《At Seventeen》歌词

[00:00:01] At seventeen

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[00:00:03] 一峰至爱 Janis Ian

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[00:00:07] I learned the truth at seventeen

[00:00:11] 在十七岁时，我了解了真相

[00:00:11] That love was meant for beauty queens

[00:00:14] 爱情注定只属于美丽的女王

[00:00:14] And high school girls with clear siknned smiles

[00:00:20] 笑靥如花的中学女孩

[00:00:20] Who married young and then retired

[00:00:23] 很早便结婚退隐

[00:00:23] The valentines i never knew

[00:00:31] 那对恋人我一直不认识

[00:00:31] The friday night charades of youth

[00:00:35] 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

[00:00:39] 我度过了一个非常美好的夜晚

[00:00:39] At seventeen i learned the truth

[00:00:47] 在十七岁时，我了解了真相

[00:00:47] And those of us with ravaged faces

[00:00:50] 我们那一张张破碎的面孔

[00:00:50] Lacking in the social graces

[00:00:54] 我们没有礼貌

[00:00:54] Desperately remained at home

[00:00:58] 绝望地呆在家里

[00:00:58] Inventing lovers on the phone

[00:01:02] 煲电话粥寻找爱人

[00:01:02] Who called to say come dance with me"

[00:01:07] 有谁说，来和我跳舞吧

[00:01:07] And murmured vague obscenities

[00:01:11] 然后嘀咕着些脏话

[00:01:11] It isn't all it seems at seventeen

[00:01:17] 这并不是全部，似乎就在十七岁

[00:01:17] A brown-eyed girl in hand me downs

[00:01:22] 一位棕色眼睛的女孩向我伸出手

[00:01:22] Whose name i never could pronounce

[00:01:25] 她的名字我至今不会念

[00:01:25] Said"pity please the ones who serve

[00:01:30] 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"

[00:01:36] 她们得到了应有的回报

[00:01:36] And the rich relationed home town queen

[00:01:41] 那些富人家的女王

[00:01:41] Marries into what she needs

[00:01:44] 嫁给了理想的人选

[00:01:44] With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly

[00:01:56] 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

[00:02:00] 记住那些在这场博弈中的人们

[00:02:00] Lose the love they sought to gain

[00:02:03] 失去了他们应得的爱

[00:02:03] In debentures of quality and dubious integrity

[00:02:11] 在证券质量和完整性上

[00:02:11] The small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise

[00:02:18] 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

[00:03:19] 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

[00:03:23] 我们谁会理解

[00:03:23] Of valentines that never came

[00:03:27] 从没有过恋爱的痛苦

[00:03:27] And those whose names were never called

[00:03:31] 那些从未提起过的名字

[00:03:31] When choosing sides for basketball

[00:03:38] 在打篮球时选择支持哪队

[00:03:38] It was long ago and far away

[00:03:42] 这是很久以前的事，很远很远了

[00:03:42] The world was younger than today

[00:03:47] 那时世界比现在年轻

[00:03:47] And dreams were all they gave for free

[00:03:51] 梦想是自由的

[00:03:51] To ugly duckling girls like me

[00:03:57] 像我这样的丑小鸭

[00:03:57] We all played the game and when we dared

[00:04:01] 我们全都玩这样的游戏

[00:04:01] To cheat ourselves at solitaire

[00:04:05] 当我们在玩纸牌时作弊

[00:04:05] Inverting lovers on the phone

[00:04:09] 在电话上与恋人反目

[00:04:09] Repenting other lives unknown

[00:04:12] 后悔那些没经历过的人生

[00:04:12] They call and say "come dance with me"

[00:04:17] 他们打来电话，说，来和我跳舞

[00:04:17] And murmur vague obscenities

[00:04:21] 嘴里嘀咕着脏话

[00:04:21] At ugly girls like me--at seventeen

[00:04:26] 在十七岁时，像我这样的丑小鸭