自己翻的水平有限
I have a tale,but not a tail
我有一個故事,不是一條尾巴
Like felius domesticum
像felius domesticum （一個名字吧）
It's of a girl,a real girl
屬于一個女孩,一個真正的女孩
I'm calling by her real name
我在用她的真名叫她
And thus began
然后開始了
A summer camp sonnet
一首夏令營的十四行詩
She saw a boy who would soon be
她看到了一個將成為男孩的男孩
A bee in her teenage bonnet
她的十幾歲孩子的帽子里有一只蜜蜂
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很長的頭發(fā)
Held a torch that got her nowhere
舉起了一個哪都沒把她帶到的火把
She hit him with a thunderbolt smile
她給了他一個霹靂般的微笑
Every thing she had she threw
她所有的一切都摒棄
Every dress and every shoe
每一條連衣裙 每一只鞋
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很長的頭發(fā)
Held a torch that got her nowhere
舉起了一個哪都沒把她帶到的火把
As hard as she tried
像她那樣努力的嘗試
He never looked twice
他從不看兩次
He never did see the light,
他從未看見那光亮
And end the plight of Nina
和妮娜約定的盡頭
Sometimes a film,comes over me,
有事一部電影向我走來
Like a cold cup of tea
像一杯茶
And I forget,what I was set
我忘記了,我被放了什么
To snag and bag,grab and seize
阻礙我,將我裝起來,把握抓起來
At seventeen
在十七歲的時候
She was still reeling
她還在搖晃
She went to camp
她去了營地
With a comb and a tent
帶著一把梳子和一個帳篷
And that same old feeling
同樣的舊的情感
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很長的頭發(fā)
Held a torch that got her nowhere
舉起了一個哪都沒把她帶到的火把
She hit him with a thunderbolt smile
她給了他一個霹靂般的微笑
Every thing she had she threw
她所有的一切都摒棄
Every dress and every shoe
每一條連衣裙 每一只鞋
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很長的頭發(fā)
Held a torch that got her nowhere
舉起了一個哪都沒把她帶到的火把
As hard as she tried
像她那樣努力的嘗試
He never looked twice
他從不看兩次
He never did see the light,
他從未看見那光亮
And end the plight of Nina
和妮娜約定的盡頭
And so she snipped,
所以她剪斷了
She cut and she clipped
她剪了
Enough to thatch a cottage roof
足夠蓋住小屋的房頂
And once she'd preened、,
有一次她把自己打扮起來
She glowed and she gleamed
她微微發(fā)光發(fā)熱
Off she set to make him swoon
她的行為讓他陶醉
She was the girl with very short hair,
她是一個頭發(fā)很短的女孩
That got her nowhere
哪都沒帶她去