When I was seventeen 当我17

It was a very good year 这是一个非常不错的一年

It was a very good year for small town girls 这是一个非常好的一年，小城镇的女孩

And soft summer nights 软夏夜

We'd hide from the lights 我们想隐藏的灯光

On the village green 在乡间的草坪

When I was seventeen 当我17

   

When I was twenty-one 当我还是21

It was a very good year 这是一个非常不错的一年

It was a very good year for city girls 这是一个非常不错的一年，城市女生

Who lived up the stair 谁住了楼梯

With all that perfumed hair 与所有的芬芳发

And it came undone 和它来撤消

When I was twenty-one 当我还是21

   

When I was thirty-five 当我35

It was a very good year 这是一个非常不错的一年

It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls 这是一个非常不错的一年，蓝血女孩

Of independent means 独立的手段

We'd ride in limousines 我们会乘坐豪华轿车

Their chauffeurs would drive 他们的司机会开车

When I was thirty-five 当我35

   

But now the days grow short 但现在，日子变得很短

I'm in the autumn of the year 我在今年的秋季

And now I think of my life as vintage wine 现在我觉得我的人生是陈年的酒

From fine old kegs 细旧桶

From the brim to the dregs 从边缘到掉渣

And it poured sweet and clear 它浇甜美清晰

It was a very good year 这是一个非常不错的一年

   

It was a mess of good years 这是好多年的烂摊子