I have a tale but not a tail

我有一个故事，不是一条尾巴

Like felius domesticum

像家猫

It's of a girl a real girl

属于一个女孩，一个真正的女孩

I'm calling by her real name

我在用她的真名叫她

And thus began

然后开始了

A summer camp sonnet

一首夏令营的十四行诗

She saw a boy who would soon be

她看到了一个将成为男孩的男孩

A bee in her teenage bonnet

她的十几岁孩子的帽子里有一只蜜蜂

Nina and her very long hair

妮娜和她很长的头发

Held a torch that got her nowhere

举起了一个哪都没把她带到的火把

She hit him with a thunderbolt smile

她给了他一个霹雳般的微笑

Every thing she had she threw

她所有的一切都摒弃

Every dress and every shoe

每一条连衣裙 每一只鞋

Nina and her very long hair

妮娜和她很长的头发

Held a torch that got her nowhere

举起了一个哪都没把她带到的火把

As hard as she tried

像她那样努力的尝试

He never looked twice

他从不看两次

He never did see the light

他从未看见那光亮

And end the plight of Nina

和妮娜约定的尽头

Sometimes a film comes over me

有事一部电影向我走来

Like a cold cup of tea

有事一部电影向我走来

And I forget what I was set

我忘记了，我被放了什么

To snag and bag grab and seize

阻碍我，将我装起来，把握抓起来

At seventeen

在十七岁的时候

She was still reeling

她还在摇晃

She went to camp

她去了营地

With a comb and a tent

带着一把梳子和一个帐篷

And that same old feeling

带着一把梳子和一个帐篷

Nina and her very long hair

妮娜和她很长的头发

Held a torch that got her nowhere

妮娜和她很长的头发

She hit him with a thunderbolt smile

她给了他一个霹雳般的微笑

Every thing she had she threw

她所有的一切都摒弃

Every dress and every shoe

每一条连衣裙 每一只鞋

Nina and her very long hair

妮娜和她很长的头发

Held a torch that got her nowhere

举起了一个哪都没把她带到的火把

As hard as she tried

像她那样努力的尝试

He never looked twice

他从不看两次

He never did see the light

他从未看见那光亮

And end the plight of Nina

和妮娜约定的尽头

And so she snipped

所以她剪断了

She cut and she clipped

她剪了

Enough to thatch a cottage roof

足够盖住小屋的房顶

And once she'd preened

有一次她把自己打扮起来

She glowed and she gleamed

她微微发光发热

Off she set to make him swoon

她的行为让他陶醉

She was the girl with very short hair

她是一个头发很短的女孩

That got her nowhere

哪都没带她去