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專輯：THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT: ANTHOLOGY 相思詩舍：精選集

發行時間：2024/4/19

The Manuscript

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Now and then she rereads the manuscript

她三天兩頭就會翻翻那本

Of the entire torrid affair

記載愛情史詩的原稿

They compared their licenses

裏頭的兩個人比對著駕照

He said, "I'm not a donor but

男人說 「雖然不是器官捐贈者

I'd give you my heart if you needed it"

但假如你有需要 我很樂意給你我的心」

She rolled her eyes and said

女孩翻了翻白眼 然後說

"You're a professional"

「真的很會說話耶你」

He said, "No, just a good samaritan"

他便接口 「不 只是心地善良罷了」

He said that if the sex was half as good as the conversation was

他還說 要是倆人間的性愛 有這個話題的一半美妙

Soon they'd be pushin' strollers

很快地 他們便會推起嬰兒車

But soon it was over

但關係不久便結束了

In the age of him, she wished she was thirty

礙於他的年紀 她總希望自己不過三十歲

And made coffee every morning in a French press

一早總會用法式濾壓壺泡杯咖啡

Afterwards she only ate kids' cereal

過後 她只吃孩子們吃剩的麥片

And couldn't sleep unless it was in her mother's bed

而且除非睡在她母親床上 否則一定會失眠

Then she dated boys who were her own age

接著她開始和同齡的男生約會

With dart boards on the backs of their doors

那些男生房門後還掛著飛鏢板

She thought about how he said since she was so wise beyond her years

她還以為這就是他的意思 畢竟她比同齡人還聰明些

Everything had been above board

這些明明是光天化日之下發生的

She wasn't sure

但她再也說不準了

And the years passed

隨著時間一年年過去

Like scenes of a show

彷彿是節目的轉場

The professor said to write what you know

教授曾說過 寫你知道的東西更能打動人心

Lookin' backwards

試著回頭望

Might be the only way to move forward

也許這就是放下過去的惟一的方式

Then the actors

接著演員們

Were hitting their marks

紛紛站上他們的馬克

And the slow dance

接著是一支慢舞

Was alight with the sparks

舞台有火花特效的設計

And the tears fell

接著眼淚淌下來

In synchronicity with the score

同步放著催淚的配樂

And at last

電影最後

She knew what the agony had been for

她明白一切磨折的原頭為的是什麼

The only thing that's left is the manuscript

這愛情史詩過後剩下的 就是這本原稿

One last souvenir from my trip to your shores

是最後一次造訪你的海岸 寫來紀念我們的

Now and then I reread the manuscript

我仍時不時翻起手邊的原稿

But the story isn't mine anymore

只是這故事早已經不屬於我