溟生·水印___二重身

永远的蝴蝶

My Forever Butterfly

Written by Chen Qiyou

Translated by NicholsMingsheng

 那时候刚好下雨，柏油路面湿冷冷的，还闪烁着青、黄、红颜色的灯火。我们就在骑楼下躲雨，看绿色的邮筒孤独地

我想起我的童年，就不能不想到水。我的故乡是水乡。是湖泊、流泉的国度，泉水是从山上流下来的，还有水田，还有平原上河川浸润的泥土，下暴雨的时候我们在小河里躲避。雨下的又细又密，为害甚大。只要十分钟，雨水就把花园淹没。雨后发热的土地散发出那种气味有谁说过。还有一些花卉。还有某处花园里有的一种茉莉。

Water is the last thing out of my mind when I recall my childhood.My hometown is a watery region, a kingdom of lakes and fountains.Springs flow right down  from the mountains.There are paddy fields as well as the river-soaking soil on the plain.When heavy rain poured down, we took shelter in the brook. Finely and densely, it rained, which did a great damage. It took only ten minutes for the rain to flood the gardens.After the rain, the heated earth gave forth that very indescribable s

 Translated by NicholasMingsheng

是晚爱玲与我别寝。我心里觉得，但仍不以为意。翌朝天还未亮，我起来到爱玲睡的隔壁房里，在床前俯下身去亲她，她从被窝里伸手抱住我，忽然泪流满面，只叫得一声“兰成！”这是人生的掷地亦作金石声。我心里震动，但仍不去想别的。我只得又回到自己的床上睡了一回.

That night, Ailing and I were not in bed with each other. Though  a little bit stirred, I still made light of it.Before the next dawn breaking, I got up to Ailing's sleepingchamber next door, bending down to kiss her by the bed.At that very moment, she stretched her hands from the quilt to embrace me,and burst into tears all of a sudden,

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　　就默契如至交
　　不需要开口
　　心事也明了