I was too old to be married,

我太老了，不能结婚了，

but nobody told me.

但没人告诉我。

I guess they didn’t care enough.

我猜他们不够关心。

How it had hurt, though, catching bouquets

那是多么痛苦啊，接花束

all those years!

所有那些年！

Then I met Ivan, and kept him,

后来我遇见了伊万，并留下了他，

and never knew love.

却从不知道什么是爱。

How his feet stunk in the bed sheets!

他的脚在床单里臭死了!

I could have told him to wash,

我本可以叫他去洗的，

but I wanted to hold that stink against him.

但我想用那臭来对付他。

The day he dropped dead in the field,

那天他倒地死去在田里，

I was watching.

我在看着他。

I was hanging up sheets in the yard,

我在院子里挂床单，

and I finished.

我完成了。