Love Minus Zero / No Limit

My love she speaks like silence,
我的愛 她的發言像是沈默
Without ideals or violence,
不帶有理想或是狂熱
She doesn't have to say she's faithful,
她不需要說自己是忠誠的
Yet she's true, like ice, like fire.
但她卻很真實，像是冰，像是火
People carry roses,
人們帶著玫瑰花
And make promises by the hours,
用時間許下承諾
My love she laughs like the flowers,
我的愛 她笑起來像是花朵
Valentines can't buy her.
情人節的禮物也不能收買她

In the dime stores and bus stations,
在廉價商店和公車站
People talk of situations,
人們談論著局勢
Read books, repeat quotations,
閱讀書籍，引經據典
Draw conclusions on the wall.
在牆上比劃著推論
Some speak of the future,
有些人談到未來
My love she speaks softly,
我的愛 她輕柔地說著
She knows there's no success like failure
她知道不會有任何的成功像是失敗
And that failure's no success at all.
而失敗也絕對不會是成功

The cloak and dagger dangles,
披風和短劍懸掛著
Madams light the candles.
夫人們點亮燭火
In ceremonies of the horsemen,
在騎師們的社交儀式上
Even the pawn must hold a grudge.
甚至連馬前卒都懷恨在心
Statues made of match sticks,
雕像由火柴梗製成
Crumble into one another,
一個接著一個的崩壞
My love winks, she does not bother,
我的愛眨眨眼，她並不煩惱
She knows too much to argue or to judge.
她知道的太多而不願去爭論或是評論

The bridge at midnight trembles,
橋樑在午夜時震動
The country doctor rambles,
鄉下的醫生在漫步
Bankers' nieces seek perfection,
銀行家的姪女追尋完美
Expecting all the gifts that wise men bring.
期待著才子帶來的所有禮物
The wind howls like a hammer,
狂風呼嘯像是把槌子
The night blows cold and rainy,
夜晚吹著冷風並多雨
My love she's like some raven
我的愛 她像是某種渡鳥
At my window with a broken wing.
在我的窗前 帶著受傷的翅膀