Adelaide’s Lament - Barbra Streisand

芭芭拉史翠珊

Adelaide's Lament
阿德莱德的哀叹
The average unmarried female
普通的未婚女性
Basic'lly insecure
基本上都缺乏安全感
Due to some long frustration
由于长期的挫折
May react
可能会产生
With psychosomatic symptoms
心身症状
Difficult to endure
难以忍受
Affecting the upper respiratory tract
影响上呼吸道
In other words
换句话说
Just from waiting around
仅仅因为等待
For that little band of gold
那枚小小的金戒指
A person can develop a cold
一个人可能会感冒
You can spray her wherever you figure
你可以在你认为的地方喷洒
The streptococci lurk
链球菌潜伏的地方
You can give her a shot
你可以给她打一针
For whatever she's got
无论她拥有什么
But it just won't work
但就是无法奏效
If she's tired of getting the fish-eye
如果她厌倦了酒店职员的白眼
From the hotel clerk
从酒店职员那里
A person
一个人
Can develop a cold
可能会感冒
The female remaining single
女性保持单身
Just in the legal sense
仅仅在法律意义上
Shows a neurotic tendency
表现出神经质的倾向
See note:
参见注释：
Note: Chronic organic syndromes
注释：慢性器质性综合症
Toxic and hypertense
中毒和紧张
Involving the eye
涉及眼睛
The ear and the nose and throat
耳朵、鼻子和喉咙
In other words
换句话说
Just from worrying
仅仅是因为担忧
Whether the wedding is on or off
无论婚礼是否如期举行
A person
一个人
Can develop a cough
可能会患上咳嗽
You can feed her all day
你可以整天给她补充
With the Vitamin A
维生素A
And the Bromo Fizz
和溴化剂
But the medicine never
但药物从未
Gets anywhere near
真正触及她的内心
Where the trouble is
问题出在哪里
If she's getting a kind
如果她开始崭露头角
Of name for herself
为自己赢得名声
And the name ain't 'his'
而名声却与“他”无关
A person
一个人
Can develop a cough
可能会患上咳嗽
And further more
更进一步
Just from stalling
仅仅因为拖延
And stalling and stalling
不断拖延，不断拖延
The wedding trip
婚礼之旅
A person
一个人
Can develop La grippe
可能会患上感冒
When they get on a train
当他们登上火车
For Niag'ra
前往尼亚加拉
And she can hear church bells chime
她能听到教堂钟声响起
The compartment is air conditioned
车厢里空调开着
And the mood sublime
心情无比崇高
Then they get off at Saratoga
然后他们在萨拉托加下车
For the fourteenth time
这是第十四次了
A person
一个人
Can develop La grippe
可能会患上感冒
La grippe La post nasal drip
感冒 鼻后滴漏
With the wheezes
伴随着喘息
And the sneezes
和喷嚏
And a sinus that's really a pip
还有那令人烦恼的鼻窦炎
For a lack of community property
因为缺乏共同财产
And a feeling she's getting too old
还有她觉得自己越来越老的感觉
A person
一个人
Can develop
可能会患上
A bad bad cold
严重的感冒