学生时代结束之后，接着就是成了一名钟点工，
我成了一位职业女性，挣取真正的钱。
我抛弃一套配有家具的公寓房
污迹斑斑的窗帘，烟蒂烧过的桌子
我从来不敢肯定的友好牌床垫。
我独自买了一套带阁楼的房子，
一间地下室，鲜花环绕。
我慷慨地把钱花费在白油漆，橱柜的银把手，
一条用灯芯绒做成的沙发上
当我在上面打盹时，弄得我满脸皱折。
一张书桌上展示着让我崇敬的人的照片
和装了框子的箴言：
如果只能祈祷一次，谢谢你就足以。
我后悔首期付款吗，
固定设施，配件，家具，数年的按揭？
我会退回任何东西吗？
不，我不会的。我的意思是所有这一切，
每一次购买，所有负债的重量
让我脚踏实地。
After being a student, then an hourly worker,
I became a career girl and earned real money.
I left behind a provisional furnished apartment
with its stained curtains, butt-burned table
and Goodwill mattress I was never sure about.
Alone I bought a house with an attic,
a basement and a skirt of flowers.
Freely I spent on white paint, silver knobs
for kitchen cabinets and a sofa made of corduroy
that wrinkled my face when I napped.
A bureau with a display to worship
photos and framed mottos:
If only one prayer, thank you will suffice.
Do I regret the down payment,
fixtures, fittings, furniture, years of mortgage?
Would I take anything back?
No, I would not. I meant it all,
every purchase, all the weight that encumbered
and rooted me on this earth.
