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場景2
The second love letter
第二封信
Dear Catherine,
親愛的凱瑟琳:
There isn't an hour of my life without you in it. I mend the boats, test them and all the while the memories come in like the tide. I was thinking today of when we were young and you left our for a bigger world. I was a lot more scared than I would admit. I fought my fear by telling myself you'd come back someday and trying to think of the first thing I'd say to you when I saw you again. I must have tried out 100 possibilities What did I finally say? Not much. My mouth wouldn't work, except to kiss you. And when you said, "I'm here to stay" that said it all. Well, I'm doing it again. I keep imagining what I'd say to you if somehow you came back.
你每時每刻都在我的心里。我已把帆船修好并出海試航,與此同時,所有回憶如同潮涌。我記得那時我們還年輕,你要離開這里尋找更廣闊的天地。我極力掩飾,不愿意承認自己有多害怕。我掙扎著,安慰自己說,你會回來的:我還一直在想,當見到你的時候,該對你說什么,我曾反復練習,到底該說什么呢?什么也沒有。我無言以對,只有吻你。當你說了“我不再走了”這就足夠了。現在,我又開始反復地練習,當你出現時,我該對你說什么。