歌词
Ritter：You belong to a lonely hearts club？！
你加入了孤独心灵俱乐部？！
Amalia：I have never done that sort of thing before.
我之前从没这样过。
I’d seen the advertisements in the papers.
我看到了报纸上的广告。
Ritter：Well,who hasn’t？
嗯，谁没看见过呢？
“Young man wants young lady,young lady wants young man.”
年轻男士想要年轻姑娘，年轻姑娘想找个年轻男士。
Amalia：But I’ll never taken them seriously.
但我从没当真过。
Until one day,
直到有一天，
I saw his advertisement.
我看到了他的广告。
Even then,
即使这样，
I tired not to answer it,really.
我都尽量的不去回应它，真的。
But it kept calling out to me.
但它一直在呼唤我。
Ritter：He could be seventy-five！
他可能已经75岁了！
Amalia：No.The advertisement says,“young man.”
不会的。广告上说了，“年轻男士”。
Ritter：You never even asked for a photograph！
你从没要过他的照片吗？
Amalia：
I don’t know his name or what he looks like,
我不知道他的名字或者他长得什么样，
but I have a much more certain guide.
但我有更加准确的向导。
I can tell exactly what he looks like,
我可以准确的说出，
Inside.
他内心的模样。
When I undertook this correspondence,
当我们开始通信时，
little did I know I’d grow so fond.
我几乎没想过我会喜欢这样，
Little did I know our views would so correspond.
我更不知道我们的观念会如此一致。
He writes me what his feelings are,
他写给我他的感受，
on Shaw,Flaubert,Chopin,Renoir.
关于萧伯纳，福楼拜，肖邦，雷诺阿。
The more I read,the more I find,
我读得越多，我越发现，
we’re one in mind and heart.
我们共享着同一个头脑和内心。
I know the kind of home we’d share,
我知道我们要一起生活的家的样子，
the books,the prints,the music there.
那里的书，画，音乐，
A home,a life,that’s warm and full,
那会有充满了温暖的家和生活，
and rich in love,
也充满了爱，
and art.
还有艺术。
I ’don’t need to see his handsome profile,
我不需要看到他英俊的外形，
I’ don’t need to see his manly frame.
我不需要看到他男子汉的一面。
All I need to know is in each letter,
我所需要知道的都已经在信里了，
each long,revealing letter,
在那每一封长长的，透露真情的信里。
I couldn’t know him better,
如果我知道他的名字，
If I knew his name.
我就不会像现在这么了解他了。
Amalia：Oh,I know him so well,Ilona.
哦，我很了解他，Ilona。
I know that he’s a very successful person,
我知道他是一个非常成功的人，
and terribly well-educated,
受过很好的教育，
and he’s gentle and kind,and soft spoken.
而且他绅士，善良，说话温柔。
Ooh！I know all this about him,and so much more.
哦！我知道他所有的一切，甚至更多。
I’ve just never met him,that’s all.
我只是从没见过他而已。
Ritter：
If he isn’t too handsome,
如果他长得不好看，
true it doesn’t much matter.
那没什么关系。
Amalia：He writes his deepest thoughts to me.
他和我分享最深层次的想法。
Ritter：
But his personal habits are more important than his looks.
但他的个人习惯可比他的长相重要得多。
Amalia：On Swift,Vermeer,and Debussy.
对于斯威夫特，弗美尔和德彪西。
Ritter：
Supposing he snores like a locomotive.
假如他打呼噜像一台拖拉机。
Supposing he grinds his teeth.
如果他磨牙。
Supposing he’s a knuckle cracker,Amalia.
如果他喜欢掰指关节，Amalia。
Amalia：On Maugham,Remarque,Dumas,
还有毛姆，雷马克，仲马，
Ducas,Dufy,Dufay,Defoe.
杜卡斯，杜飞，迪费，笛佛。
Ritter：
Good luck with your books！
希望你的书能解决这些！
And another small detail.
另外还有一点小小的细节，
That you haven’t yet mentioned.
你刚才没提到，
Amalia：He thinks as I,he feels as I.
他像我一样思考，他有和我一样的感受。
Ritter：
I am speaking of ***,dear,
我说的是那个，亲爱的，
when you and he are all alone.
当你和他独处的时候，
Amalia：He shares the same ideas as I.
他和我有同样的想法。
Ritter：
Come to think of it,
想想看，
maybe you’re right.
你可能是对的。
Maybe it doesn’t matter at that.
也许这没什么关系，
Maybe I’d do much better myself with a library card.
也许我会和我的借书证过得更好。
Amalia：I’ll never find a man who’s so simpatico.
我再也找不到一个如此合我心意的人了。
Ritter：And a gramophone.
还有留声机。
Amalia：I know.
我知道。
Amalia：I ’don’t need to see his handsome profile.
我不需要看到他英俊的外形，
Ritter：I was taken in by someone’s profile.
我容易被人的外形欺骗，
Amalia：I’ don’t need to see his manly frame.
我不需要看到他男子汉的一面，
Ritter：I was taken in by someone’s frame.
我容易被人的男子汉的一面所欺骗，
Amalia：All I need to know is in each letter,
我所需要知道的都在信里面，
Ritter：How I could have used one,
我怎么会用的到，
Ritter & Amalia：each long,revealing letter,
那每一封长长的，满怀真情的信。
Amalia：I couldn’t know him better,
要是我知道他的名字，
Ritter：I hope you do much better,
我希望你能过的更好，
Amalia：If I knew his name.
我就不会像现在这么了解他了。
Ritter：I knew his name.
我知道他的名字，
Ritter & Amalia：What’s in a name？
又有什么用呢？
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