Letters Live丨英國(guó)版《見字如面》——?jiǎng)P特琳·莫蘭讀信:給女兒寫的人生忠告(1)

《Letters Live》(見信如晤) ，又稱英國(guó)版《見字如面》。節(jié)目邀請(qǐng)音樂、影視、文藝界的名人,如卷福、抖森等,現(xiàn)場(chǎng)朗讀近一個(gè)世紀(jì)以來(lái)令人難忘的書信。以下是Letters Live丨英國(guó)版《見字如面》——凱特琳·莫蘭讀信:給女兒寫的人生忠告(1)的資料，希望對(duì)你有所幫助！

 

My daughter is about to turn 13 and I’ve been smoking a lot recently, and so –

我的女兒馬上就13歲了，我最近煙癮很大，

in the wee small hours, when my lungs feel like there’s a small mouse inside them, scratching to get out –

所以在凌晨時(shí)分，我的肺里感覺有只小老鼠，掙扎著想要鉆出來(lái)——

I’ve thought about writing her one of those “Now I’m Dead, Here’s My Letter Of Advice For You To Consult As You Continue Your Now Motherless Life” letters.

我想給女兒寫“現(xiàn)在我死了，這是我寫給你的箴言，好讓你在沒有母親的日后拿來(lái)參考”的信件。

This is the first draft. Might tweak it a bit later. When I’ve had another fag.

這是初稿。以后可能會(huì)稍微校準(zhǔn)一下。這樣想著我又抽了一支煙。

 

“Dear daughter. Hello, it’s Mummy. I’m dead. Sorry about that.

“親愛的女兒。這是媽媽寫的信。我已經(jīng)死了。很抱歉告訴你這一噩耗。

I hope the funeral was good – did Daddy play Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen when my coffin went into the cremator?

我希望葬禮辦得體面一些——把我的棺材送到火葬場(chǎng)時(shí)，你爸他有沒有唱皇后樂隊(duì)的的《現(xiàn)在不要阻止我》？

I hope everyone sang along and did air guitar, as I stipulated.

我希望大伙能像我規(guī)定的那樣跟著一起唱，彈吉他。

And wore the stick-on Freddie Mercury moustaches, as I ordered in the ‘My Funeral Plan’ document that’s been pinned on the fridge since 2008,

我在“我的葬禮計(jì)劃”(My Funeral Plan)文件中要求留像佛萊迪·摩克瑞(Freddie Mercury)那樣的小胡子。自2008年起，這份文件一直被釘在冰箱上了，

when I had that extremely self-pitying cold.

那時(shí)的我患上了流感。

“Look – here are a couple of things I’ve learnt on the way that you might find useful in the coming years. It’s not an exhaustive list, but it’s a good start…

“聽著——這是我人生道路上學(xué)到的一些東西，也許在未來(lái)幾年你會(huì)用得上。這不是一個(gè)面面俱到的清單，但這是一個(gè)良好的開端…