◆ 来这里是想找一位知己,继而是情侣,最后是老婆。
我喜欢老婆这个称谓,与白头偕老,与子偕老一样都有个老字。
这可能是受了大学时读到的下面这首诗的影响。
不是要卖弄自己的英文,我的英文并不好,但却一直背得这首诗,你能读懂吗?
When You Are Old
When you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true;
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead, ...