《I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas》

我要一隻河馬作聖誕禮物

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

Don’t want a doll, no dinky Tinker Toy

I want a hippopotamus to play with and enjoy

我要一隻河馬作聖誕禮物

只要河馬

不要洋娃娃，不要玩具

要一隻可以跟我玩的大河馬

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

I don’t think Santa Claus will mind, do you?

He won’t have to use our dirty chimney flue

Just bring him through the front door,

That’s the easy thing to do

我要一隻河馬作聖誕禮物

我猜聖誕老人不會介意，你說呢

他不用去擠那個髒兮兮的煙囪

只要把河馬從前門帶進來

那樣比較容易

I can see me now on Christmas morning,

Creeping down the stairs

Oh what joy and what surprise

When I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero standing there

我看到我自己在聖誕節的早晨

從樓梯爬下來

一打開眼睛

看到一隻河馬英雄站在那兒

噢，多讓人興奮和驚訝！

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

No crocodiles, no rhinoceroses

I only like hippopotamuses

And hippopotamuses like me too

我要一隻河馬聖誕禮物

只要一隻河馬

不要鱷魚，不要犀牛

我只喜歡河馬

要像我一樣的河馬喔

Mom says the hippo would eat me up

But then

Teacher says a hippo is a vegetarian.

媽媽說河馬會把我吃掉

可是老師說

河馬是草食性動物

There’s lots of room for him in our two-car garage

I’d feed him there and wash him there

And give him his massage

我家車庫裡有足夠地方給他

我會在那裡餵牠，給牠洗澡

幫牠按摩

I can see me now on Christmas morning

Creeping down the stairs

Oh what joy and what surprises

when I open up my eyes

To see a hippo hero standing there

我看到我自己在聖誕節的早晨

從樓梯爬下來

一打開眼睛

看到一隻大河馬站在那兒

噢，多讓人興奮和驚訝！

I want a hippopotamus for Christmas

Only a hippopotamus will do

No crocodiles or rhinoceroses

I only like hippopotamuses

And hippotamuses like me too!

我要一隻河馬聖誕禮物

只要一隻河馬

不要鱷魚，不要犀牛

我只喜歡河馬

要像我一樣的河馬！