At Seventeen
Artist:Ian Janis
Songwriters:Ian Janis
I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
Who married young and then retired
私は、17歳で現実を学んだ
ああした恋愛は、若くして嫁（とつ）ぎ、その上退職した美貌の王妃や
透き通った肌の笑顔に恵まれたハイ・スク一ルの娘達の為に仕組まれる
The valentines I never knew
The Friday night charades of youth
Were spent on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the truth
私が一度も経験した事がないヴァランタイン
金曜の夜、若さと云う体裁（ていさい）は、
もう一つの魅力に力尽きた
17歳で、私は、現実を学んだ
And those of us with ravaged faces
Lacking in the social graces
Desperately remained at home
Inventing lovers on the phone
Who called to say, "Come dance with me"
And murmured vague obscenities
It isn't all it seems at seventeen
事実、荒廃した表情の私達の内のそうした人は、
社会的品性を欠きながら、絶望して生家に留まり、
電話で恋人を見付けた
誰かが、「おいで、僕と踊ろう。」と、電話をかけて言った
そして、訳の分からない淫らな言葉を囁いた
それが、17歳で思う全てではない
A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs
Whose name I never could pronounce
Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
'Cause they only get what they deserve"
古着を着た茶色の目をした娘
私が今まで発音出来なかったその人の名
言う事には、「哀れみを、どうぞ、もてなす皆様。
誰もが当然受けるに値するものを、得るに過ぎません。」
And the rich relationed hometown queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly
そして、富裕層は、故郷の女王を血族にした
会社の保証人を相手に、又、長老に気に入られて
彼女が求めるような人の許に嫁ぐ
So remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debentures of quality and dubious integrity
そう、駆け引きに勝つそうした人を思い出して
彼らは、優良な社債や疑わしい高潔の中に、
手に入れようとした愛を見失う
Their small town eyes will gape at you
In dull surprise when payment due
Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
To those of us who knew the pain
Of valentines that never came
And those whose names were never called
When choosing sides for basketball
It was long ago and far away
The world was younger than today
When dreams were all they gave for free
To ugly duckling girls like me
We all play the game and when we dare
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
They call and say, "Come dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me at seventeen
22:51 2014/06/13金曜日
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