迟到/陈树茂(赵金基译）

程思良

迟到/陈树茂
　　
　　每天八点，我都会在地铁出口遇到她，一个充满青春活力的女孩。
　　每次，她都会对我微微一笑，然后匆匆走出地铁。我也会礼貌地报以一笑，然后匆匆走进地铁。
　　每次遇到她，我上班就不会迟到。她几乎成了我上班的时钟。
　　一天，我遇到她，我还没来得及报以微笑，她已经匆匆跑出地铁。我下意识地看看手表，八点十分了，赶紧跑进地铁。
　　那天，我没有迟到。
　　以后，每次遇到她，她的微笑、神态都成了我衡量时间的标准。
　　有一次，我在地铁出口没遇到她，放慢脚步，也不见她的身影，进地铁前回眸一望，还是不见她的踪影。
　　那天，我迟到了五分钟。
　　又一次，我遇到她，一个男孩牵着她的手，她还是对我微微一笑。我的心猛地像被针刺了一下，习惯性地报以一笑，迷迷糊糊地走进地铁。
　　那天，我迟到了三十分钟。我搭错方向了。
　　
　　Encounter
　　
　　By Chen Shumao
　　
　　I used to see her at the exit of the subway station at 8 am. She was a lively young lady.
　　Every time, she smiled faintly at me and hurried out of the station as I hurried into it with a polite return smile.
　　As long as I saw her, I wouldn’t be late for work. She appeared like my clock.
　　One day, I had hardly had the time to smile a greeting to her when she disappeared out of the station in a flash. Unconsciously I checked my watch. It was 8:10. I raced into the station. Fortunately I wasn’t late.
　　In time, her presence and her smile had indeed made a measure of my clock.
　　Once, she was not present at the exit at the time. I slowed my pace. Yet she didn’t show up. Even at the last glance before stepping into the station, I didn’t capture any trace of her. Then I was 5 minutes late for work.
　　Another time, she appeared in my view, a young man holding her hand. Just as usual, she smiled faintly at me. I was frozen with a sudden sting, so much so that I smiled back mechanically and drowsily moved into the station. Then I was 30 minutes late for work. I got on the wrong train.
　　

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