MY-NESS
by Czeslaw Milosz
"My parents, my husband, my brother, my sister."
I am listening in a cafeteria at breakfast.
The women's voices rustle, fulfill themselves
In a ritual no doubt necessary.
I glance sidelong at their moving lips
And I delight in being here on earth
For one more moment, with them, here on earth,
To celebrate our tiny, tiny my-ness.
『我爸媽 我老公 我哥 我妹』
我在餐廳裡豎起耳朵聆聽
三姑六婆的聲音此起彼落
這樣的儀式 無庸置疑 是必要的
我偷瞄他們移動的雙唇
很開心能夠在這裡
與他們在此時此刻
我來我往 大肆慶祝
每一個『我』
不管有多渺小
都是值得大肆慶祝的

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