這真的是一個很動人的故事!人生當中其實有很多美妙的時刻,往往
就在我們根本不注意的時候,悄悄地來到又離去了。我想起英國女詩
人hristina Georgina Rossetti(1830~1894)所寫的一首十
四行詩「第一天」(The First Day),描述的也是十分類似的情境。
我翻譯出來,或許可以提醒大家多多地用心留住一些像這般「美妙的
、根本不注意的時刻」:
The First Day
(Christina Georgina Rossetti, 1830~1894)
第一天
(尤克強譯)
I wish I could remember the first day,
First hour, first moment of your meeting me;
If bright or dim the season, it might be
Summer or winter for aught I can say.
So unrecorded did it slip away,
So blind was I to see and to foresee,
So dull to mark the budding of my tree
That would not blossom yet for many a May.
沒有刻意記住就這樣地遺忘
我既沒有留心也沒有多想
怎麼曉得自己心花的蓓蕾
再綻放又要等待好幾個春天
If only I could recollect it! Such
A day of days! I let it come and go
As traceless as a thaw of bygone snow.
It seemed to mean so little, meant so much!
If only now I could recall that touch,
First touch of hand in hand! - Did one but know!