知道自己快死了是什么感觉
2017-02-17本刊编辑部
It feels... like all those beautiful pieces of life are flying around me and... I'm trying to catch them.
When my granddaughter fells asleep in my lap, I try to catch the feeling of her breathing against me. And when I make my son laugh, I try to catch the sound of him laughing. How it rolls up①from his chest. But the pieces are moving faster now,and I can't catch them all. I can feel them slipping②through my fingertips③. And soon when there used to be my granddaughter breathing and my son laughing, there will be... nothing.
——This Is Us
就好像生活中的美好瞬间,像碎片一样在我周围翻飞,而我在努力地去抓。
当我孙女靠在我的腿上熟睡时,我想努力抓住她的呼吸触碰在我身上的感觉。当我逗得我儿子发笑时,我想努力抓住他的笑声。记住他放声大笑的样子。但现在这些片段飞得越来越快,快得我难以抓住。我能感觉到它们正从我指尖溜走。存在我记忆中:孙女的呼吸和儿子的笑声很快就将消失了。
——《我们这一天》
① roll up 卷起;滚滚上升;到达;出现;积累成
② slip 英[slɪp] 美[slɪp] vi. 滑动;滑倒;犯错;失足;减退vt. 使滑动;滑过;摆脱;塞入;闪开 n. 滑,滑倒;片,纸片;错误;下跌;事故 adj. 滑动的;有活结的;活络的
③ fingertip ['fɪŋgətɪp] n. 指尖;指套