译：小小可爱高跟鞋

《小小可爱高跟鞋》

作者：玛拉·弗雷泽
翻译：简书·范清照

小小可爱高跟鞋
你们式样真特别
那时我曾天天穿
样子酷酷有感觉

现在我有些害怕
看着你们在鞋架
虽然还想再穿起
自信不知去了哪

那只不过几年前
穿着走路何等闲
可惜一切成回忆
谈起你们如云烟

呀，小小高跟鞋
你们令我心生怯
一切变化都太快
只好把那来拒绝 （注：那，上海话，你们）

豆蔻年华如流水
好看衣装都见鬼
如今买些怪东西
全都来自老年柜

不是我不爱高跟
只是空有一颗心
假如再次穿你们
摔跤崴脚太丢人

虽然我还念你们
但是只能选平跟
平跟给我安全感
脚踏实地才安心

注：原诗比较诙谐，所以翻译时采用打油诗的形式。

Pretty Little High Heels
By Marla J. Frazier

Pretty little high heels,
How you look so grand.
I can remember when I wore you
And I could proudly stand.

Now you look kind of scary,
Sitting on my closet shelf.
I want to put you on,
But I don't trust myself.

Just a few short years ago,
I could wear you and actual walk.
But now that's just a memory
Of which I happily talk.

Oh, my little high heels,
I did not have a clue
That one day you would frighten me
And I would stay away from you.

I'm seeing that my golden years
Are robbing me of things like you.
Now I shop in the senior section,
Something I thought I'd never do.

It's not that I don't love you,
But I'm up against a wall,
For to wear you once again
Would mean a nasty fall.

I still dream of wearing you,
But to flats I am bound,
For they're the only shoes I trust
To keep me firmly on the ground.

Source: https://www.familyfriendpoems.com/poem/pretty-little-high-heels