She Is Always Seventeen - Harry Chapin

She Is Always Seventeen - Harry Chapin
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In the little town of candor in the last year of my youth
在我青春的最后一年，在那个诚实的小镇里
I learned the final lesson of the levels to the truth
我学到了关于真相的最后一课
My father was a farmer he'd go tilling in the ground
我的父亲是个农民，他会在田地里耕作
My mother was a neighbor she'd go visiting around
我的母亲是个邻居，她会四处拜访
But I didn't care
但我不在乎
For I had found the answer to a plow boy's lonely prayer
因为我找到了一个农家男孩孤独祈祷的答案
She was the daughter of the mayor
她是镇长的女儿
The mayor fought my courtship for he'd made other plans
镇长反对我的追求，因为他另有打算
He saw her married to a better man than a boy with farmer's hands
他看着她嫁给了一个比农民之子更优秀的男人
I said I hate your father it's so hard not to strike him
我说我恨你父亲，我几乎忍不住想打他
She said you know I love you because you're so much like him
她说你知道我爱你，因为你和他如此相像
And so I'd go sneaking in the evening
于是我常在夜晚偷偷潜入
And there she'd stand a crying in the dawn as I was leaving
黎明时分，她站在那里哭泣，而我却要离开
But the mayor of candor lied
但坎多镇的镇长撒了谎
When he offered me his only daughter
当他承诺将唯一的女儿许配给我时
The mayor of candor tried
坎多镇的镇长试图欺骗我
To take her off across the water
将她带过海洋远走他乡
What a thing to do to a young man in love
对一个深陷爱河的年轻人来说，这是何等残忍
What a thing to do to your daughter
对你的女儿来说，这是何等不公
One day with father on his tractor and mother off again
一天，父亲在拖拉机上，母亲又不在家
I go to find the mayor and work out what I can
我去找镇长，试图解决一切
But he is not at his office he is not at his home
但他不在办公室，也不在家
When I find him in the countryside he is not alone
当我在乡间找到他时，他并非独自一人
He is holding a woman and imagine my surprise
他正搂着一个女人 我惊讶不已
As she jumps back from his arms I look into my mother's eyes
当她从他怀中挣脱 我看到了母亲的眼睛
All my thoughts of outrage embarrassment and pain
我所有的愤怒、尴尬和痛苦
Were washed away by what came roaring through my brain
都被脑海中涌出的念头冲刷殆尽
The mayor's at my mercy and I hear my own voice say
镇长现在任由我摆布 我听到自己的声音说道
Your run for re-election sir is just one month away
您的连任竞选 先生 只剩一个月了
And the world will never know of what I've seen here sir
世人永远不会知道 我在这里看到的一切
But I'll be with your daughter is my meaning clear sir
但我会和您的女儿在一起 我的意思够清楚了吗 先生
The mayor of candor lied
镇长的谎言
When he offered me his only daughter
当他承诺将唯一的女儿许配给我时
The mayor of candor tried
坎多镇的镇长试图欺骗我
To take her off across the water
将她带过海洋远走他乡
What a thing to do to a young man in love
对一个深陷爱河的年轻人来说，这是何等残忍
What a thing to do to your daughter
对你的女儿来说，这是何等不公
My mother looks in horror at the compromise we made
我的母亲惊恐地看着我们达成的妥协
But the mayor's rueful smile says the piper must be paid
但镇长那悔恨的笑容似乎在说 代价终须偿还
I had a month of joy in heaven from this deal I'd made in hell
我在地狱般的交易中，获得了短暂的天堂般的欢愉
What was to happen then my friend a prophet could not tell
接下来会发生什么，我的朋友，连先知也无法预知
The day after his re-election and the victory celebration
在他连任和庆祝胜利的第二天
The mayor takes his family on a month long foreign vacation
镇长带着家人开始了为期一个月的国外度假
Oh Coleen you know how much I love you
哦，科琳，你知道我有多爱你
There is no one I'd ever place above you
没有人能取代你在我心中的位置
Oh Coleen you don't even know me
哦，科琳，你甚至不了解我
To have you there's nothing that's below me
为了拥有你，我甘愿放下一切
But time always passes after all
但时光终究会流逝
And as the summer follows spring so does the winter follow fall
正如春天之后是夏天，秋天之后是冬天
The day that they return I stand waiting on the road
他们归来的那天，我站在路边等待
I watch the car drive up I watch the passengers unload
我看着车驶来，看着乘客下车
Of course she isn't there of course I should have known
当然她不在那里，我早该知道
The mayor says that she has stayed the decision was her own
镇长说她留了下来，这是她自己的决定
He said she's finishing her schooling on that unseen foreign shore
他说她在那遥远的异国他乡完成学业
And I'll tell you very frankly boy you'll not see her anymore
我坦白告诉你，孩子，你再也见不到她了
The mayor of candor lied
镇长的谎言
When he offered me his only daughter
当他承诺将唯一的女儿许配给我时
The mayor of candor tried
坎多镇的镇长试图欺骗我
To take her off across the water
将她带过海洋远走他乡
What a thing to do to a young man in love
对一个深陷爱河的年轻人来说，这是何等残忍
What a thing to do to your daughter
对你的女儿来说，这是何等不公
I spit out my hatred and my fury at his lies
我将对他的谎言倾泻出我的憎恨与愤怒
When he says you tried to blackmail me you're just as bad as I
当他说你试图威胁我时 你和我一样不堪
Go and do your damndest throw your mother to the streets
去尽你所能，把你母亲赶出家门
You know it's been too many years I had to be discreet
你知道这些年来我不得不小心翼翼
And as he stands there saying we're just two of a kind
当他站在那里说我们是一类人
It hits me like a thunderbolt exploding in my mind
这句话像一道闪电，在我脑海中炸开
As I look into his leering aged wrinkled mirror of my own face
当我凝视他那张布满皱纹的脸，仿佛看到了自己的倒影
He laughs and sneers and says of course dear son
他冷笑着嘲讽道，亲爱的儿子
Where do you think you came from in the first place
你以为你最初是从哪里来的
The mayor of candor lied
镇长的谎言
When he offered me his only daughter
当他承诺将唯一的女儿许配给我时
The mayor of candor tried
坎多镇的镇长试图欺骗我
To take her across the water
将她带往远方
What a thing to do to a young man in love
对一个深陷爱河的年轻人来说，这是何等残忍
What a thing to do to your daughter
对你的女儿来说，这是何等不公