A man and a woman sit near each other, and they do not long
at this moment to be older, or younger, nor born
in any other nation, or time, or place.
They are content to be where they are, talking or not-talking.
Their breaths together feed someone whom we do not know.
The man sees the way his fingers move;
he sees her hands close around a book she hands to him.
They obey a third body that they share in common.
They have made a promise to love the body.
Age may come, parting may come, death will come.
A man and a woman sit near each other;
as they breathe they feed someone we do not know,
someone we know of, whom we have never seen.
一个男人和一个女人并肩而坐，他们在这个时候
并不渴望更加年老或者更加年轻，或者生于
另一个国度，另一个时间，另一个地点。
他们对于眼前的景象感到心满意足，他们或沉默或说话。
他们两个人的呼吸一起喂养了我们未曾谋面的人。
那个男人看着他的手指移动的方式，
他看着她从手里紧握着一本递给他的书。
他们都服从他们共有的第三体，
他们都发誓要爱这个身体。
年老会到来，分离会到了，死亡也会到来。
他们两个并肩而坐，
当他们呼吸时，他们共同喂养了我们不曾谋面的人，
我们似曾相识却又素面平生。
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