Fortune Presents Giflts Not According To The Book

Fortune presents gifts
命运的施与
Not according to the book
不遵典籍
Fortune presents gifts
命运的施与
Not according to the book
不遵典籍
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，结果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以为是笛子，最后是哨子
What various paths are followed
无数的道路哪些
In distributing honours and possessions
通往荣誉和财富？
She gives awards to some
命运给一些人奖赏
And penitent's cloaks to others
给其他人忏悔者的斗篷
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，结果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以为是笛子，最后是哨子
Sometimes she robs the chief goatherd
有时她夺走领头羊倌的
Of his cottage and goat pen
房屋和山羊笔
And to whomever she fancies
而命运眷顾的人
The lamest goat has born two kids
最孱弱的山羊也能诞下两只羊羔
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，结果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以为是笛子，最后是哨子
Because in a village a poor lad
村里的贫苦少年
Has stolen one egg
就因为偷了一个鸡蛋
He swings in the sun
在太阳下处以绞刑
And another gets away with a thousand crimes
作恶多端者却免受刑罚
When you expect whistles it's flutes
你期待是哨子，结果是笛子
When you expect flutes it's whistles
你以为是笛子，最后是哨子