Calypso - Artie Shaw

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I have come from the isle of Trinidad

我来自特立尼达岛

On a mission of great importance

执行一项重要的任务

Not as a member of the diplomatic corps

不是作为外交团的一员

Nor as an emmisary or ambassador

也不是大使

I have come to the grand united states

我来大美了

On a mission of great importance

执行一项重要的任务

Not as a representitve or attache

不是代表或是随员

But I have come to show America the way

但我是来为美国指明方向的

May I teach you the new calypso

我能否教你新的卡丽普索

Dance from Trinidad West Indies

舞蹈来自特立尼达西印度群岛

It will help to cement

这有助于巩固

International goodwill between

国际间的善意

Folks from your continent

来自你们大陆的朋友

And from my own me Caribbean

我来自加勒比海

To be expert at the calypso

成为音乐大师

Dance with reckless abandonment

不顾一切地舞蹈

You must not have a care

你千万不要太在意

Let your troubles go to your feet

让你的烦恼都随风而去

When your troubles reach there

当你遇到麻烦时

Kick them up with a mamba beat

用曼巴舞的节奏让他们嗨翻天

It's a calypso custom

这是卡里普索的风俗

To get romantic at the slightest provocation

在最轻微的挑衅下变得浪漫

So anytime you hear calypso syncopation

所以每当你听到卡里普索的音乐

If you should have the inclination

如果你有这种倾向

To indulge osculation then you really caught the spirit of calypso

沉溺于亲密接触你真的理解了卡里普索的精神

Dance America friendly neighbor

翩翩起舞友好的邻居

Dance the rythm of West Indies

随着西印度群岛的韵律起舞

It's delightfully new

这是令人欣喜的崭新局面

It will bring happiness supreme

它会带来至高无上的幸福

We present it to you

我们呈现给你

As a token of our esteem

以此表达我们的敬意

The calypso

卡丽普索

From Trinidad

来自特立尼达