Leave a door open long enough,
嗯,太久,太久,门开着,太久了,
a cat will enter.
喏:猫会进来;
Leave food, it will stay.
投喂吃的,哦,它会留下;
Soon, on cold nights,
嗯——在寒夜,没多久,
you’ll be saying “excuse me”
没多久,您会说“哦,对不起,
if you want to get out of your chair.
对不起”,当您离开座椅,要起身而去;
But one thing you’ll never hear from a cat
喏:“对不起”这“对不起”,从猫那里,No,
is “excuse me.”
您是不会听到的;
Nor Einstein’s famous theorem.
猫氏辞典里,No,没这礼仪;
Nor “The quality of mercy is not strained.”
喏:定律,定律,爱因斯坦定律,猫也不会有,
In the dictionary of Cat, mercy is missing.
“表示表示,客气客气”,No,猫也不会有;
In this world where much is missing,
哼,这个世界呦,太多没有——这漏洞,
a cat fills only a cat-sized hole.
一猫可堵猫大洞,可你们,唉——
Yet your whole body turns toward it
你们这一众,一再呀一再,总有漏洞在,
again and again because it is there.