工作与时日（2020）

When I travel somewhere
and get to a ryokan,
当我旅行到了某地
I can write ten postcards at once
even though I am tired.
即使舟车劳顿
我也能一口气写十张明信片
I write a lot.
But I’m not tired of writing at all.
我写了很多也不觉得烦
A different system
will work for me.
不同体系的都可以写
It’s important to
get used to doing something.
重要的是
去习惯做某事
– To keep doing things is important.
– Yes.
-坚持做一件事很重要
-对
My calligraphy teacher says
我的书法老师说
you need to express yourself
with your hands.
你需要用你的双手表达你自己
So I write postcards by hand.
所以我坚持手写明信片
When you think of the good life,
natural gas must come to mind.
好生活用天然气
The gas stoves are both
safe and easy to clean.
安全易用好清洗
The water heaters
are economical.
经济耐用热水器
Clothes dryers can soften
and dry in no time at all.
洗衣脱水秒干净
用手一摸真柔软
Cooking is very safe
and makes food delicious.
烹饪可口又健康
Please enjoy the Thank You Sale
from Tsubame Gas!
酬♥宾♥减价进行时
大燕燃气恭候您！
Our annual Thank You Sale takes place
on October 24th and 25th.
我们的年度感恩促销活动
将在10月24日和25日开始
Yes, hello? Can’t you hear?
Yes, yes.
是的，喂？你听不见吗？
对，对
I can hear. I can hear.
How is Ulla-san doing?
我能听见，能听见
乌拉怎么样？
Oh! I see.
哦，这样啊
I see.
知道了
I see. I see. That’s hard.
明白明白，那很难
Not at all?
She can’t speak anymore?
一点也不？
她完全不能说话了？
Oh, I see, I see.
哦，我明白了，我明白了
But well, hm, yeah, yeah.
但是，嗯，是的，是的
Hm. I see.
嗯，明白了
Mhm. Really? I see. I see.
嗯是吗？知道了，明白
Then please do that.
Well, look after her well. Yes.
那就请你
好好照顾她吧，对
Whatever. You just say, ‘Yes.’
不管什么事你都答应她
Look after her.
It’s the last time.
照顾好她
这是最后一次了
Yes. Well, then everyone…
对，嗯，每个人…
well, it’s hard but…
是，这很难，但是…
Yes.
对
Now, let’s go wake up Piyo-chan!
现在，让我们去叫醒皮优！
He ended up not doing anything.
他最后什么也没做
Sunny.
晴天
It was the day for Junji-san
to go to Nisseki Hospital.
今天是淳二
去红十字医院的日子
It was 8:30am when we got there.
我们到达那里时是早上8点半
I was surprised
there were so many people.
惊讶地发现
人很多
Junji-san had a CAT scan, an EKG,
an X-ray, and a blood test.
淳二做了CAT扫描、心电图
照了X光片，验了血
The results were mostly okay,
but the bulge is getting bigger.
结果大体还行
但是肿块越来越大
I’m worried.
我很担心
My dear, I’m here.
亲爱的，我在这里
How are you?
你好吗
Did you sleep well last night?
你昨晚睡得好吗？
They gave you a drip.
他们给你打了点滴
Once you finish with the drip,
挂完水以后
you will feel better.
你会感觉好些的
Hang in there, my dear.
坚持住，亲爱的
I know it’s tough for you,
but hang in there.
我知道这对你来说很难，
但是坚持住
Everyone wants you
to get better.
每个人都
希望你好起来
They are waiting for you.
他们在等着你
When you get better…
当你好起来的时候…
let’s go wherever
you want to go.
我们去你想去的
任何地方
Now a lot of flowers
are blooming.
现在有很多花
在开放
You love flowers.
你喜欢花
It will be lovely…
如果我们去看花
if we go to see flowers
and eat what you like. Won’t it?
想吃什么就吃什么
不是一件很快乐的事吗？
This year the flowers
really bloomed.
今年的花
开得很旺盛
Bloomed, my dear.
开花了，亲爱的
They blossom every year,
它们每年都开花
but they really
bloomed this year.
但是今年开得
尤其旺
They finished,
but they were beautiful.
她们开好了
真的很漂亮
You’ve always looked after them.
你一直在照顾她们
White and yellow ones too.
白色、黄色的
Hang in there. Hang in there.
坚持住，坚持住
So that you will leave the hospital.
这样你就可以出院了
Hang in there.
坚持住
You divided the roots
for the orchids so well
你把兰花的根
分得那么好
and they blossomed beautifully.
它们因此开得很美丽
The cacti, cacti and orchids
blossomed beautifully.
还有仙人掌，仙人掌和兰花
都开得很漂亮
They are waiting for you
to come home. The flowers.
他们在等你回家
花儿们
So hang in there.
坚持住
You know the Christmas cherry,
你知道圣诞时的樱桃树
they got red berries
and many branches.
结着红红的果果
还有许多枝桠
They are pretty.
它们很漂亮
You took good care of
the flowers.
你将花花草草
照顾得很好
You must get better
and come home
你必须康复
然后回家
and look after them.
继续照顾他们
You worked so hard.
你做得很努力
Very, very hard.
非常非常努力
You’ve done a lot of things.
你做了很多的事情
You can rest now,
你现在可以休息
but when you get better,
但当你好起来时
let’s go to a lot of places.
让我们去很多地方吧
So hang in there.
坚持住
Hang in there. Get well.
坚持住，好起来
Let’s make small trips.
我们去旅行吧
Let’s go to a lot of places.
我们去很多地方吧
卷四
每每咯血
现实也罢梦也罢
俱返冬寒
宫部寸七翁，1926
Junji-san woke up late.
It was another hospital
淳二醒得很晚
今天约了另一家医院面诊
appointment day,
so we went there by taxi.
我们搭出租车去了那里
I was concerned
as his condition isn’t good.
我很担心
因为他的情况不好
He received a medical check with
an EKG, blood test, and X-ray.