ONE DAY, I was already old, in the entrance of a public place a man came up to me.
我已經老了。
有一天，
在一處公共場所的大廳里，
有一個男人向我走來。
He introduced himself and said:
他主動介紹自己，他對我說：
I've known you for years.
Every-one says you were beautiful when you were young,
我認識你，永遠記得你。
那時候，你還很年輕，人人都說你很美。
but I want to tell you I think you're more beautiful now than then.
現在，我是特地來告訴你，
對我來說，
Rather than your face as a young woman,
I prefer your face as it is now.
我覺得現在你比年輕的時候更美，
那時你是年輕女人，
與你那時的面貌相比，
我更愛你飽經滄桑的容顏。
from 瑪格麗特·杜拉斯《情人》