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The second 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 world 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 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 aga in. I keep imaging what I'd say to you if somehow you came back.
你每時(shí)每刻都在我心里,無論是修理船的時(shí)候,還是為它試航的時(shí)候,回憶如同潮涌。那時(shí)我們還年輕,你就離開了這個(gè)世界,去了一個(gè)更大的世界。我不愿承認(rèn)自己有多害怕。我掙扎著,安慰自己說,你會(huì)回來的;我還一直在想,真的見到你時(shí),該對(duì)你說什么。我練習(xí)過無數(shù)次,最后說了什么呢?什么也沒說。我無言以對(duì),只有吻你。當(dāng)你說我要留下來。這樣就夠了。我又開始了,開始不停地想像,你回來時(shí),我該對(duì)你說什么。