At Seventeen-齐豫.mp3

I learned the truth at seventeen
十七岁那年我了解了真相
That love was meant for beauty
爱情是美丽女人的
Queens
专利
And high school girls with clear
拥有纯洁笑容的
Siknned smiles
高中女生
Who married young and then retired
她们早婚然后安逸地生活
The Valentines I never knew
那些与我无缘的情人节
The Friday night charades of youth
那些上演着青春闹剧的星期五
Were spent on one more beautiful
也都只为那些美女而设
At seventeen I learned the truth
十七岁那年我得知真相
And those of us with ravaged
而我们这些脸蛋
Faces
不美的女孩
Lacking in the social graces
渴望着社交活动
Desperately remained at home
绝望地在家中苦等
Inventing lovers on the phone
虚拟情人来电
Who called to say Come dance
佯装他们说
With me
出来跳个舞吧
And murmured vague obscenities
和一些若有似无的轻言佻语
It isn't all it seems at
十七岁不是想像中的样子
Seventeen
十七岁
A browneyed girl in hand me
一个棕眼女孩
Downs
穿着姐妹相传的过时旧衣
Whose name I never could pronounce
连名字我都叫不出
Said Pity please the ones who
她说 请同情
Serve
那些卑微的人
They only get what they deserve
她们只得了本应得的
And the rich relationed home town
那个家世显赫的
Queen
校花
Marries into what she needs
嫁给了她的需求
With a guarantee of company and
一个长期伴侣
Haven for the elderly
和一家老来栖身之所
Remember those who with the game
记得那些赢了游戏
Lose the love they sought to
却输了所爱
Gain
的人
In debentures of quality and dubious
迷失在剩余价值和模糊
Integrity
和自尊里
The small town eyes would gape
小镇上的人对你投以
At you in dull surprise
平淡无奇的惊视
When payment due exceeds accounts received
当你的花销入不敷出
At seventeen
就在十七岁那年
To those of us who knew
给那些深知此痛的
The pain
我们
Of Valentines that never came
为了那些从未降临的情人节
And those whose names were never
给那些连名字都不被人记得
Called
的人
When choosing sides for basketball
也给那些在甄选篮球队员时从未雀屏中选的人
It was long ago and far
已是好久好远以前的事了
Away
很远了
The world was younger than today
那时的世界还年轻
And dreams were all they gave
做梦是唯一免费
For free
的消遣
To ugly duckling girls like me
对我们这些丑小鸭来说
We all played the game and
我们玩游戏
When we dared
毫无顾忌
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
在这类单人游戏里自欺欺人
Inverting lovers on the phone
虚拟情人来电
Repenting other lives unknown
替一些不知名的人感到遗憾
They call and say Come dance
佯装他们说
With me
出来跳个舞吧
And murmur vague obscenities
和一些若有似无的轻言佻语
At ugly girls like me at
对着我们这些丑小鸭
Seventeen
十七岁