我已經過了結婚的歲數，

I was too old to be married,

但是沒人告訴我。

but nobody told me.

我想他們不太關心。

I guess they didn’t care enough.

那真讓人心寒，不斷地，接住花束

How it had hurt, though, catching bouquets

年復一年！

all those years!

後來我遇見了伊萬，留住了他，

Then I met Ivan, and kept him,

從不知愛情為何物。

and never knew love.

床單裏他的腳真臭！

How his feet stunk in the bed sheets!

我本可以叫他去洗洗，

I could have told him to wash,

但我要拿這臭味當他的把柄。

but I wanted to hold that stink against him.

那天，他在田裏倒斃，

The day he dropped dead in the field,

我從遠處看著。

I was watching.

我在院子裏晾床單，

I was hanging up sheets in the yard,

我晾好了最後一件。

and I finished.