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;
This paid with sighs aplenty，
And sold for endless rue.
And I am two-and-twenty,
And oh, this true, this true！
我二十壹歲那年，
聽到壹位智者說：
銀幣、英鎊、金幣皆可拋，
妳的心可不能給人；
珍珠、紅寶石可割舍，
但情竇勿開，保持逍遙自在。
但我當時才二十壹歲，
跟我講這些話是沒用的。
我二十壹歲那年，
又聽過他這麽說：
胸膛內的壹顆心，
絕非可以白白掏出給人；
換來的會是聲聲嘆息感喟
出賣所得的會是無窮的悔恨。
如今我已二十二歲，
唉！講得真對！真對！