But diamonds are a girl's best friend

但鉆石是女孩最好的朋友

A kiss may be grand but it won't pay the rental on your humble flat, or help you at the automat

一個吻也許很重要，但它不能支付你簡陋公寓的租金或在售貨機(jī)前幫上忙

Men grow cold as girls grow old

男人變得冷酷當(dāng)女孩變老

And we all lose our charms in the end

并且我們最終將失去魅力

But square-cut or pear-shaped

（變得）干癟（square-cut直角切，意失去曲線 ）或肥胖（女性肥胖呈梨形）

These rocks don't lose their shape

這種石頭不會改變形狀

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

鉆石是女孩最好的朋友

Tiffany's ... Cartier ... Black Star, Frost Gorham

Talk to me, Harry Winston, tell me all about it!

（Tiffany's，Cartier，Black Star，F(xiàn)rost Gorham，Harry Winston都是珠寶品牌）

There may come a time when a lass needs a lawyer

也許有時情婦需要一個律師

But diamonds are a girl's best friend

但鉆石是女孩最好的朋友

There may come a time when a hard-boiled employer thinks you're awful nice

也許有時當(dāng)一個無情的老板覺得你特別挑剔

But get that ice or else no dice

那就要冷靜否則就沒有骰子

He's your guy when stocks are high

當(dāng)股票（指女孩）價高時他是你的人

But beware when they start to descend

但小心當(dāng)他們跌價時

It's then that those louses go back to their spouses

那時這些虱子就溜回他們配偶的身邊

Diamonds are a girl's best friend

鉆石是女孩最好的朋友

I've heard of affairs that are strictly platonic

我曾聽說戀愛是嚴(yán)格意義上柏拉圖式的

But diamonds are a girl's best friend

但鉆石是女孩最好的朋友

And I think affairs that you must keep liaisonic are better bets if little pets get big baggettes

我覺得你必須時時關(guān)注的戀愛是個好賭注，要是小寵物們（從中能）得到大袋收獲

Time rolls on and youth is gone

時間逝去青春不再

And you can't straighten up when you bend

當(dāng)你曲身就不能再直起來

But stiff back or stiff knees

而只有僵直的背或僵直的膝蓋

You stand straight at Tiffany's

你直面著Tiffany's

Diamonds, diamonds

鉆石，鉆石

I don't mean rhinestones

我不是指人造的那種

But diamonds are a girl's best, best friend

但鉆石是女孩最好的朋友

故事的經(jīng)濟(jì)價值首先在于他的廣泛適用性，好的故事都在訴說人性中的本真，是人所共有的。如鉆石說的愛情故事，無論窮人還是富人，都同樣需要愛情，所有的愛情都同樣偉大。這個故事讓鉆石從非必需品變成必須品，這個故事打開的，是一個由每一個消費者構(gòu)成的巨大市場，獲得的是數(shù)以億計的財富。