Lather berusia tiga puluh tahun hari ini,
They took away all of his toys.
Mereka mengambil semua mainannya.
His mother sent newspaper clippings to him,
Ibunya mengirim kliping koran kepadanya,
About his old friends who'd stopped being boys.
Tentang teman lamanya yang berhenti menjadi anak laki-laki.
There was Harwitz E. Green, just turned thirty-three,
Ada Harwitz E. Green, baru berusia tiga puluh tiga,
His leather chair waits at the bank.
Kursi kulitnya menunggu di bank.
And Seargent Dow Jones, twenty-seven years old,
Dan Seargent Dow Jones, dua puluh tujuh tahun,
Commanding his very own tank.
Memerintahkan tanknya sendiri.
But Lather still finds it a nice thing to do,
Tapi Lather masih menganggapnya hal yang menyenangkan,
To lie about nude in the sand,
Berbohong tentang telanjang di pasir,
Drawing pictures of mountains that look like bumps,
Menggambar gambar pegunungan yang terlihat seperti benjolan,
And thrashing the air with his hands.
Dan meronta-ronta udara dengan tangannya.
But wait, oh Lather's productive you know,
Tapi tunggu dulu, oh Lather yang produktif kamu tahu,
He produces the finest of sound,
Dia menghasilkan suara terbaik,
Putting drumsticks on either side of his nose,
Menempatkan stik drum di kedua sisi hidungnya,
Snorting the best licks in town,
Mendengkur menjilat terbaik di kota,
But that's all over…
Tapi itu semua berakhir …
Lather was thirty years old today,
Lather berusia tiga puluh tahun hari ini,
And Lather came foam from his tongue.
Dan Lather datang dari lidahnya.
He looked at me eyes wide and plainly said,
Dia menatapku dengan mata lebar dan dengan jelas berkata,
Is it true that I'm no longer young?
Benarkah saya tidak lagi muda?
And the children call him famous,
Dan anak-anak memanggilnya terkenal,
And the old men call him insane,
Dan orang tua memanggilnya gila,
And sometimes he's so nameless,
Dan terkadang dia begitu tanpa nama,
That he hardly knows which game to play…
Bahwa dia tidak tahu permainan mana yang akan dimainkan …
Which words to say…
Kata-kata untuk mengatakan …
And I should have told him, “No, you're not old.”
Dan seharusnya aku memberitahunya, “Tidak, kamu belum tua.”
And I should have let him go on…smiling…babywide.
Dan seharusnya aku membiarkan dia terus … tersenyum … babywide.