第10封信 - 1950.03.25

“从前的日色变得慢,车,马,邮件都慢,一生只够爱一个人。”

寄语

《84, Charing Cross Road》
从前的日色变得慢
车、马、邮件都慢
一生只够爱一个人

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英文原文

14 East 95th St March 25,1950

Frank Doel, what are you DOING over there, you are not doing ANYthing, you are just sitting AROUND. Where is Leigh Hunt? Where is the Oxford Verse? Where is the Vulgate and dear goofy John Henry, I thought they’d be such nice uplifting reading for Lent and NOTHING do you send me.

you leave me sitting here writing long margin notes in library books that don’t belong to me, some day they’ll find out i did it and take my library card away.

I have made arrangements with the Easter bunny to bring you an Egg, he will get over there and find you have died of Inertia.

I require a book of love poems with spring coming on.No Keats or Shelley, send me poets who can make love without slobbering-Wyatt or Jonson or somebody, use your own judgment. Just a nice book preferably small enough to stick in a slacks pocket and take to Central Park.

Well, don’t just sit there! Go find it! i swear i dont know how that shop keeps going.

中文翻译

东95大街14号 1950年3月25日

弗兰克·道尔,你在那里做什么,你什么都没做,你只是坐在那里。

利·亨特在哪里?牛津诗在哪里?拉丁文圣经和亲爱的傻瓜约翰·亨利在哪里?我以为他们会是可以借出的很好的、令人振奋的读物,但你什么都没寄给我。

你让我坐在这里,在图书馆的书上写不属于我的页边空白笔记,总有一天他们会发现我做了这件事,并拿走我的图书馆卡。

我已经和复活节兔子安排好给你带一个鸡蛋,他会到那里发现你死于惰性。

春意渐浓,我想读点儿情诗。别给我寄济慈或雪莱!我要那种款款深情而不是口沫横飞的。怀亚特还是琼森或谁的,该寄什么给我,你自己动点儿脑筋!最好是小小一本,可以让我轻松塞进口袋里,带到中央公园去读。

好吧,不要只是坐在那里!去找它!真搞不懂你们是怎么做生意的!

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