I was too old to be married,

我已經過了結婚的歲數，

but nobody told me.

但是沒人告訴我。

I guess they didn’t care enough.

我想他們不太關心。

How it had hurt, though, catching bouquets

那真讓人心寒，不斷地，接住花束

all those years!

年復一年！

Then I met Ivan, and kept him,

後來我遇見了伊萬，留住了他，

and never knew love.

從不知愛情為何物。

How his feet stunk in the bed sheets!

床單裏他的腳真臭！

I could have told him to wash,

我本可以叫他去洗洗，

but I wanted to hold that stink against him.

但我要拿這臭味當他的把柄。

The day he dropped dead in the field,

那天，他在田裏倒斃，

I was watching.

我從遠處看著。

I was hanging up sheets in the yard,

我在院子裏晾床單，

and I finished.

我晾好了最後一件。