美文阅读 (272)一个男孩和一个女孩的故事

The Story of a Boy and Girl

一个男孩和一个女孩的故事

I knew a boy

我认识一个男孩

He smiled and laughed

他总是笑着

He always hung out with a little tomboy

他总和一个假小子出去闲逛

They lived across the street

他们住在街对面

Together they would play until their mothers called them in

他们在一起玩耍,直到妈妈叫他们回家

A story with an ending not too sweet

好像是个不太甜蜜的结尾

They grew up

他们长大了

They became parallel

他们像两条平行线

Long nights spent forever wondering

漫漫长夜在猜想

Where he had gone

他去了哪里

Being just across the street

只隔着一条街

So close

如此靠近

But the walk was too long

却又如此遥远

The boy no longer thought about the nights spent

男孩不再在夜里回想

The days spent bouncing on the trampoline

时间像是在蹦床上弹跳

And thinking they could fly

然后幻想着能飞起来

This boy no longer cared

男孩不再在意

He spent time with his new friends

他和新朋友在一起消磨时间

He went to parties

他去参加派对

And all the beautiful girls

和美丽的女孩儿们在一起

The girl was still a tomboy

女孩仍是一个假小子

Still wore jeans instead of leggings

依然穿着牛仔裤而不是紧身裤

And it was all gone

然而一切都远去了

Her joy

她的喜悦

A sad girl she had grown to be

伤心的女孩

She wished for the days of flight

仍梦想着飞翔

Not for her internal fight

而不是她内心的斗争

While the boy had been away

当她送走了远去的男孩

Her father had as well, left, gone

她的父亲也离开了,远去,离开

Never coming back

永远不再回来

She needed her old friend

她需要她的老朋友

Where was he

他在哪里

In her time of need.

在她最需要的时候

He was different now

他已经不一样了

A new kind of breed

他们已经不是同类了

And she’d pass him in the hallways

她还会在路上遇见他

And he’d watch her walk home

他还会目送她回家

These long nights and days

那些漫长的黑夜与白天

Spent being alone

他们都是孤独的

To tell the truth

说实话

This isn’t the story of a girl and boy

其实这不是一个男孩和女孩的故事

It’s the story of me and you

这是你和我的故事

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