末罐子

He bit his tongue until he cried,
他咬著自己的舌頭直到哭出來

That was all the good he got.
這就是他吃到的全部

He went to ride a spotted cow
他去騎頭花斑牛

That had a little calf;
可母牛還有頭小牛

She threw him down upon the ground,
母牛甩他在地上

Which made the people laugh.
惹的人們笑哈哈

Once Simon made a great snowball,
一次西蒙做了個大雪球

And brought it in to roast;
把它帶回來烤一烤

He laid it down before the fire,
把它放在火前面

And soon the ball was lost.
雪球一會兒不見了

He went to slide upon the ice
他到冰上去滑冰

Before the ice would bear;
在冰還能支撐前

Then he plunged in above his knees,
然後他把膝蓋插到冰裡面

Which made poor Simon stare.
可憐的西蒙睜大了眼

He washed himself with blacking ball,
他用黑色的鞋油來洗澡

Because he had no soap;
因為他沒有肥皂

Then said unto his mother,
然後他對媽媽說：

"I'm a beauty now, I hope."
“我想現在自己很漂亮吧”

Simple Simon went to look
無知的西蒙去賞花

If plums grew on a thistle;
李子長在薊上

He pricked his fingers very much,
手被刺傷了好幾次

Which made poor Simon whistle.
可憐的西蒙大叫著  

He went for water in a sieve,
他坐在籠子裡到了水裡

But soon it all ran through.
但是很快就沉了下去

And now poor Simple Simon
可憐而又無知的西蒙啊

Bids you all adieu.
永遠地再見了

備註： 出自<God Child vol.8> - Godless

最後一章的最後一句"Bids you all adieu"因該就是出自這首童謠吧。"Bids you all adieu"可以理解為“永別”的意思。“bid"是在這裡是“吩咐，告訴”的意思。"adieu"是從法語衍生而來的。"adieu"是“再見，辭別”的意思。從中古英語"adew"變化而來，這個詞又是從古代法語"adieu"(à + dieu)來的，意義為“獻身於神”，"dieu"是“神”的意思。綜合起來看，就可以理解為“永別”的意思了。哎……也就是說該隱的故事再也不會有了，那是最終的了。他帶著優雅的微笑，Bids you all adieu.