I have a tale but not a tail
我有一个故事，不是一条尾巴
Like felius domesticum
像家猫
It's of a girl a real girl
属于一个女孩，一个真正的女孩
I'm calling by her real name
我在用她的真名叫她
And thus began
然后开始了
A summer camp sonnet
一首夏令营的十四行诗
She saw a boy who would soon be
她看到了一个将成为男孩的男孩
A bee in her teenage bonnet
她的十几岁孩子的帽子里有一只蜜蜂
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很长的头发
Held a torch that got her nowhere
举起了一个哪都没把她带到的火把
She hit him with a thunderbolt smile
她给了他一个霹雳般的微笑
Every thing she had she threw
她所有的一切都摒弃
Every dress and every shoe
每一条连衣裙 每一只鞋
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很长的头发
Held a torch that got her nowhere
举起了一个哪都没把她带到的火把
As hard as she tried
像她那样努力的尝试
He never looked twice
他从不看两次
He never did see the light
他从未看见那光亮
And end the plight of Nina
和妮娜约定的尽头
Sometimes a film comes over me
有事一部电影向我走来
Like a cold cup of tea
有事一部电影向我走来
And I forget what I was set
我忘记了，我被放了什么
To snag and bag grab and seize
阻碍我，将我装起来，把握抓起来
At seventeen
在十七岁的时候
She was still reeling
她还在摇晃
She went to camp
她去了营地
With a comb and a tent
带着一把梳子和一个帐篷
And that same old feeling
带着一把梳子和一个帐篷
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很长的头发
Held a torch that got her nowhere
妮娜和她很长的头发
She hit him with a thunderbolt smile
她给了他一个霹雳般的微笑
Every thing she had she threw
她所有的一切都摒弃
Every dress and every shoe
每一条连衣裙 每一只鞋
Nina and her very long hair
妮娜和她很长的头发
Held a torch that got her nowhere
举起了一个哪都没把她带到的火把
As hard as she tried
像她那样努力的尝试
He never looked twice
他从不看两次
He never did see the light
他从未看见那光亮
And end the plight of Nina
和妮娜约定的尽头
And so she snipped
所以她剪断了
She cut and she clipped
她剪了
Enough to thatch a cottage roof
足够盖住小屋的房顶
And once she'd preened
有一次她把自己打扮起来
She glowed and she gleamed
她微微发光发热
Off she set to make him swoon
她的行为让他陶醉
She was the girl with very short hair
她是一个头发很短的女孩
That got her nowhere
哪都没带她去
