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My Wage — Jessie Belle Rittenhouse

我的索求–杰西·贝丽·丽特豪斯

I bargained with life for a penny

我只求区区一枚硬币

And life would pay no more, however, I begged at evening

不论我每晚怎么哀求，生活都置之不理

For life is a just employer

生活就是你的雇主

He gives you what you ask

满足你的索求

But once you have set the wages, why? You must bear the task

但是索求的数目一定，你就必须要承受重担

I worked for a menial’s hire

我卑微的劳作

Only to learn, dismayed that any wage I had asked of life

却失望地发现

Life would have paid

生活本会给我一切