This Shirt

This shirt is old and faded
这件衬衫旧得褪色
All the colour's washed away
颜色也被洗掉了
I've had it now for more damn years
我穿着它挨过了难熬的岁月
Than I can count anyway
尽管我现在可以买到任何东西
I wear it beneath my jacket
我将它穿在夹克里面
With the collar turned up high
将衣领露出来
So old I should replace it
很旧了我应该换掉它的
But I'm not about to try
但我并不打算那么做
This shirt's got silver buttons
这件衬衫有银色的纽扣
And a place upon the sleeve
袖子上面的地方
Where I used to set my heart up
曾经安放我的心
Right there where anyone could see
这里任何人都可以看到
This shirt is the one I wore to
这件衬衫我曾穿去
Every boring high school dance
每一场无聊的高中舞会
Where the boys ignored the girls
那里的男孩子们对女孩置之不理
And we all pretended to like the band
我们却假装都很喜欢乐队
This shirt was a pillow for my head
这件衬衫曾被我当做枕头
On a train through Italy
在一趟经过意大利的列车上
This shirt was a blanket beneath the love
这件衬衫是被爱包裹的毛毯
We made in Argeles
我们用菱形花纹装饰
This shirt was lost for three whole days
这件衬衫还被弄丢过整整三天
In a town near Buffalo
在怀俄明州的一个小城
Until I found the locker key
直到我找到钥匙
In a downtown Trailways bus depot
在市中心公车停车场的小路上
This shirt is the one I lent you
这件衬衫是我借给你的那件
And when you gave it back
你归还的时候
It had a rip inside the sleeve
袖口内侧有了条裂缝
Where you rolled your cigarettes
你卷起香烟的地方
It was the place I put my heart
我丢了我的心
Now look at where you put a tear
现在看看这个装满我眼泪的地方
I forgave your thoughtlessness
我原谅了你的轻率自私
But not the boy who put it there
但你已不再是曾经那个还衬衫的男孩
This shirt was the place your cat
这件衬衫曾经是你小猫的坐骑
Decided to give birth to five
我们还打算生五个孩子
And we stayed up all night watching
我们刷着剧彻夜未眠
And we wept when the last one died
当最后一个人死去 我们相拥而泣
This shirt is just an old faded piece
这只是一件褪色的棉质旧物
Of cotton, shining like the memories
记忆却熠熠生辉
Inside those silver buttons
嵌在那些银纽扣上
This shirt is a grand old relic
这件衬衫是壮丽的纪念物
With a grand old history
嵌在光辉岁月中
I wear it now for Sunday chores
我穿着它做礼拜天的家务
Cleaning house and raking leaves
打扫房间 清扫落叶
I wear it beneath my jacket
我将它穿在夹克里面
With the collar turned up high
将衣领露出来
So old I should replace it
很旧了我应该换掉它的
But I'm not about to try
但我并不打算那么做