You should stay away from roses 你应该远离的玫瑰

And be careful to avoid 并要小心避免

chocolate hearts 巧克力的心

Keep distant from romantic notions 请从浪漫的想法遥远

Cause that's where love 原因这就是爱

most often starts 最常启动

   

Be sure to steer clear of diamonds 请务必避开钻石

And mink coats are most certainly out too 和水貂大衣肯定了太

For if she goes in for that kind of thing 因为如果她去为这种事

Just might fall then what you will do 也许会下降那么你会做什么

   

You know you've always been the sort 你知道你一直是那种

Who's truly only fond of the sport 谁是真正唯一喜欢的运动

And who will never be satisfied 和谁永远无法被满足

Reclining in slippers by the fireside 炉边斜倚在拖鞋

With a wife's constant nagging 与妻子的唠叨不断

for things that you can't provide 的东西，你不能提供

Who no longer bears resemblance 谁不再承担相似之处

to that soft spoken flower 该轻声细语的花

You were so desperate to have for your bride 你是如此不顾一切地对你的新娘

   

Too much conversing with a woman 与女人太多交谈

tends to dull a man's wit 趋于平淡一个人的智慧

   

Never be taken in by poets 千万不要上当诗人

Who claim that love if it's pure will never fade 谁主张，爱情如果是纯永不褪色

Though love may last all right in a bibliotheque 虽然爱情会持续没事的图书出版

In the real world man its too easily unmade 在现实世界中的男人太容易的取消

   

So don't take your freedom for granted 所以，不要把你的自由是理所当然的

Don't let curiosity take you for a ride 不要让好奇心带你兜风

As years drag on when you wake up next to her 随着时间的拖移时，她旁边醒来上

You'll wish that in your sleep you had died 你会希望在你睡觉，你已经死了

You'll wish you had died 你会希望你已经死了