Letters Live 丨英国版《见字如面》——Darling, darling, darling

露易丝·布瑞莉 - Darling, darling, darling!

6 February,1945 1945 2

月6日

Darling, darling, darling.

亲爱的，

This is what I have been waiting for, your freedom left me dumb and choked up,but now, oh now, I feel released.

我日思夜想，终将成真，你追求自由，让我无所适从，但现在我终于解放了。

Oh Christopher, my dear, dear man, it is so,so wonderful.You are coming home.

噢，克里斯托弗，亲爱的，这太好了，你终于要回家了。

Golly, I shall have to be careful, all this excitement is almost too much for my body.

不过我得多加小心，我这身体，已经承受不住太过兴奋。

You must be careful too, darling,

亲爱的，你也要多加小心，

all this on top of what you have been through, it is difficult to keep it down,but,

你所经历的种种，很难压抑，

you can’t help the excited twinges in your midriff, can you,

但是...这消息兴奋得令人胃疼不是吗？

do keep well,angel,

我的天使，你要保重身体。

I shall have to say that to myself as well.

我不得不对我自己也说那句话。

Marriage？

结婚？

my sweet, yes I agree, what you wish, I wish.

我的甜心，是的，我愿意，你的想法就是我的想法。

Whilst you are afraid, you will not be happy, we must get rid of these fears between us.

你担心未来也许会不快乐，我们必须摆脱恐惧，

Also confidentially, I too am a little scared -

偷偷告诉你，我也有点害怕！

everything in letters appears larger than life size,

信里的内容似乎都已超越生命的长度，

like my photograph, it didn’t show the white hairs beneath the dark, the decaying teeth, the darkening skin,

就好像我的照片，看不出白发。因为藏在黑发之下，也看不见退化的牙齿，变黑的皮肤。

I think of my nasty characteristics, my ordinariness.

想着自己外表平凡，日益丑陋。

Yes, I too feel a little afraid.

是的，我也感到有些恐惧。

Still I can’t be bothered with that now, for we are going to meet, does anything else matter Chris?

不过，我现在不能为此而烦恼，因为我们即将相见，你觉得这些还重要吗？ 克里斯？

Oh dear dear me, plan a week somewhere, bonk, up comes my heart, a week somewhere, by the sea, with you.

亲爱的，我们找个地方共度一周吧，嘭！想想就很激动，与你去海边共度一周，

Where shall we go, of course I’d choose north Devon, sea, country and air，but,

我们该去哪儿呢？当然，我会选择北德文，那里有大海，乡村景色，还有新鲜空气。

March raises the question of weather, might we go to a largish town, I prefer villages normally.

但三月的天阴晴不定，或者我们可以去个大一点的城镇，我更喜欢乡村。

But with you I guess I’ll do what you want,

但我愿意陪你做你想做的事

also I feel that you’ll need looking after,

而且，我觉得你需要被照料。

don’t think you should walk around in the rain, not for a while,

我觉得你不该再漫步雨中了，至少现在不行。

anyway, guess I don’t care where, as long as it’s the sea, and you, you, you.

我不在乎去哪儿！只要是在海边，和你在一起！

Inward clanging and bouncing and I wonder how soon.

而你，我满心期盼着，不知你何时能回来！

You know I say to myself, ‘Bessie my girl, you’re not so hot’,

我告诉自己。贝茜姑娘，你已不再迷人，

but I think you may have a similar feeling.

但我想，你应该和我有一样的感受，

I say, how is your digestion, mine’s awful,

你的消化功能如何，我已经退化了。

I shall be reduced to taking Rennin or something, a wind remover.

退化到需要服用凝乳酶或其他药来解决问题，

My tea at this moment is stuck somewhere in the middle of my chest.

我现在喝的茶就哽在胸口那里。

I can’t help wishing that you won’t get these letters,

我不禁希望，你收不到这些信，

that you’ll be on your way,

因为你已经出发，

that the time to wait is that shot,

这样等待的时间也会缩短。

because my impatience is getting pretty bad,

因为，我的耐心越来越差，

being able to write like we have has been a wonderful thing,

我们之间的通信真是美妙，

but it has always remained only the beginning,

和未来相比这只是开始，

the contact for our future and a beginning must change to something else, and now it is changing.

而现在，总要经历改变。现在，我们也已经在改变。

What do you think of the war news?

你对战争怎么看？

I don’t like getting too optimistic, but wouldn’t it be wonderful to come home to stay?

我不是很乐观，但想想也是件好事，因为你可以回家了，不是嘛？

I love you.

我爱你！

Bessie

贝茜