Could have

可能

作者/辛波斯卡

翻译/佚名

It could have happened.

It had to happen.

It happened earlier. Later.

Nearer. Farther off.

It happened, but not to you.

事情本来会发生。
事情一定会发生。
事情发生得早了些。晚了些。
近了些。远了些。
事情没有发生在你身上。

You were saved because you were the first.

You were saved because you were the last.

Alone. With others.

On the right. The left.

Because it was raining. Because of theshades.

Because the day was sunny.

你幸存，因为你是第一个。
你幸存，因为你是最后一个。
因为你独自一人。因为有很多人。
因为你左转。因为你右转。
因为下雨。因为阴影笼罩。
因为阳光普照。

You were in luck -- there was a forest.

You were in luck -- there were no trees.

You were in luck -- a rake, a hook, a beam,a brake,

A jamb, a turn, a quarter-inch, an instant.

You were in luck - just then a straw wentfloating by.

幸好有座树林。
幸好没有树。
幸好有条铁道，有个挂钩，有根横梁，有座矮树丛。
有个框架，有个弯道，有一毫米，有一秒钟。
幸好有根稻草漂浮水面。

As a result, because, although, despite.

What would have happened if a hand, a foot,

within an inch, a hairsbreadth from

an unfortunate coincidence.

多亏，因为，然而，尽管。
会发生什么事情，如果不是一只手，一只脚，
一步之隔，一发之差，
凑巧刚好。

So you're here? Still dizzy from

another dodge, close shave, reprieve?

One hole in the net and you slippedthrough?

I couldn't be more shocked or

speechless.

Listen,

how your heart pounds inside me.

所以你在这儿？千钧一发后余悸犹存？
网上有个小孔，你自中间穿过？
我惊异不已，说不出话来。
你听，
你的心在我体内跳得多快呀。