A Lady of a Certain Age-The Divine Comedy

[00:00.000] 作词 : Hannon [00:01.000] 作曲 : Neil Hannon [00:23.00]Back in the day you had been part of the smart set
从前你是聪明人 [00:28.00]You'd holidayed with kings, dined out with starlets
你和国王一起度假，和小明星一起吃饭 [00:34.00]From London to New York, Cap Ferrat to Capri
从伦敦到纽约，菲拉特船长到卡普里 [00:39.00]In perfume by Chanel and clothes by Givenchy
香奈儿的香水和纪梵希的服装 [00:45.00]You sipped camparis with David and Peter
你与大卫、彼得在巴黎小酌 [00:50.00]At Noel's parties by Lake Geneva
在日内瓦湖边诺埃尔的派对上 [00:56.00]Scaling the dizzy heights of high society
攀登上上流社会令人晕眩的高峰 [01:01.00]Armed only with a cheque-book and a family tree
只带着支票簿和家谱 [01:07.00]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
你在蓝色海岸追逐太阳 [01:12.00]Until the light of youth became obscured
直到青春逝去 [01:17.00]And left you on your own and in the shade
让你一个人呆在阴凉处 [01:23.00]An English lady of a certain age
一定年龄的英国女士 [01:29.00]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
如果有一个帅气的年轻人请你喝一杯 [01:34.00]You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
你狡黠的眨眨眼 [01:39.00]"You wouldn't think that I was seventy"
“你不会认为我70岁” [01:45.00]And he'd say,"no, you couldn't be!"
他会说：“不，你不可能！” [01:52.00]You had to marry someone very very rich
你不得不嫁给一个非常富有的人 [01:59.00]So that you might be kept in the style to which
可以让你一直过着奢侈糜烂的日子 [02:04.00]You had all of your life been accustomed to
你已经习惯了这种生活 [02:10.00]But that the socialists had taxed away from you
但是社会主义者对你征税 [02:14.00]You gave him children, a girl and a boy
你给了他孩子，一个女孩和一个男孩 [02:20.00]To keep your sanity a nanny was employed
为让你保持清醒，雇佣了一个保姆 [02:25.00] [02:26.00]And when the time came they were sent away
到了时候，他们就打发走 [02:31.00]Well that was simply what you did in those days
那时候你就是这么做的 [02:37.00]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
你在蓝色海岸追逐太阳 [02:42.00]Until the light of youth became obscured
直到青春逝去 [02:47.00]And left you on your own and in the shade
让你一个人呆在阴凉处 [02:52.00]An English lady of a certain age
一定年龄的英国女士 [02:59.00]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
如果有一个帅气的年轻人请你喝一杯 [03:04.00]You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
你狡黠的眨眨眼 [03:10.00]"You wouldn't think that I was sixty three"
“你不会认为我63岁” [03:15.00]And he'd say,"no, you couldn't be!
他会说：“不，你不可能！” [03:24.00]Your son's in stocks and bonds and lives back in Surrey
你的儿子投资股票和债券，住在萨力郡 [03:29.00]Flies down once in a while and leaves in a hurry
偶尔飞下来，匆匆离开 [03:34.00]Your daughter never finished her finishing school
你的女儿没有完成学业 [03:41.00]Married a strange young man of whom you don't approve
嫁了一个你不看好的奇怪的年轻人 [03:45.00]Your husband's hollow heart gave out one Christmas Day
你丈夫那颗空虚的心在圣诞节飞破灭了 [03:51.00]He left the villa to his mistress in Marseilles
他把别墅留给了马赛的情妇 [03:57.00]And so you come here to escape your little flat
你来到这里，逃离了你的小别墅 [04:02.00]Hoping someone will fill your glass and let you chat about how
多希望有人为你斟满酒杯，让你聊聊如何斟满 [04:07.00]You chased the sun around the Cote d'Azur
你在蓝色海岸追逐太阳 [04:13.00]Until the light of youth became obscured
直到青春逝去 [04:18.00]And left you all alone and in the shade
让你一个人呆在阴凉处 [04:24.00]An English lady of a certain age
一定年龄的英国女士 [04:29.00]And if a nice young man would buy you a drink
如果有一个帅气的年轻人请你喝一杯 [04:35.00]You'd say with a conspiratorial wink
你狡黠的眨眨眼 [04:40.00]"You wouldn't think that I was fifty three"
“你不会认为我53岁” [04:46.00]And he'd say,"no, you couldn't be!
他会说：“不，你不可能！”