你是怎么认识你的妻子的？
当我在泅渡英吉利海峡，
挣扎地游向加莱，
在半途我正好碰上劳拉。
为了保暖我的身上涂满了油，
头上顶着黑色的橡胶帽子，
眼睛藏在泳镜后面，
我筋疲力尽，随时可能呛水，
这时我看到她向我游来，
鱼漂儿一样在浪里沉浮，
毫不费力地游着蛙泳，
游向多佛尔。踩着水，
我用法语问她会不会说英文，
她说：“会呀，我是美国人。”
我说，“嗨，我也是。”然后说要请她喝杯咖啡。
作者 / [美国] 理查德·琼斯
翻译 / 光诸
How did you meet your wife
Swimming the English Channel,
struggling to make it to Calais,
I swam into Laura halfway across.
My body oiled for warmth,
black rubber cap on my head,
eyes hidden behind goggles,
I was exhausted, ready to drown,
when I saw her coming toward me,
bobbing up and down between waves,
effortlessly doing a breaststroke,
headed for Dover. Treading water,
I asked in French if she spoke English,
and she said, “Yes, I’m an American.”
I said, “Hey, me too,” then asked her out for coffee.
