所属专辑:Let’s Folk Again
歌手: Janis Ian
时长: 04:44
At seventeen[00:00:01]
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一峰至爱 Janis Ian[00:00:03]
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I learned the truth at seventeen[00:00:07]
在十七岁时,我了解了真相[00:00:11]
That love was meant for beauty queens[00:00:11]
爱情注定只属于美丽的女王[00:00:14]
And high school girls with clear siknned smiles[00:00:14]
笑靥如花的中学女孩[00:00:20]
Who married young and then retired[00:00:20]
很早便结婚退隐[00:00:23]
The valentines i never knew[00:00:23]
那对恋人我一直不认识[00:00:31]
The friday night charades of youth[00:00:31]
在一个星期五的夜晚,一起玩有关青春的猜字谜游戏[00:00:35]
Were spent on one more beautiful[00:00:35]
我度过了一个非常美好的夜晚[00:00:39]
At seventeen i learned the truth[00:00:39]
在十七岁时,我了解了真相[00:00:47]
And those of us with ravaged faces[00:00:47]
我们那一张张破碎的面孔[00:00:50]
Lacking in the social graces[00:00:50]
我们没有礼貌[00:00:54]
Desperately remained at home[00:00:54]
绝望地呆在家里[00:00:58]
Inventing lovers on the phone[00:00:58]
煲电话粥寻找爱人[00:01:02]
Who called to say come dance with me"[00:01:02]
有谁说,来和我跳舞吧[00:01:07]
And murmured vague obscenities[00:01:07]
然后嘀咕着些脏话[00:01:11]
It isn't all it seems at seventeen[00:01:11]
这并不是全部,似乎就在十七岁[00:01:17]
A brown-eyed girl in hand me downs[00:01:17]
一位棕色眼睛的女孩向我伸出手[00:01:22]
Whose name i never could pronounce[00:01:22]
她的名字我至今不会念[00:01:25]
Said"pity please the ones who serve [00:01:25]
她说,她同情那些从事服务行业的的人[00:01:30]
They only get what they deserve"[00:01:30]
她们得到了应有的回报[00:01:36]
And the rich relationed home town queen[00:01:36]
那些富人家的女王[00:01:41]
Marries into what she needs[00:01:41]
嫁给了理想的人选[00:01:44]
With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly[00:01:44]
保障了公司的发展,也为年长的人提供了庇护[00:01:56]
Remember those who with the game[00:01:56]
记住那些在这场博弈中的人们[00:02:00]
Lose the love they sought to gain[00:02:00]
失去了他们应得的爱[00:02:03]
In debentures of quality and dubious integrity[00:02:03]
在证券质量和完整性上[00:02:11]
The small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise[00:02:11]
那些镇上的眼睛会牢牢地盯住你,让你吃惊不已[00:02:18]
When payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen[00:02:18]
当十七岁,应付款增加,收到账单时[00:03:19]
To those of us who knew the pain[00:03:19]
我们谁会理解[00:03:23]
Of valentines that never came[00:03:23]
从没有过恋爱的痛苦[00:03:27]
And those whose names were never called[00:03:27]
那些从未提起过的名字[00:03:31]
When choosing sides for basketball[00:03:31]
在打篮球时选择支持哪队[00:03:38]
It was long ago and far away[00:03:38]
这是很久以前的事,很远很远了[00:03:42]
The world was younger than today[00:03:42]
那时世界比现在年轻[00:03:47]
And dreams were all they gave for free[00:03:47]
梦想是自由的[00:03:51]
To ugly duckling girls like me[00:03:51]
像我这样的丑小鸭[00:03:57]
We all played the game and when we dared[00:03:57]
我们全都玩这样的游戏[00:04:01]
To cheat ourselves at solitaire[00:04:01]
当我们在玩纸牌时作弊[00:04:05]
Inverting lovers on the phone[00:04:05]
在电话上与恋人反目[00:04:09]
Repenting other lives unknown[00:04:09]
后悔那些没经历过的人生[00:04:12]
They call and say "come dance with me"[00:04:12]
他们打来电话,说,来和我跳舞[00:04:17]
And murmur vague obscenities[00:04:17]
嘴里嘀咕着脏话[00:04:21]
At ugly girls like me--at seventeen[00:04:21]
在十七岁时,像我这样的丑小鸭[00:04:26]