Me. I Am Mariah...The Elusive Chanteuse-Mariah Carey
On the back cover of this album is a personal treasure
在这张专辑的封面是我个人的财富
This is my first and only self-portrait
这是我的第一个也是唯一的自画像
I drew it when I was three
在我三岁时画下
and a half and entitled it, "Me. I Am Mariah."
写了一半的标题，“我，我是玛丽亚”
Please don't judge me for such a simplistic title
请不要对这样简单的标题对我做任何的评论
Come on, I was only three and a half
拜托， 那时候我只有三岁半
It was a creative visualisation of how I saw myself
这是个我看待自己的创意
With the purity of a child's heart before it was ever broken
还带着心碎之前孩子的纯真所做
I've kept this drawing private for so long
我已经把这幅私人画作保存了这么长的时间
But because this album is a reflection of some of the peaks
而是因为这张专辑是我在顶峰和低谷时的想法
and valleys that have made me who I am today
就是这些经历塑造了今天的我
I've decided to share it with those of you who actually care
我决定与那些真正关心的人一起分享
And have been here for me through it all
谢谢那些陪我度过这一切的人
I've been through a lot, but I've always known me
我经历了很多,但我一直都知道我自己
I am Mariah
我是玛丽亚
Along the way there have been a couple of nicknames
一路走来有过几个昵称
And I've inadvertently embodied many personas
我无意中演过了许多角色
Lately, they've been calling me, "The Elusive Chanteuse"
最近,他们一直在叫我,“难以捉摸的女歌手”