Where we’re standing between green flags
我们站在绿旗之间
is a stretch of beach with conditions
是一个条件的海滩
safe for swimming. Beyond them, in both directions,
安全游泳。超越他们，在两个方向上，
conditions change, maybe rocks or too strong an undertow
条件变化，也许是岩石或太强壮的事业
below the surface. Are you sure it’s safe, she asks.
在表面下方。她问，您确定它是安全的吗？
It is, at least for now, I reply. Now—
至少目前，我回答。现在-
with its crests and froth and salt
带有波峰，泡沫和盐
rushing toward us—covers our feet, our ankles,
冲向我们 - 覆盖我们的脚，我们的脚踝，
we aren’t too far out yet. You are still young enough
我们还不太远。你还很年轻
to lift over as it comes. Again, you exclaim. Again, now comes
抬起它。再次，你惊呼。再次，现在来了
from ahead of us, another wave
从我们前面，另一波
right behind this one, an onslaught
就在这一后面，猛烈袭击
that shivers you with panic and glee. I look left,
这让您感到恐慌和欢乐。我向左看，
then right, imagine the flags framing not a stretch of beach
然后，想象一下旗帜框架而不是海滩
but of time, demarcating where the past
但是时间，划界过去的地方
becomes now and leaves for at least
现在变得至少离开
2º of warming. The flag to my right is about 50 yards away,
2º变暖。我右边的旗帜约50码，
we move toward it, in dashes
我们走向破折号
I pencil on the wall above your head, my hand
我在你的头上的墙上铅笔，我的手
touching your hair, which tastes of salt
抚摸你的头发，盐的味道
when I kiss it, when my lips become suffused with the same now
当我吻它时，当我的嘴唇变得相同时
I look back on as though it were another life.
我回头看，好像是另一种生活。
