见信如晤Letters Live 第17期:'奥斯卡伊萨克'读信:我爱我的妻子,她去世了(2)

 　　When you were sick you worried because you could not give me something that you wanted to and thought I needed.

　　你生病时，你很担心你不能给我我想要的，因为你觉得我需要。

　　You needn't have worried. Just as I told you then there was no real need because I loved you in so many ways so much. And now it is clearly even more true—you can give me nothing now yet I love you so that you stand in my way of loving anyone else—but I want you to stand there.

　　你不必担心。正如我曾经告诉过你，我没有什么需要，因为我爱你的方式有很多种。现在看来这再正确不过了，现在你无法给予我什么，但我依然爱你，爱到我无法再爱别人。我想让你站在这里。

　　You, dead, are so much better than anyone else alive.

　　虽然你已死去，却强于任何活着的人。

　　I know you will assure² me that I am foolish and that you want me to have full happiness and don't want to be in my way.

　　你肯定会认为我很愚蠢，你希望我获得幸福，不想妨碍我。

　　I'll bet¹ you are surprised that I don't even have a girlfriend (except you, sweetheart) after two years.

　　我打赌你会很惊讶两年后我还没有女朋友（除了你，亲爱的）。

　　But you can't help it, darling, nor can I—I don't understand it, for I have met many girls and very nice ones and I don't want to remain alone—but in two or three meetings they all seem ashes.

　　但你控制不了，亲爱的，我也不能。我不懂，我遇到过很多女孩，非常好的女孩，我也不想单身。但两三次见面后，却发现她们都是虚有其表。

　　You only are left to me. You are real.

　　我只有你。你是真实的。

　　My darling wife, I do adore³ you.

　　我亲爱的妻子，我爱你。

　　I love my wife. My wife is dead.

　　我爱我的妻子，我的妻子去世了。

　　Rich.

　　理查

　　PS Please excuse my not mailing this—but I don't know your new address.

　　另外，请原谅这封信无法寄出，因为我不知道你的新地址。

1 bet   

v.打赌，以(与)...打赌；n.赌注，赌金；打赌

参考例句：

• I bet you can't do this puzzle.我敢说，你解决不了这个难题。
• I offered to bet with him.我提出与他打赌。

2 assure   

vt.使确信；向…保证，使有保证

参考例句：

• The only ladder to assure success is to work hard.确保成功的惟一途径是刻苦努力。
• I assure you that she can be trusted to do the job.我担保她能做好这项工作。

3 adore   

vt.崇拜，敬慕，爱慕，非常喜欢

参考例句：

• People adore him for his noble character.人们因他的高贵品质而敬爱他。
• I would adore to settle back homeland.我非常喜欢回家乡定居。