When I Was One-and-Twenty 当我二十一岁时，

When I Was One-and-Twenty

When I was one-and-twenty

I heard a wise man say,

“Give crowns and pounds and guineas

But not your heart away;

Give pearls away and rubies

But keep your fancy free.”

But I was one-and-twenty,

No use to talk to me.

　When I was one-and-twenty

I heard him say again,

“The heart out of the bosom

Was never given in vain;

‘Tis paid with sighs a-plenty

And sold for endless rue.”

And I am two-and-twenty,

And oh, ‘tis true, ‘tis true.

翻译

当我二十一岁时

当我二十一岁时，

我听聪明人言语，

“金子银子均可给，

不可把真心相与；

珍珠宝石均可给，

个人爱好不可失。”

我已年方二十一，

再说与我复何益。

当我二十一岁时，

我听他又在言语，

“你真心一朝相与，

也绝不会白给，

得到的是无尽哀叹，

换回来无限愁思。”

我已二十有二岁

啊，言之有理，有理。