“Come here,” she wailed. “There’s a puppy on the rails.
“Kemarilah,” dia meratap. “Ada anak anjing di rel.
I think it has been hurt.”
Saya pikir itu telah disakiti. “
I raced down to where she was pointing
Aku berlari ke tempat dia menunjuk
to see a ball of fur covered with dirt.
untuk melihat bola bulu yang diliputi kotoran.

“It must be dead,” I said to her,
“Pasti sudah mati,” kataku padanya,
as I turned to leave.
saat aku berbalik untuk pergi.
“No, it’s alive,” she cried. “Just before you got here,
“Tidak, ini masih hidup,” serunya. “Sebelum sampai di sini,
I swear, I saw it breath.”
Aku bersumpah, aku melihatnya bernafas. “

“And I’ll watch for the train if you’ll jump down.
“Dan saya akan mengawasi kereta jika Anda akan melompat turun.
Pick him up and hand it to me.
Angkat dia dan serahkan ke saya.
If we take him to the vet, if we save his life,
Jika kita membawanya ke dokter hewan, jika kita menyelamatkan nyawanya,
Think how wonderful that’ll be.”
Pikirkan betapa hebatnya itu. “

I looked into the tunnel, there was no train in sight.
Aku melihat ke terowongan, tidak ada kereta yang terlihat.
I looked at the furry thing sitting there, a truly pitiful sight
Aku melihat benda berbulu yang duduk di sana, pemandangan yang benar-benar menyedihkan
“Look,” I said. “I’m not sure that’s a puppy.
“Dengar,” kataku. “Saya tidak yakin itu anak anjing.
Could be a lice-infested, long-haired rat.
Bisa jadi tikus berambut kutu yang kutu-kutu.
And it’s gotta be dead, so I’m not jumping down,”
Dan itu pasti sudah mati, jadi saya tidak melompat turun, “
and I figured that that was that.
dan saya pikir itu yang itu.

But by now more people arrived on the platform, and she said,
Tapi sekarang lebih banyak orang tiba di peron, dan dia berkata,
“Help. There’s a puppy on the tracks.”
“Ada anak anjing di jalur.”
They looked for a moment, and like true New Yorkers,
Mereka mencari sejenak, dan seperti orang-orang New York sejati,
collectively turned their backs.
secara kolektif membelakangi mereka.
She said, “Somebody’s got to do something,”
Dia berkata, “Seseorang harus melakukan sesuatu,”
As we slowly turned around again.
Saat kita perlahan berbalik lagi.
“Someone must have the courage to save him.
“Seseorang harus memiliki keberanian untuk menyelamatkannya.
It’s a puppy. It’s man’s best friend.”
Ini anak anjing. Ini teman terbaik pria. “

“Trains come through here every few minutes.”
“Kereta datang melalui sini setiap beberapa menit.”
Said a man wearing madras pants.
Kata seorang pria mengenakan celana madras.
“And it’s way too dangerous. You’d have to be nuts,
“Dan itu terlalu berbahaya, Anda pasti gila,
to take such a foolish chance.”
untuk mengambil kesempatan bodoh semacam itu. “
But the woman was insistent. “In the time we’ve been debating,”
Tapi wanita itu ngotot. “Pada saat kita berdebat,”
She said “One of you could’ve jumped down.
Dia berkata “Salah satu dari Anda bisa saja melompat turun.
Handed him to me, by now that puppy could be
Serahkan dia padaku, sekarang anak anjing itu bisa begitu
at the animal shelter cross town!”
di penampungan hewan lintas kota! “

We felt bad, but no one would do it.
Kami merasa tidak enak, tapi tidak ada yang akan melakukannya.
Then a transit cop appeared.
Kemudian polisi transit muncul.
Down at the other end of the platform
Turun di ujung lain platform
We all yelled “Hey you! Come here!”
Kita semua berteriak “Hei kamu datang kemari!”
He ran to us, I pointed to the train tracks and said,
Dia berlari ke arah kami, saya menunjuk ke rel kereta api dan berkata,
“See that thing, furry, not to big.
“Lihat hal itu, berbulu, jangan sampai besar.
What do you think it is, he looked and said,…
Apa yang Anda pikirkan, dia melihat dan berkata, …

“What? You mean that wig?”
“Apa maksudmu wig itu?”

We stepped back. A rush of embarrassment swept right through the crowd.
Kami melangkah mundur. Teriakan malu tersapu menembus kerumunan.
Accented by the blast of a train whistle,
Ditekankan oleh ledakan peluit kereta api,
Approaching and growing quite loud.
Mendekati dan berkembang cukup nyaring.
The “B” train flattened that furry thing.
Kereta “B” meratakan benda berbulu itu.
We got on board, went on our way.
Kami naik kapal, melanjutkan perjalanan kami.
Grateful that we did not risk our lives
Bersyukur bahwa kita tidak mempertaruhkan nyawa kita
to save a life of a wig that day.
untuk menyelamatkan nyawa wig hari itu.

So if you see something on the train tracks,
Jadi jika Anda melihat sesuatu di rel kereta api,
Take a tip from me.
Ambil tip dari saya.
Don’t let anybody talk you into saving it,
Jangan biarkan orang lain membujukmu untuk menyimpannya,
It’s best to just let it be.
Sebaiknya biarkan saja.
And if you see a person wearing
Dan jika Anda melihat seseorang yang mengenakan
what looks like a puppy on their head,
apa yang tampak seperti anak anjing di kepala mereka,
Don’t call the police, it’s only a wig,…
Jangan panggil polisi, itu hanya wig, …

..and chances are it’s already dead.
.. dan kemungkinan itu sudah mati