A Letter From Charlie Bucket

Charlie: Dear Mr. Wonka,
尊敬的旺卡先生：
I know that you're a busy man
我知道您是位大忙人
You must have lots of mail to read
您一定有许多邮件要处理
I'm writing for my family cause
我写这封信是为了我的家人，因为
there's nothing special that I need
我自己并不需要什么特别的东西
The time you take to read this letter will be time well spent
您为读这封信所花的时间绝对值得
Because I've made a list of things
因为我列了一张清单
You might want to invent
是一些您也许想要发明的东西
Mrs Bucket: How's your homework?
你的作业写得怎么样了
Charlie: Almost done.
快写完啦
Mrs Bucket: That's my Charlie, that's my son.
这才是我的查理，我的乖崽崽
Charlie: For Mom who's always on her feet
我妈妈每天忙得脚不沾地
You might please grant me this one wish
也许我能请您答应我这个愿望
To keep her shoes attached to her
为了让她的鞋子合脚
Some laces made from licorice!
您可以给鞋加上甘草做的鞋带
For Josephine
至于约瑟芬奶奶
I have drawn a recipe beneath
我在底下画了一张食谱图
For molars made of marzipan
是用杏仁软糖做成的臼齿
When she can't find her teeth!
这样就算她找不到她的假牙也没有关系
Mrs Bucket: Have you scrubbed up?
你洗过手了吗
Charlie: Yes, I did.
我洗过了
Mrs Bucket: That's my Charlie, that's my kid.
这才是我的查理，我的好孩子
Charlie: When I was smaller than I am
在我再小一点的时候
My daddy took us to the sea
我爸爸带我们去海边
He bought my mum an ice cream
他给我妈妈买了一个冰淇淋
She was happy as a mom can be
她那时简直是世界上最快乐的妈妈
For her I would invent an ice cream
我想为她发明一种冰淇淋
That would never melt
它永远都不会融化
So she can feel all day the way
这样她就能每天都能开开心心
I wish she always felt
就像我希望她那样
For Grandpa George and his Georgina,
给乔治姥爷和乔治娜姥姥的呢
Something not in any store.
是在任何商店都买不到的东西
Some pillows made of marshmallows,
用棉花糖做成的枕头
To keep the noise down when they snore!
能给他们睡觉时降噪
For Grandpa Joe who soon is turning
至于乔爷爷，他马上就要
Ninety and one half
九十岁半了
A joke book made of jelly beans
给他一本软心糖豆做的笑话书
Cause he just loves to laugh
因为他老爱笑了
Grandparents: Off to bed now
现在该上床啦
Charlie: Counting sheep
数一数羊
Grandparents: Hope we don't die in our sleep!
希望我们不会在梦里断气
Charlie: I think I've thought of everything
我觉得我已经考虑周全了
For you to add you special touch
希望能给您提供一点灵感
And when these things are all complete,
在这些事都完成后，
If it's not asking far too much,
如果您觉得我的要求不算过分的话
Please drop them off yourself so we can ask you, "How d'ya do?"
还烦请您屈尊上门来探望一下他们，这样我们就可以亲自向您问好
And, well, I'd like one Wonka bar
还有，嗯，我想要一条旺卡巧克力
That I would share with you
我会和您一块儿分享它
Signed, Charlie Bucket
落款，查理·巴克特
Grandparents: Goodnight, Charlie Bucket
晚安，查理·巴克特
Charlie: Signed, Charlie Bucket, inventor
落款，查理·巴克特，发明家