诗绘本《我喜欢你》中英文翻译(2)

我喜欢你

因为

如果我觉得不舒服

你会真的替我担心

而不会假装忙着看小鸟什么的

你说 可能是你吃坏了什么东西

你说 我以前也有过一次同样的经历

而且你确实有过同样的经历

如果你找到两棵幸运草

就会送一棵给我

如果我找到了四棵

也会送两棵给你

如果我们只找到了三棵

那么我们就会继续寻找下去

有些时候我们很走运

也有些时候我们不走运

如果我折了胳膊

而你也折了胳膊

那么折了胳膊也成了一件有趣的事

我把自己的遭遇讲给你听

你也把你的遭遇讲给我听

我们一起为彼此难过

我们在彼此的石膏上签名 画画

我们把这些给其他人看

让他们也恨不得折了胳膊

我喜欢你

因为

不知为什么

和你在一起

无论什么事都变得更有趣

我都不记得什么时候不喜欢过你

那时我肯定很孤单

我喜欢你

因为 因为 因为

我忘了自己为什么喜欢你

但我确实喜欢你

原因太多了

在7月4号我喜欢你

因为这天是7月4号

到了7月5号

我还是喜欢你

如果我们有大鼓喇叭和高头大马

如果我们有漂亮的帽子彩旗和消防车

我们就可以过个有趣的节日

也可以弄个热闹的庆典

我们也可以来个大旅行

你明白我的意思吗

就算到了7月的第999天

就算到了8月

就算一直到11月的尽头

就算到了来年一月的某一天

我也会一直选择你

而你也会一直选择我

一次又一次

永不改变

每一次都这样

我也不知道为什么

我好像真的不知道自己为什么喜欢你

为什么喜欢你呢

我想 我只是喜欢你

我想 我就是喜欢你

因为 我喜欢你

——《我喜欢你》 [美]桑德尔·斯托达德·沃伯格

I Like You

by Sandol Scoddard Warburg

I like you

And I know why

I like you because

You are a good person

To like

I like you because

When I tell you something special

You know it’s special

And you remember it

A long long time

You say

Remember when you told me

Something special

And both of us remember

When I think something is important

You think it’s important too

We have good ideas

When I say something funny

You laugh

I think I am funny and

You think I am funny too.

I like you because

You know where I am ticklish

And you don’t tickle me there except

Just a little tiny bit sometimes

But it you do that I know where to tickle you too

You know how to be silly

That’s why I like you

Boy are you ever silly

I never met anybody sillier than me

till I met you

I like you because

You know when it’s time to stop being silly

Maybe day after tomorrow

Maybe never

Oops too late

It’s quarter past silly

We fool around the same way all the time

Sometimes we don’t say a word

We snurkel under fences

We spy secret places

If I am a goofus on the roofus

Hollering my head off

You are one too

If I pretend I am drowning

You pretend you are saving me

If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag

Then you are getting ready to jump

That’s because

You really like me

You really like me

Don’t you

And I really like you back

And you like me back

And I like you back

And that’s the way we keep on going

Every day

If you go away then I go away too

Or if I stay home

You send me a postcard

You don’t just say

Well see you around

Some time

Bye

I like you a lot

　　 because of that

If I go away

I send you a postcard too

And I like you because

If we go away together

And if we are in Grand Central Station

And if I get lost

Then you are the one that is yelling for me

Hey where you

And I like you because

When I am feeling sad

You don’t always cheer me up right away

Sometimes it is better to be sad

You can’t stand the others being so googly

　and gaggly every single minute

You want to think about things

It takes time

I like you because if I am mad at you

Then you are mad at me too

It’s awful when the other person isn’t Phooey

They are so nice and hoo-hoo

You could just about punch then in the nose

I like you because if I think I am going to

　throw up then you are really sorry

You don’t just pretend you are busy looking at

　the birdies and all that

You say maybe it was something you ate

You say the same thing happened to me one time

And the same thing did

If you find two four-leaf clovers

You give me one

If I find four

I give you two

If we only find three

We keep on looking

Sometimes we have good luck

And sometimes we don’t

If I break my arm and

If you break your arm too

Then it is fun to have a broken arm

I tell you about mine

You tell me about yours

We are both sorry

We write our names and draw pictures

We show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm too

I like you because

I don’t know why but

Everything that happens

Is nicer with you

I can’t remember when I didn’t like you

It must have been lonesome then

I like you because because because

I forget why I like you

But I do

So many reasons

On the Fourth of July I like you because

It’s the Fourth of July

On the Fifth of July

I like you too

If you and I had some drums

And some horns and some horses

If we had some hats and some

Flags and some fire-engines

We could be a HOLIDAY

We could be a CELEBRATION

We could be a WHOLE PARADE

See what I mean?

Even if was the

nine-hundred-and ninety-ninth of July

Even if it was August

Even if it was way down at the bottom of November

Even if it was no place particular in January

I would go on choosing you

And you would go on choosing me

Over and over again

That’s how it would happen every time

I don’t know why

I guest I don’t know why I like you really

Why do I like you

I guess I just like you

I guess I just like you

Because I like you

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作者简介

[美]桑德尔·斯托达德·沃伯格

已为大人和孩子出版了二十多部作品，目前在夏威夷岛生活、写作。

[美]杰奎琳·瓦斯特

为五十多部儿童作品创作过插图，曾荣获《纽约时报书评》年度最佳插图读物奖，目前居住在纽约州的阿斯托里亚。