Two Tigers (nursery rhyme)
Two Tigers is a popular traditional Mandarin nursery rhyme called "Liang Zhi Lao Hu" in Mandarin. Variations adopt the tune of the French melody Frère Jacques.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Lyrics
Lyrics in Chinese characters
- 两只老虎，
- 两只老虎，
- 跑得快，
- 跑得快，
- 一只没有眼睛， (or: 一只没有耳朵)
- 一只没有尾巴，
- 真奇怪，
- 真奇怪。
Lyrics in pinyin
- Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
- Liǎng zhī lǎohǔ,
- Pǎo de kuài,
- Pǎo de kuài,
- Yī zhī méiyǒu yǎnjing (or: Yī zhī méiyǒu ěrduo)
- Yī zhī méiyǒu wěiba,
- Zhēn qí guài,
- Zhēn qí guài.
English translation
- Two little tigers,
- Two little tigers,
- (They) run very fast,
- (They) run very fast,
- One has no eyes (or: One has no ears),
- One has no tail,
- Very weird,
- Very weird.
Other English translation
- Little tigers, little tigers
- Run so fast, run so fast.
- Tell me where you’re going,
- Tell me where you’re going.
- Let me know, let me know.
- Little tigers, little tigers
References
- Ya-feng Wu and Hsing-ying Li, Gothic Crossings: Medieval to Postmodern, National Taiwan University Press, 2011, p 338
- Two Tigers - Taiwanese Children's Songs - Taiwan - Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes from Around the World
- "Two Tigers", Good Kids
- "Chinese Children's Songs", Chinese For Kids
- "Il Divo singing Chinese nursery rhyme "Two Tigers"(两只老虎) on "Life of Music" with Sun Xiaomei", First Post
- Fei-Lin Hsiao, Perception of Familiar Melodies and Tonal Speech by Taiwanese Pediatric Cochlear Implant Recipients, ProQuest, 2006
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