5月20，一個有情人終成眷屬，沒情人親眼目睹的日子。
時代變了，現(xiàn)在的情人節(jié)，滿坑滿谷都是玫瑰花，但是在過去，人們更喜歡用書信表達情感。
電影《綠皮書》中，司機Tony要出遠門，妻子Dolores說，希望Tony一有時間就給她寫信，但Tony卻以不會寫信搪塞，在Dolores一再堅持，說寫信比打長途電話便宜多了，Tony才勉強答應(yīng)。
在旅途中，Tony為了給Dolores寫信，抓耳撓腮，錯字連篇。實在看不下去的Don幫助Tony潤色，信才充滿文采和浪漫。到第三封信的時候，Tony已經(jīng)可以自己獨立完成。結(jié)果，每一封信都讓妻子感動不已。
第一封信
Dear Dolores,
親愛的德洛麗絲，
When I think of you, I’m reminded of the beautiful plains of Iowa.
當我想到你，我就想到了愛荷華的美麗平原。
The distance between us is breaking my spirit.
我們之間的距離，讓我們備受煎熬。
My time and experiences without you are meaningless to me.
我的時間和經(jīng)歷對我來說都毫無意義，因為你不在我身邊。
Falling in love with youwas the easiest thing I have ever done.
愛上你是我一生做過最輕松的事情。
Nothing matters to me but you.
沒有什么比你更重要。
And everyday I am alive, I’m aware of this.
生命中的每一天，這一切我都銘記于心。
I loved you the day I met you, I love you today.
見到你的那天我就愛上了你，今天我依然愛你。
And I will love you to rest of my life.
往后余生，我會繼續(xù)愛你。
Love you,
愛你的，
Tony
托尼
P.S., kiss the kids.
又及，吻孩子們。
第二封信
Dear Dolores
親愛的德洛麗絲，
The trees have shed their leafy clothing and their colors have faded to grays and browns.
樹木開始褪下自己茂盛的衣裳，顏色逐漸變灰變黃。
I saw a million of trees all dusted with snow just like out of a fairy tale.
我看到無數(shù)的樹上都覆上了白雪，就好像是童話世界一樣。
I would count the hours…minutes…and seconds…until you are in my arms.
我計算著還有幾個小時…幾分鐘…幾秒…才能擁你入懷。
Love you,
愛你的，
Tony
托尼
P.S., kiss the kids.
又及，吻孩子們。
第三封信
Dear Dolores,
親愛的德洛麗絲，
Sometimes you remind me of a house. A house with beautiful lights on it, where everyone is happy inside.
有時候你讓我想到一棟房子，房子里布置著漂亮的燈，里面的每個人都很開心……
Love you,
愛你的，
Tony
托尼
情書也可能讓人心碎。
一位美國女孩在整理母親的遺物時，發(fā)現(xiàn)了媽媽親手寫的一封從未寄出的情書。
這封情書寫給她的父親。在她4歲那年，他應(yīng)征入伍去了越南，不幸陣亡。母親一直到了80歲都沒有再嫁。
媽媽從來沒有在她面前表露過悲傷，但這封信讓她發(fā)現(xiàn)，原來這些年，媽媽無時無刻不在思念爸爸。這封信的名字叫《可是你沒有》。
But You Didn’t
Remember the day I borrowed your brand new car and dentedit?
I thought you’d kill me, but you didn’t.
And remember the time I draggedyou to the beach, and you said it would rain, and it did?
I thought you’d say, ’I told you so.’ But you didn’t.
Do you remember the time I flirtedwith all the guys to make you jealous, and you were?
I thought you’d leave, but you didn’t.
Do you remember the time I spilled strawberry pie all over your car rug?
I thought you’d hit me, but you didn’t.
And remember the time I forgot to tell you the dance was formal and you showed up in jeans?
I thought you’d drop me, but you didn’t.
Yes, there were lots of things you didn’t do.
But you put up with me, and loved me, and protected me.
There were lots of things I wanted to make up to youwhen you returned from Vietnam.
But you didn’t.
中文翻譯
可是你沒有
我記得那天我借用你的新車,
我弄壞了它
我以為你一定會殺了我
可是你沒有
我記得那天我拖你去海灘,
而它真如你所說的下雨了
我以為你會說“我告訴過你 ’
可是你沒有
我記得那天我和所有男人調(diào)情
好讓你嫉妒,
而你真的嫉妒了
我以為你一定會離開我
可是你沒有
我記得那天在你新買的地毯上
吐了滿地的草莓餅
我以為你一定會厭惡我
可是你沒有
記得有一次我忘記告訴你
那個舞會是穿禮服的
而只穿了牛仔褲的你大出洋相
我以為你必然要放棄我了
可是你沒有
是的
有許多的事你都沒有做,
而你容忍我鐘愛我保護我
有許多許多的事情我要回報你,
等你從越南歸來
可是你沒有。
為了讓大家不要忘掉寫情書這項戀人之間的浪漫傳統(tǒng)，英國一家公司進行了一場“史上最偉大情書”的評選活動，評選出幾封偉大的英文情書。
Johnny Cash wishes wife June Carter Cash a happy 65th birthday
約翰尼·卡什在妻子瓊·卡特65歲生日時寫給妻子的情書
’We get old and get used to each other. We think alike. We read each others minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other for granted. But once in awhile, like today, I meditate on it and realise how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met.’
“我們漸漸變老，也早已習(xí)慣了彼此。我們想法一致、靈魂互通。無需詢問我們便知道對方想要什么。偶爾我們也會惹對方不高興，但那或許是因為我們真正把對方視作了理所當然的伴侶。有時候比如今天，我沉思之后意識到，能夠與你這樣一個我所見過的最偉大的女人共度余生，我是多么的幸運?！?/p>
Winston Churchill tells wife Clementine Churchill of his undying love
溫斯頓·丘吉爾寫給摯愛的妻子克萊芒蒂娜·丘吉爾的一封情書
’My darling Clemmie, in your letter from Madras you wrote some words very dear to me, about having enriched your life. I cannot tell you what pleasure this gave me, because I always feel so overwhelmingly in your debt, if there can be accounts in love.’
“我親愛的克萊米，你在來信中提到的那些豐富你生活的話語對我來說非常珍貴。我無法向你形容這帶給我的快樂。如果愛情也有賬戶，那我已經(jīng)淹沒在這份情債中?！?/p>
John Keats tells next door neighbour Fanny Brawne
he can not live without her
約翰·濟慈寫給鄰居芬妮·布朗的一封情書
’I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to stop there - I see no further. You have absorb’d me.’
“如果沒有你，我要怎么活呢？看不到你的時候，我記不起任何事情，我的生活似乎停滯了，我什么也看不到。你吸引了我的全部注意。”
Ernest Hemingway professes his love to Marlene Dietrich
歐內(nèi)斯特·海明威寫給演員瑪琳·黛德麗的一封情書
’I can’t say how every time I ever put my arms around you I felt that I was home.’
“每次我將你摟在懷中時，我的感覺就像是回到了家中。”
Napoleon Bonaparte sends his love to Josephine de Beauharnais
拿破侖·波拿巴寫給約瑟芬·博阿內(nèi)斯的一封情書
’Since I left you, I have been constantly depressed. My happiness is to be near you. Incessantly I live over in my memory your caresses, your tears, your affectionate solicitude. The charms of the incomparable Josephine kindle continually a burning and a glowing flame in my heart.’
“自從離開你之后，我一直感到很抑郁。我的快樂是與你相隨的。只有不停地回憶你的撫摸、你的淚水，你親切的關(guān)懷，我才得以活下去。親愛的約瑟芬啊，你用你那無與倫比的魅力燃起我心中炙熱的火苗?！?/p>
Richard Burton tells Elizabeth Taylor of her beauty
理查德·伯頓寫給伊麗莎白·泰勒的一封情書
’My blind eyes are desperately waiting for the sight of you. You don’t realize of course, E.B., how fascinatingly beautiful you have always been, and how strangely you have acquired an added and special and dangerous loveliness.’
“我那被遮住的雙眼只期待與你的眼神相會。你可能不知道自己有多么的美麗迷人，你的可愛如此獨特與危險，這真是令人驚奇?！?/p>
King Henry VIII expresses his love for Anne Boleyn
亨利八世向安妮·博林示愛的一封情書
’I beg to know expressly your intention touching the love between us. Necessity compels me to obtain this answer, having been more than a year wounded by the dart of love, and not yet sure whether I shall fail or find a place in your affection.’
“我渴望獲悉你對我們之間愛情的看法。我有必要知道答案，一年多來我被這愛情之劍刺的遍體鱗傷，而我還不確定我在你心中是否占有一席之地?！?/p>
如果沒有深厚的語言積累，寫情書也是件不容易的事。那不如先學(xué)幾句土味英語情話，上大學(xué)后再用。
I love three things in the world.
Sun, Moon and You.
Sun for morning, Moon for night,
And You forever.
浮世三千，吾愛有三。
日、月與卿。
日為朝，月為暮，卿為朝朝暮暮。
If youstood in front of a mirror and held up 11 roses, you would see 12 of the most beautiful things in the world.
如果你站在鏡子前，舉起11朵玫瑰，
你會看到世界上最美麗的12樣?xùn)|西。
They sayDisneyland is the happiest place in the world.
Actually, they haven’t been next to you before.
大家都說迪士尼是世界上最令人感到幸福的地方。
實際上，那是因為他們從未待在你身邊。
I’ll think of you every step of the way.
我會想你，在漫漫長路的每一步。
Every day without you is like a book without pages.
沒有你的日子就像一本沒有書頁的書。
Precious things are very few in this world.
That is the reason there is just one you.
在這世上珍貴的東西總是罕有，
所以這世上只有一個你。
Your smiling at me is my daily dose of magic.
你嫣然的微笑是我每日享受到的魅力。
If I had a single flower for every time I think about you,
I could walk forever in my garden.
假如每次想起你我都會得到一朵鮮花，
那么我將永遠在花叢中徜徉。
Within you I lose myself,
without you I find myself wanting to be lost again.
有了你，我迷失了自我。
失去你，我多么希望自己再度迷失。
Even if therewasn’t gravity on earth, I’d still fall for you.
即便地球沒有引力，我也會為你傾倒。
My lovefor you is as deep as the sea.
對你的愛，情深似海。
Meeting you was fate,and falling in love with you was out of my control.
遇見你是命運的安排，而愛上你是我情不自禁。
Lovingyou is closely related to my life.
愛你與我的生活息息相關(guān)。
Distance makes the hearts grow fonder.
距離使兩顆心靠得更近。
I need him like I need the air to breathe.
我需要他，正如我需要呼吸空氣。
If equal affection cannot be,let the more loving be me.
如果沒有相等的愛，那就讓我愛多一些吧。
If I know what love is, it is because of you.
因為你，我懂得了愛。
Love is the greatest refreshment in life.
愛情是生活最好的提神劑。
I need you, just like the winter cotton-padded jacket, the summer ice cream, the bulb in darkness, starvation in bread -- I can’t live without you!
我需要你，就像冬天里的棉襖，夏天里的雪糕，黑暗中的燈泡，饑餓中的面包我不能沒有你!
To the world you may be one person, but to one person you may be the world.
于世界而言，你不過一人；于一人而言，你是全世界。
You look more beautiful every time I see you.
我眼里的你，越來越美。
You had me at “hello”.
一句你好，我已傾倒。
You, hard to find, hard to forget.
你，難以尋覓，難以忘記。
There are 4 steps tohappiness: 1 you 2 me 3 our hearts 4 together.
通過四步就能幸福：1 你 2 我 3 我們的心 4 在一起。
Don’t waste your time on a man/woman,who isn’t willing to waste their time on you.
不要為那些不愿在你身上花費時間的人而浪費你的時間。
Love is like a butterfly. It goes where it pleases and it pleases where it goes.
愛情就像一只蝴蝶，它喜歡飛到哪里，就把歡樂帶到哪里。
I set all the tenderness and loveliness to be visible only to you.
我把所有的溫柔和可愛，都設(shè)置成了僅你可見。
Thank gravity for pulling me toward you.
感謝萬有引力將我拉向你。
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