I learned the truth at seventeen

十七岁那年，我了解了真相

That love was meant for beauty queens

爱情是美丽女人的专利

拥有纯洁笑容的高中女生

Who married young and then retired

她们早婚然后过着安逸的生活

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

也都是为了那些美女而设

At seventeen I learned the truth

十七岁那年，我了解了真相

And those of us with ravaged faces

而我们这些脸蛋一无可取的

Lacking in the social graces

拙于社交

Desperately remained at home

饥渴的在家中枯坐

Inventing lovers on the phone

虚拟情人来电想象他们说

Who called to say Come dance 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 seventeen

十七岁不是想象中的样子

一个棕眼女孩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

They only get what they deserve

她们是得了本分应得的

The rich relationed hometown queen

那个家世辉煌的校花

Marries into what she needs

嫁给了她的需求

With a guarantee of company

一个长期的伴侣

And haven for the elderly

和一家老来栖身之所

So Remember those who win the game

记得那些赢了游戏

Lose the love they sought to gain

却输了所爱的人

In debentures of quality and dubious integrity

迷失在剩余的价值

和模糊和自尊里

In dull surprise when payment due

小镇的眼睛对你投以平淡无奇的惊视

Exceeds accounts received at seventeen

当你的算计入不敷出,就在十七岁那年

To those of us who knew the pain

给那些深知此痛的我们

Of valentines that never came

为了那从未降临的情人节

And those whose names were never called

也给那些在甄选篮球队员时

When choosing sides for basketball

从未雀屏中选的

It was long ago and far away

已是好久好远以前的事了

The world was younger than today

那时的世界还年轻

When dreams were all they gave for free

做梦是唯一免费的消遣

To ugly duckling girls like me

对我们这此丑小鸭来说

We all play the game and when we dare

我们都玩过且无忌的

We cheat ourselves at solitaire

在这类单人游戏里自欺欺人

Inventing lovers on the phone

虚拟情人来电想象他们说

Repenting other lives unknown

替一些不知名的人感到遗憾

That call and say Come dance with me

And murmur vague obscenities

和一些若有似无的轻言佻语

At ugly girls like me at seventeen

对着我们这些丑小鸭, 那年十七岁

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