关于那个分院帽歌，有几种版本。下面说一下。
1.你们也许觉得我不算漂亮，
但千万不要以貌取人，
如果你们能找到比我更聪明的帽子，
我可以把自己吃掉。
你们可以让你们的圆顶礼帽乌黑油亮，
让你们的高顶丝帽光滑挺括，
我可是霍格沃茨测试用的礼帽，
自然比你们的帽子高超出众。
你们头脑里隐藏的任何念头，
都躲不过魔帽的金睛火眼，
戴上它试一下吧，我会告诉你们，
你们应该分到哪一所学院。
你也许属于格兰芬多，
那里有埋藏在心底的勇敢，
他们的胆识、气魄和侠义，
使格兰芬多出类拔萃；
你也许属于赫奇帕奇，
那里的人正直忠诚，
赫奇帕奇的学子们坚忍诚实，
不畏惧艰辛的劳动；
如果你头脑精明，
或许会进智慧的老拉文克劳，
那些睿智博学的人，
总会在那里遇见他们的同道；
也许你会进斯莱特林，
也许你在这里交上真诚的朋友，
但那些狡诈阴险之辈却会不惜一切手段，
去达到他们的目的。
来戴上我吧！不必害怕！
千万不要惊慌失措！
在我的手里（尽管我连一只手也没有）
你绝对安全
因为我是一顶会思想的魔帽！
——引自《哈利波特与魔法石》71-72页[1]
英文歌词
英文：
Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Hogwarts Sorting Hat
And I can cap them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.
You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart;
You might belong in Hufflepuff,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Hufflepuffs are ture
And unafraid of toil;
Or yet in wise old Ravenclaw,
If you've a ready mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;
Or perhaps in Slytherin
You'll make your real friends,
Those cunning folk use any means
To achieve their ends.
So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!
——引自 Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone（美国版）, Chapter 7-The Sorting Hat[2]
2.那是一千多年前的事情，
我刚刚被编织成形，
有四个大名鼎鼎的巫师，
他们的名字流传至今：
勇敢的格兰芬多，来自荒芜的沼泽，
美丽的拉文克劳，来自宁静的河畔，
仁慈的赫奇帕奇，来自开阔的谷地，
精明的斯莱特林，来自那一片泥潭。
他们共有一个梦想、一个心愿，
同时有一个大胆的打算，
要把年轻的巫师培育成材，
霍格沃茨学校就这样创办 。
这四位伟大的巫师
每人都把自己的学院建立，
他们在所教的学生身上
看重的才华想法不一。
格兰芬多认为，最勇敢的人
应该受到最高的奖励；
拉文克劳觉得，头脑最聪明者
总是最有出息；
赫奇帕奇感到，最勤奋努力的
才最有资格进入学院；
而渴望权力的斯莱特林
最喜欢那些有野心的少年。
四大巫师在活着的年月
亲自把得意门生挑选出来，
可是当他们长眠于九泉，
怎样挑出学生中的人才？
是格兰芬多想出了办法，
他把我从他头上摘下，
四巨头都给我注入了思想，
从此就由我来挑选、评价！
好了，把我好好地扣在头上，
我从来没有看走过眼，
我要看一看你的头脑，
判断你属于哪个学院！
——引自《哈利波特与火焰杯》106-107页[3]
英文：
A thousand years or more ago,
When I was newly sewn,
There lived four wizards of renown,
Whose names are still well known:
Bold Gryffindor, from wild moor,
Fair Ravenclaw, from glen,
Sweet Hufflepuff, from valley broad,
Shrewd Slytherin, from fen.
They shared a wish, a hope, a dream,
They hatched a daring plan
To educate young sorcerers
Thus Hogwarts School began.
Now each of these four founders
Formed their own house, for each
Did value different virtues
In the ones they had to teach.
By Gryffindor, the bravest were
Prized far beyond the rest;
For Ravenclaw, the cleverest
Would always be the best;
For Hufflepuff, hard workers were
Most worthy of admission;
And power-hungry Slytherin
Loved those of great ambition.
While still alive they did divide
Their favorites from the throng,
Yet how to pick the worthy ones
When they were dead and gone?
'Twas Gryffindor who found the way,
He whipped me off his head
The founders put some brains in me
So I could choose instead!
Now slip me snug about your ears,
I've never yet been wrong,
I'll have a look inside your mind
And tell where you belong!
——引自 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Chapter 12-The Triwizard Tournament[4
3.很久以前我还是顶新帽，
那时霍格沃茨尚未建好，
高贵学堂的四位创始者，
以为他们永远不会分道扬镳。
同一个目标将他们相联，
彼此的愿望是那么一致：
要建成世上最好的魔法学校，
让他们的学识相传、延续。
“我们将共同建校，共同教学！”
四位好友的主意十分坚决，
然而他们做梦也没有想到，
有朝一日他们会彼此分裂。
这个世上还有什么朋友
能比斯莱特林和格兰芬多更好？
除非你算上另一对挚友——
赫奇帕奇和拉文克劳？
这样的好事怎么会搞糟？
这样的友情怎么会一笔勾销？
唉，我亲眼目睹了这悲哀的一幕，
所以能在这里向大家细述。
斯莱特林说：“我们所教的学生，
他们的血统必须最最纯正。”
拉文克劳说：“我们所教的学生，
他们的智力必须高人一等。”
格兰芬多说：“我们所教的学生，
必须英勇无畏，奋不顾身。”
赫奇帕奇说：“我要教许多人，
并且对待他们一视同仁。”
这些分歧第一次露出端倪，
几乎没有引起什么纷争。
四位创建者每人拥有一个学院，
只招收他们各自想要的学生。
斯莱特林收的巫师如他本人，
诡计多端、血统纯正。
只有那些头脑最敏锐的后辈，
才能聆听拉文克劳的教诲。
若有谁大胆无畏、喜爱冒险，
便被勇敢的格兰芬多收进学院。
其余的人都被好心的赫奇帕奇接收，
她把自己的全部本领向他们传授。
四个学院和它们的创建人，
就这样保持着牢固而真挚的友情。
在那许多愉快的岁月里，
霍格沃茨的教学愉快而和谐。
可是后来慢慢地出现了分裂，
并因我们的缺点和恐惧而愈演愈烈。
四个学院就像四根石柱，
曾将我们的学校牢牢撑住。
现在却互相反目，纠纷不断，
各个都想把大权独搅。
有那么一段时光，
学校眼看着就要夭亡。
无数的吵闹，无数的争斗，
昔日的好朋友反目成仇。
后来终于在某一天清晨，
老斯莱特林突然出走。
尽管那时纷争已经平息，
他还是让我们灰心不已。
四个创建者只剩下三个，
从此四个学院的情形，
再不像过去设想的那样
和睦相处，团结一心。
此刻分院帽就在你们面前，
你们都知道了事情的渊源：
我把你们分进每个学院，
因为我的职责不容改变。
但是今年我要多说几句，
请你们把我的新歌仔细听取：
尽管我注定要使你们分裂，
但我担心这样做并不正确。
尽管我必须履行我的职责，
把每年的新生分成四份，
但我担心这样的分类，
会导致我所惧怕的崩溃。
哦，知道危险，读懂征兆，
历史的教训给我们以警告，
我们的霍格沃茨面临着危险，
校外的仇敌正虎视眈眈。
我们的内部必须紧密团结，
不然一切就会从内部瓦解。
我已对你们直言相告，
我已为你们拉响警报……
现在让我们开始分院。
——引自：《哈利·波特与凤凰社》143--145页[5]
英文：
In times of old when I was new
And Hogwarts barely started
The founders of our noble school
Thought never to be parted:
United by a common goal,
They had the selfsame yearning,
To make the world’s best magic school
And pass along their learning.
“Together we will build and teach!”
The four good friends decided
And never did they dream that they
Might someday be divided,
For were there such friends anywhere
As Slytherin and Gryffndor?
Unless it was the second pair
Of Huffepuff and Ravenclaw?
So how could it have gone so wrong?
How could such friendships fail?
Why, I was there and so can tell
The whole sad, sorry tale.
Said Slytherin, “We’ll teach just those
Whose ancestry is purest.”
Said Ravenclaw, “We’ll teach those whose
Intelligence is surest.”
Said Gryffindor, “We’ll teach all those
With brave deeds to their name,”
Said Hufflepuff, “I’ll teach the lot,
And treat them just the same.”
These differences caused little strife
When first they came to light,
For each of the four founders had
A House in which they might
Take only those they wanted, so,
For instance, Slytherin
Took only pure-blood wizards
Of great cunning, just like him,
And only those of sharpest mind
Were taught by Ravenclaw
While the bravest and the boldest
Went to daring Gryffindor.
Good Hufflepuff she took the rest,
And taught them all she knew,
Thus the Houses and their founders
Retained friendships firm and true.
So Hogwarts worked in harmony
For several happy years,
But then discord crept among us
Feeding on our faults and fears.
The Houses that, like pillars four,
Had once held up our school,
Now turned upon each other and,
Divided, sought to rule.
And for a while it seemed the school
Must meet an early end,
What with dueling and with fighting
And the clash of friend on friend
And at last there came a morning
When old Slytherin departed
And though the fighting then died out
He left us quite downhearted.
And never since the founders four
Were whittled down to three
Have the Houses been united
As they once were meant to be.
And now the Sorting Hat is here
And you all know the score:
I sort you into Houses
Because that is what I’m for,
But this year I’ll go further,
Listen closely to my song:
Though condemned I am to split you
Still I worry that it’s wrong,
Though I must fulfill my duty
And must quarter every year
Still I wonder whether sorting
May not bring the end I fear.
Oh, know the perils, read the signs,
The warning history shows,
For our Hogwarts is in danger
From external, deadly foes
And we must unite inside her
Or we’ll crumble from within.
I have told you, I have warned you…
Let the Sorting now begin.
——引自 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 11-The Sorting Hat's New Song[6]
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