我最怀念，是我再也回忆不起来的那种平淡

我最怀念，是我再也回忆不起来的那种平淡 Highlights and Interstices By Jack Gilbert We think of lifetimes as mostly the exceptional
and sorrows. 我们以为漫长一生大多是例外和悲伤 Marriage we remember as the children,
vacations, and emergencies. The uncommon parts.
 婚姻（我们想起的是孩子）假期，还有急事。 不寻常的部分。 But the best is often when nothing is happening.
 但最美好的，经常是无事发生时。 The way a mother picks up the child almost without
noticing and carries her across Waller Street
while talking 每一个母亲抱起孩子而几乎没有注意。带着她穿过沃乐街，一边与 with the other woman. What if she 
could keep all of that? 其他女人聊天。将会怎样， 如果她能继续这样？ Our lives happen between
the memorable. 我们的生活发生在难忘之事的间隙里。 I have lost two thousand habitual
breakfasts with Michiko. 我已经失去两千次和美智子惯常的早餐。 What I miss most about
her is that commonplace I can no longer remember. 我对她最怀念的，是我再也回忆不起来那种平淡。