珍珠 第6期

[美] J•米兰达李起 编译

It was the end of summer, a light rain had fallen. I saw you just as you came out from the tree line on the far side of the field. You looked so good. My heart skipped a beat. I found myself moving in your direction. It was almost hypnotic in the way things felt around me. I could smell the grass around me. The rain drops dripping from the barn doors. Even the yellow flowers which covered the way to you seemed even brighter than usual. I didn’t know when I would see you again. Time had slipped by and now we were each heading in our own directions to discover our own discoveries; and yet, hoping that somehow we could still continue with what had fallen to us in this special time and place.

There was no sound only that which came from within. You looked just as I had seen you that first time. A smile that rendered you helpless and a look in your eyes filled with mystery and wonder. As I crossed the field I caught a glimpse of something. I stopped. Looked down at my feet and realized it was a shiny pearl, plain and majestic in its own way. Holding as much mystery and awe as that special someone before me. It didn’t matter where it came from only that it would carry this story much like how it came to be here, at this moment. I scooped it up seeing that this had to be a sign of something wonderful and special for a special someone.

When I drew closer your arms extended to me and I easily slid in as I had done countless times before. But, today was different. I kissed you and it felt like I was alive all over again. I held you tight to me since I wanted to make sure that I would remember every moment because it would have to last me a lifetime.

While the rain began to fall, I kissed you and you cried. I could taste your kisses and the tears once again. I was reborn with you in that sweet touch of our lips and in the love we shared.

I told you I loved you and turned to walk away. I knew then in that single moment that even though I had been and felt alive in your touch that I would never see you again. I hoped with all that was in me that the rain would cover my own heart so that you would not see just how you touched me.

As I walked away, I looked in my hand and discovered I had not given you the pearl. But when I turned, you were gone. The only thing I had left was a pearl and the dream of her always and forever in my heart.

The alarm clock sounded. I jumped up, looked around the room startled by the sound and saying to myself it was only a dream. I turned to fluff up the pillows to return to my sleep when I felt something. I looked down and there right by my pillow was a pearl.

那是夏末，下过一场小雨。当你从牧场对面的林木线中出现时，我看见了你。你显得那么善良。我的心跳顿了一下。我发觉自己正向你的方向走去。在路上，几乎昏昏欲睡地感到一些东西环绕着我。我能闻到围绕着我的牧草的气味。雨滴顺着谷仓的门滴落下来。即使覆盖着通向你的路的黄色花朵也比平时更鲜艳夺目。我不知道何时能再见到你。时光飞逝而去，现在我们各自向自己的方向前进，去发现自己要寻找的人；然而，希望不管怎么样，借着在这个特别的时间和地点所落在我们身上的事，我们依然能继续。

没有响声，仅有来自内心的声音。你看上去正如我第一次见到你的样子。一丝微笑表达了你的无可奈何，你的眼神充满了奥秘与神奇。我穿越牧场时，瞥见一样东西，我停了下来。低头看着脚，意识到那是一颗光亮的珍珠，以它特有的方式，朴素而威严。宛如我面前的这个特别的人儿一样，持有一份神秘和敬畏。此时此刻，它来自哪里并不重要，只是它会带来一个关于它怎么来到这儿的故事。我弯腰拾起它，看得出这一定是为一个特殊的人而预示的令人愉快且不寻常的事情的征兆。

我拉着你的手臂向我靠近时，我如从前无数次所做的那样轻易地滑了进去。可是，今天是不同的。我吻着你，感觉仿佛我再次充满了生命力。我抱紧你，因为我想确保自己能记得每一个时刻，而我将要靠着它活过一生。

雨开始飘落时，我吻了你，你哭泣着。我再次品尝着你的吻和你的泪。在我们的嘴唇甜蜜的接触以及在我们所共享的爱中，我与你再生了。

我告诉你我爱你，并转身离去。在那一瞬间，我确信虽然在你的触摸中感觉到自己还活着，我也决不会再见到你了。我希望雨水会覆盖我的心灵，因为一切都放在我心里，这样你就看不到自己是如何感动我的。

我走时，看了看手心，发现我并没有送给你那颗珍珠。可是我转身时，你已经走了。我留下的唯一的东西是一颗珍珠，以及她一直并永远在我心中的梦。

闹钟响了。我蓦地跳起来，环视着被声音所惊吓的房间，心里说这只是一个梦。我转身拍松枕头，接着睡觉，这时我觉得有样东西。我低头一看，在我的枕头右侧是一颗珍珠。

（责编：王莉娟）