this shirt

This shirt is old and faded
這件襯衫舊得褪色
All the colours washed away
顏色也被洗掉了
Ive had it now for more damn years
我穿著它挨過了難熬的歲月
Than I can count anyway
儘管我現在可以買到任何東西
I wear it beneath my jacket
我將它穿在夾克里面
With the collar turned up high
將衣領露出來
So old I should replace it
很舊了我應該換掉它的
But Im not about to try
但我並不打算那麼做
This shirts got silver buttons
這件襯衫有銀色的鈕扣
And a place upon the sleeve
袖子上面的地方
Where I used to set my heart up
曾經安放我的心
Right there where anyone could see
這裡任何人都可以看到
This shirt is the one I wore to
這件襯衫我曾穿去
Every boring high school dance
每一場無聊的高中舞會
Where the boys ignored the girls
那裡的男孩子們對女孩置之不理
And we all pretended to like the band
我們卻假裝都很喜歡樂隊
This shirt was a pillow for my head
這件襯衫曾被我當做枕頭
On a train through Italy
在一趟經過意大利的列車上
This shirt was a blanket beneath the love
這件襯衫是被愛包裹的毛毯
We made in Argeles
我們用菱形花紋裝飾
This shirt was lost for three whole days
這件襯衫還被弄丟過整整三天
In a town near Buffalo
在懷俄明州的一個小城
Until I found the locker key
直到我找到鑰匙
In a downtown Trailways bus depot
在市中心公車停車場的小路上
This shirt is the one I lent you
這件襯衫是我借給你的那件
And when you gave it back
你歸還的時候
It had a rip inside the sleeve
袖口內側有了條裂縫
Where you rolled your cigarettes
你捲起香煙的地方
It was the place I put my heart
我丟了我的心
Now look at where you put a tear
現在看看這個裝滿我眼淚的地方
I forgave your thoughtlessness
我原諒了你的輕率自私
But not the boy who put it there
但你已不再是曾經那個還襯衫的男孩
This shirt was the place your cat
這件襯衫曾經是你小貓的坐騎
Decided to give birth to five
我們還打算生五個孩子
And we stayed up all night watching
我們刷著劇徹夜未眠
And we wept when the last one died
當最後一個人死去我們相擁而泣
This shirt is just an old faded piece
這只是一件褪色的棉質舊物
Of cotton, shining like the memories
記憶卻熠熠生輝
Inside those silver buttons
嵌在那些銀鈕扣上
This shirt is a grand old relic
這件襯衫是壯麗的紀念物
With a grand old history
嵌在光輝歲月中
I wear it now for Sunday chores
我穿著它做禮拜天的家務
Cleaning house and raking leaves
打掃房間清掃落葉
I wear it beneath my jacket
我將它穿在夾克里面
With the collar turned up high
將衣領露出來
So old I should replace it
很舊了我應該換掉它的
But Im not about to try
但我並不打算那麼做