Susan catches the bus into town at ten-thirty a.m.
Susan naik bus ke kota jam setengah sebelas pagi.
She sits on the back seat.
Dia duduk di bangku belakang.
She looks at the man in front's head
Dia melihat kepala pria di depannya
And thinks how his fat wrinkled neck is like a large carrot
Dan berpikir betapa lehernya yang keriput dan gemuk itu seperti wortel besar
Sticking out from the collar of his shirt.
Yang mencuat dari kerah bajunya.
She adds up the numbers on her bus ticket to see if they make twenty-one,
Dia menjumlahkan angka di tiket busnya untuk melihat apakah hasilnya dua puluh satu,
But they don't.
Tapi tidak.
Maybe she shouldn't bother going to school at all, then.
Mungkin dia tidak perlu repot-repot pergi ke sekolah sama sekali.
Her friends will be in the yard with their arms folded on their chests,
Teman-temannya akan berada di halaman dengan tangan disilangkan di dada,
Pushing up their breasts to try and make them look bigger,
Mendorong payudara mereka agar terlihat lebih besar,
Whilst the boys will be too busy playing football to notice.
Sementara itu, para bocah akan terlalu sibuk bermain sepak bola untuk memperhatikan.
The bus is waiting on the High Street when suddenly it begins to rain torrentially
Bus sedang menunggu di High Street ketika tiba-tiba hujan deras turun
And it sounds like someone has emptied
Dan terdengar seperti seseorang telah menuangkan
About a million packets of dried peas on top of the roof of the bus.
Sekitar sejuta paket kacang polong kering di atap bus.
"What if it just keeps raining," she thinks to herself,
"Bagaimana jika hujan terus menerus," pikirnya sendiri,
"and it was just like being in an aquarium except
"Dan itu seperti berada di dalam akuarium kecuali
It was all the shoppers and office-workers that were
Semua pembeli dan pekerja kantoran yang
Floating past the window instead of fish?"
Melintas di depan jendela alih-alih ikan?"
She's still thinking about this when the bus goes past Caroline Lee's house
Dia masih memikirkan ini ketika bus melewati rumah Caroline Lee
Where there was a party last week.
Di mana ada pesta minggu lalu.
There were some German exchange students there who were very immature;
Ada beberapa siswa pertukaran dari Jerman yang sangat kekanakan;
They all ended up jumping out of the bedroom window.
Mereka semua berakhir melompat dari jendela kamar tidur.
One of them tried to get her to kiss him on the stairs,
Salah satu dari mereka mencoba meminta dia untuk menciumnya di tangga,
So she kicked him.
Jadi dia menendangnya.
Later she was sick because she drunk too much cider.
Kemudian dia sakit karena minum terlalu banyak cider.
Caroline was drunk as well
Caroline juga mabuk
She was pretending she was married to a tall boy in glasses,
Dia berpura-pura menikah dengan seorang anak tinggi berkacamata,
And she had to wear a polo-neck for three days afterwards
Dan dia harus mengenakan kaus polo selama tiga hari setelahnya
To cover up the love-bite on her neck.
Untuk menutupi bekas gigitan cinta di lehernya.
By now the bus is going past the market.
Sekarang bus melewati pasar.
Outside is a man who spends all day
Di luar ada seorang pria yang menghabiskan sepanjang hari
Forcing felt-tip pens into people's hands and then
Memaksa pena spidol ke tangan orang-orang dan kemudian
Trying to make them pay for them.
Mencoba membuat mereka membayar.
She used to work in a pet shop there.
Dia dulu bekerja di toko hewan peliharaan di sana.
She got the sack for talking to boys when she was supposed to be working.
Dia dipecat karena berbicara dengan anak laki-laki saat seharusnya bekerja.
She wasn't too bothered though,
Tapi dia tidak terlalu peduli,
She hated the smell of the rabbits anyway.
Dia sebenarnya benci bau kelinci.
"Maybe this bus won't stop," she thinks,
"Mungkin bus ini tidak akan berhenti," pikirnya,
"and I'll stay on it until I'm old enough to go into pubs on my own.
"Dan aku akan tetap di dalamnya sampai aku cukup dewasa untuk pergi ke pub sendirian.
And it'll drive me to a town where people with black hair are treated specially
Dan itu akan membawaku ke kota di mana orang-orang berambut hitam diperlakukan istimewa
And I can make lots of money by charging fat old men five
Dan aku bisa menghasilkan banyak uang dengan meminta para pria tua gemuk lima
Pounds a time to look up my skirt.
Pound setiap kali untuk melihat ke atas rokku.
And they'll be queuing up to take me out to dinner."
Dan mereka akan mengantre untuk mengajakku makan malam."
I suppose you think she's just a silly girl with stupid ideas,
Aku rasa kau mengira dia hanya gadis bodoh dengan ide-ide konyol,
But I remember her in those days.
Tapi aku ingat dia di masa itu.
They talk about people with a fire within and all that stuff,
Mereka berbicara tentang orang-orang yang memiliki semangat di dalam diri dan semua itu,
Well,
Nah,
She had that alright.
Dia memang memilikinya.
It's just that no-one dared to jump into her fire
Hanya saja tidak ada yang berani terjun ke dalam semangatnya
And risk being consumed.
Dan mengambil risiko untuk terbakar.
Instead, they put her in a corner and let her heat up the room,
Sebagai gantinya, mereka menempatkannya di sudut dan membiarkannya menghangatkan ruangan,
Warming their hands and backsides in front of her,
Menghangatkan tangan dan bokong mereka di depannya,
And then slagging her off around town.
Dan kemudian membicarakannya di sekitar kota.
No-one ever really got inside Susan,
Tidak ada yang benar-benar mengenal Susan,
And,
Dan,
And,
Dan,
She always ended up getting off the bus at the terminus
Dia selalu berakhir turun dari bus di terminal
And then walking home.
Dan kemudian berjalan pulang.