At Seventeen-Céline Dion

[00:00.00] 作词 : Janis Ian [00:01.00] 作曲 : Janis Ian [00:07.37]i learned the truth at seventeen
十七岁那年 我了解了真象 [00:12.81] that love was meant for beauty queens
爱情是美丽女人的专利 [00:16.50] and high school girls with clear siknned smiles
拥有纯洁笑容的高中女生 [00:21.73] who married young and then retired
她们早婚然后安逸的生活 [00:27.03] the valentines i never knew
那些与我无缘的情人节 [00:33.57] the friday night charades of youth
那些上演着青春闹剧的星期五 [00:37.86] were spent on one more beautiful
也都只为那些美女而设 [00:42.74] at seventeen i learned the truth
十七岁那年 我得知真象 [00:49.02] and those of us with ravaged faces
而我们这些脸蛋一无可取的 [00:54.95] lacking in the social graces
拙于社交 [00:58.83] desperately remained at home
绝望的家中枯坐 [01:02.56] inventing lovers on the phone
虚拟情人来电 想像他们说 [01:06.80] who called to say come dance with me
“出来跳个舞吧” [01:11.56] and murmured vague obscenities
和一些若有似无的轻言佻语 [01:16.01] it isn't all it seems at seventeen
十七岁不是想像中的样子 [01:22.78] a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs
一个棕眼女孩 穿着姐妹相传的过时旧衣 [01:28.01] whose name i never could pronounce
连名字我都叫不出 [01:32.89] said pity please the ones who serve,
她说“请同情那些卑微的 [01:37.18] they only get what they deserve
"她们只得了本份应得的” [01:42.32] and the rich relationed home town queen
那个家世辉煌的校花 [01:49.19] marries into what she needs
嫁给了她的需求 [01:53.07] with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
一个长期伴侣和一家老来栖身之所 [02:04.49] remember those who with the game
记得那些赢了游戏 [02:10.01] lose the love they sought to gain
却输了所爱的人 [02:14.04] in debentures of quality and dubious integrity
迷失在剩余价值和模糊和自尊里 [02:22.52] the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise
小镇的眼睛对你投以平淡无奇的惊视 [02:30.10] when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen
当你的算计入不敷出 就在十七岁那年 [02:53.81] to those of us who knew the pain
给那些深知此痛的我们 [03:00.23] of valentines that never came
为了那些从未降临的情人节 [03:04.62] and those whose names were never called
也给那些从未雀屏中选的 [03:08.91] when choosing sides for basketball
在甄选篮球队员时 [03:13.49] it was long ago and far away
已是好久好远以前的事了 [03:21.10] the world was younger than today
那时的世界还年轻 [03:25.69] and dreams were all they gave for free
作梦是唯一免费的消遣 [03:30.28] to ugly duckling girls like me
对我们这此丑小鸭来说 [03:36.92] we all played the game and when we dared
我们都玩过且无忌的 [03:42.21] to cheat ourselves at solitaire
在这类单人游戏里自欺欺人 [03:46.34] inverting lovers on the phone
虚拟情人来电 [03:50.32] repenting other lives unknown
替一些不知名的人感到遗憾 [03:54.62] they call and say come dance with me
"佯装他们说“出来跳个舞吧” [03:59.35] and murmur vague obscenities
和一些若有似无的轻言佻语 [04:03.78] at ugly girls like me--at seventeen
对着我们这些丑小鸭----那年十七岁