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When I am an old woman I shall wear purple,
當我變成一個老奶奶，我就一身紫衣裝扮，
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
配一頂紅帽子；管它風格不搭，顏色艷不艷。
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves,
養老金呢，都花了買白蘭地和夏季手套，
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
以及緞子涼鞋；然后說，現在連買黃油的錢都沒了。
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired,
累了，我就在馬路牙子上坐一會，
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells.
商店里有什么免費我統統都給收了；沒事就按按警報解個悶。
And run my stick along the public railings,
我要把拐杖在圍欄上劃得叮當亂響，
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
報復一下青春年少時不敢做不敢當。
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain,
下雨了，我就趿拉著拖鞋出去散步，
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
偷偷摘鄰居幾朵花，誰讓他們院子里花團錦簇
and learn to spit.
有痰呢，我就吐。
You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat,
什么難看我穿什么，長幾斤肉又算什么，
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go,
餓了我就一口氣吞三斤香腸，
Or only bread and pickle for a week,
要么呢，我就一整個禮拜，天天面包就泡菜，
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
我愛好收藏；看到誰的鋼筆、鉛筆、啤酒墊子什么的好看都往我的小盒子里裝。
But now we must have clothes that keep us dry,
可是，現在我們還得是正襟危坐端著，
And pay our rent and not swear in the street,
不拖房租，不罵人家爹娘，
And set a good example for the children.
給孩子們豎立一個好榜樣。
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
我們時不時請朋友聚個餐；沒事就拿著報紙翻一翻。
But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
又突然想到，我是不是現在就應該上手練一練？
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised,
免得我一下子老了，突然搖身一變，從此紫衣紫褲，
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.
會不會嚇得他們渾身冒冷汗。
