Ever since I was a girl my own mother vowed
从我小时候起，我母亲就要我立誓
I must find the way to power through a noble brow
我必须找到爬上权利顶端的捷径
I married once for love then my senses came
因爱结婚，突然我意识到
I must marry for the stature of my husband's name
我必须要找个有名声的丈夫来结婚
Onto marrige number two
所以第二次结婚
I knew what I had to do
我知道我必须要怎么做
and my poor husband fell ill in a year or two
我可怜的丈夫，在两年内病死了
