我太老了，不能结婚了，

I was too old to be married,

但没人告诉我。

but nobody told me.

我猜他们不够关心。

I guess they didn’t care enough.

那是多么痛苦啊，接花束

How it had hurt, though, catching bouquets

所有那些年！

all those years!

后来我遇见了伊万，并留下了他，

Then I met Ivan, and kept him,

却从不知道什么是爱。

and never knew love.

他的脚在床单里臭死了!

How his feet stunk in the bed sheets!

我本可以叫他去洗的，

I could have told him to wash,

但我想用那臭来对付他。

but I wanted to hold that stink against him.

那天他倒地死去在田里，

The day he dropped dead in the field,

我在看着他。

I was watching.

我在院子里挂床单，

I was hanging up sheets in the yard,

我完成了。

and I finished.