"It Was a Very Good Year" песня 1965-го года, записанная Фрэнком Синатрой для альбома "September of My Years".
Frank Sinatra - It Was a Very Good Year
Перевод незнакомых слов:
small town – маленький городок
soft – нежный, ласковый, теплый
hide – прятаться
lights – огни
village green – земельный участок
up the stair – наверху
stair – ступенька
perfumed – ароматный, надушенный
blue-blooded – «голубой» крови
independent means – собственные средства
ride – ездить
chauffeur – шофёр
short – короткий
vintage wine – марочное вино, вино высшего качества
keg – бочонок
brim – край сосуда
dregs – осадок
pour - наливать
Текст песни Frank Sinatra - It Was a Very Good Year
When I was seventeen it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for small town girls,
And soft summer nights.
We'd hide from the lights,
On the village green,
When I was seventeen.
When I was twenty-one it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for city girls,
Who lived up the stair,
With all that perfumed hair,
And it came undone,
When I was twenty-one.
When I was thirty-five it was a very good year.
It was a very good year for blue-blooded girls,
Of independent means.
We'd ride in limousines.
Their chauffeurs would drive,
When I was thirty-five.
But now the days are short, I'm in the autumn of the year.
And now I think of my life as vintage wine from fine old kegs.
From the brim to the dregs,
It poured sweet and clear.
It was a very good year.
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