我不知道为什么，

I don't know what it is,

我会失去对自己的信任，

but I distrust myself

当我非常喜欢一个女孩时。

when I start to like a girl

     a lot.

这让我紧张。

我说不出正确的话，

It makes me nervous.

或者我开始

I don't say the right things

 审视，

or perhaps I start

      评估，

     to examine,

           计算

          evaluate,

我所说的一切。

               compute

     what I am saying.

如果我说，“你觉得要下雨了吗？”

而她说，“我不知道。”

If I say, "Do you think it's going to rain?"

我就会开始想：她真的喜欢我吗？

and she says, "I don't know,"

I start thinking: Does she really like me?

换句话说，

我变得有点吓人。

In other words

I get a little creepy.

我一个朋友曾经说：

“和一个人做朋友

A friend of mine once said,

比爱上他们

"It's twenty times better to be friends

好二十倍。”

     with someone

than it is to be in love with them."

我觉得他说得对，而且，

某个地方正在下雨，滋养着花朵，

I think he's right and besides,

让蜗牛开心。

it's raining somewhere, programming flowers

一切都不用我们操心。

and keeping snails happy.

     That's all taken care of.

但是——

               BUT

如果一个女孩很喜欢我，

if a girl likes me a lot

开始变得非常紧张，

and starts getting real nervous

突然开始问我奇怪的问题，

and suddenly begins asking me funny questions

如果我给出错误的答案就显得悲伤，

and looks sad if I give the wrong answers

如果她说类似的话：

and she says things like,

“你觉得要下雨了吗？”

"Do you think it's going to rain?"

而我说，“我不知道。”

and I say, "It beats me,"

她说，“哦。”

and she says, "Oh,"

看着加州湛蓝的天空，

and looks a little sad

显得有点悲伤时，

at the clear blue California sky

我想：谢天谢地，这次是你，宝贝，而不是我。

I think: Thank God, it's you, baby, this time

     instead of me.