- Janis Ian At Seventeen 歌詞
- Janis Ian
- I learned the truth at seventeen
十七歲，我就明白
That love was meant for beauty queens
長得好看才配擁有愛情
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
高中部美女們梨渦淺笑
Who married young and then retired
走出校園就結婚，退出江湖
The valentines I never knew
那些單身狗永遠不知的浪漫啊
The Friday night charades of youth
週五晚上玩啞謎遊戲
Were spent on one more beautiful
大家都選顏值更高的人
At seventeen I learned the truth
我十七歲，就明白
我們這些人，表情苦大仇深
And those of us with ravaged faces
社交圈裡存在感為零
Lacking in the social graces
只配在家宅且絕望
Desperately remained at home
打電話假裝有對象
Inventing lovers on the phone
對方邀我去跳舞呢
Who called to say, 'come dance with me'
說著含糊熱切的話語
And murmur vague obscenities
這還不算是十七歲的所有呢
It isnt all it seems at seventeen
有一個穿二手衣服的棕色眼睛女孩
那個我記不清名字的女孩說
A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
遺憾啊，那些要服刑的人
Whose name I never could pronounce said
他們只能說罪有應得
Pity, please, the ones who serve
（記得）那個富家女，舞會皇后
They only get what they deserve
嫁了她的金龜婿
The rich-relationed home-town queen
得了陪伴一生的誓言，一生富足的許諾
Marries into what she needs
記住那些遊戲的贏家吧
With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
反而失去他們想要獲得的愛情
愛情的質量化成債券
Remember those who win the game
和純度不高的忠誠
Lose the love they sought to gain
他們真誠的眼凝視著你
In debentures of quality
欠債還清後沒有驚訝
And dubious integrity
還的債比十七歲支取的多得多
Their small town eyes will gape at you in
對我們早經歷過這些痛苦的人
Dull surprise when payment due
從出生就沒過過情人節
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
還有別人打籃球選邊
從來沒被叫到過名字的
To those of us who knew the pain
往事都縹緲遠去了
Of valentines that never came
那時世界好像更年青
And those whose names were never called
到處都是免費的雞湯
When choosing sides for basketball
我這樣的醜小鴨女孩兒
It was long ago and far away
我們膽大時，就玩一個遊戲
The world was younger than today
用紙牌算命，騙騙自己
And dreams were all they gave for free
電話裡假裝有個對象
To ugly duckling girls like me
恨自己不能過另一種生活
（那時）有人會約你，說“一起跳舞吧”
We all play the game and when we dare
低語一些私密熱切的情話
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
對我，一個醜小鴨般的十七歲女孩兒
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say, 'come dance with me'
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen
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