Fortune Presents Giflts Not According To The Book

Fortune presents gifts
命運的施與
Not according to the book
不遵典籍
Fortune presents gifts
命運的施與
Not according to the book
不遵典籍
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，結果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以為是笛子，最後是哨子
What various paths are followed
無數的道路哪些
In distributing honours and possessions
通往榮譽和財富？
She gives awards to some
命運給一些人獎賞
And penitent's cloaks to others
給其他人懺悔者的斗篷
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，結果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以為是笛子，最後是哨子
Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd
有時她奪走領頭羊倌的
Of his cottage and goat pen
房屋和山羊筆
And to whomever she fancies
而命運眷顧的人
The lamest goat has born two kids
最孱弱的山羊也能誕下兩隻羊羔
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，結果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以為是笛子，最後是哨子
Because in a village a poor lad
村里的貧苦少年
Has stolen one egg
就因為偷了一個雞蛋
He swings in the sun
在太陽下處以絞刑
And another gets away with a thousand crimes
作惡多端者卻免受刑罰
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，結果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以為是笛子，最後是哨子