我最懷念,是我再也回憶不起來(lái)的那種平淡
Highlights and Interstices
By Jack Gilbert
We think of lifetimes as mostly the exceptional?and sorrows.
我們以為漫長(zhǎng)一生大多是例外和悲傷
Marriage we remember as the children,?vacations, and emergencies. The uncommon parts.?
婚姻(我們想起的是孩子)假期,還有急事。 不尋常的部分。
But the best is often when nothing is happening.?
但最美好的,經(jīng)常是無(wú)事發(fā)生時(shí)。
The way a mother picks up the child almost without?noticing and carries her across Waller Street?while talking
每一個(gè)母親抱起孩子而幾乎沒(méi)有注意。帶著她穿過(guò)沃樂(lè)街,一邊與
with the other woman. What if she ?could keep all of that?
其他女人聊天。將會(huì)怎樣, 如果她能繼續(xù)這樣?
Our lives happen between?the memorable.
我們的生活發(fā)生在難忘之事的間隙里。
I have lost two thousand habitual?breakfasts with Michiko.
我已經(jīng)失去兩千次和美智子慣常的早餐。
What I miss most about?her is that commonplace I can no longer remember.
我對(duì)她最懷念的,是我再也回憶不起來(lái)那種平淡。