You learn to take your coffee black 你要学会把你的黑咖啡

You learn to drink your whiskey neat 你要学会喝你的威士忌整齐

You learn to take your shower cold 要学会接受你的淋浴冷

And sleep on tired feet 而睡在疲惫的双脚

   

You learn to order dinner in 你要学会秩序晚餐

You learn to send the laundry out 你要学会发送出去洗衣服

You learn how to amuse yourself 您将了解如何取悦自己

You learn to live without 你学不来住

   

You tell yourself you’re rich at last in money and in time 你告诉自己你很富有，在过去的金钱和时间

You draw a bath and then unplug the phone 你画洗澡，然后拔掉电话

You pour yourself a Pinot Clo Du Val 2003 你为自己倒黑CLO杜瓦尔2003

You sit a spell a queen upon her throne 你在她的宝座坐了咒语女王

You go to bed alone 你去独自睡觉

   

You learn to fall asleep alone 你要学会独自入睡

You learn to silence ticking clocks 你要学会沉默滴答作响的时钟

You learn to pull the shades at night 你学会了拉窗帘，晚上

And double check the locks 并仔细检查门锁

   

You learn to speak so calmly when 你要学会冷静地这么说时，

Your heart would like to scream and shout 你的心脏想尖叫和呼喊

You learn to stop and breathe and smile 你要学会停下来，呼吸和微笑

You learn to live without 你学不来住

   

You find the coat and tie you thought you’d given to good will 你会发现外套和领带，你以为你会给予善意

You toss his favorite shoes onto the pile 你折腾他最喜欢的鞋子到桩

You see him in the faces of the boys he left behind 你看他，他留下的男孩子的脸

And die a bit with every tiny smile 和死，未免有每一个微小的笑容

But only for a while 但是，只有一会

   

You learn to count the quiet winds 你要学会算安静的风

An hour with no unprompted tears 没有自发的眼泪一小时

And not to count the deadly days ，不计较致命的天

As they fade into years 当他们消失在年

   

You learn to stand alone at last 你要学会独自站在最后

So brave and bold and strong and stout 所以，勇敢与大胆，强壮，结实

You learn somehow to like the dark 你要学会莫名其妙地喜欢黑暗

And even love the doubt 甚至爱的疑惑

   

You learn to hold your life inside you 你要学会把你的生命在你里面

And never let it out 决不让出来

You learn to live and die and then to live 你要学会生活和死亡后的生活

You learn to live without 你学不来住

   

You learn to live without 你学不来住

You learn to live without 你学不来住