无心剑中译迪米特利·马丁《我是谁》

Posted 2022-02-03 howard2005

Who Am I? 我是谁？
Demetri Martin 迪米特利·马丁

Who am I? That is a simple question, yet it is one without a simple answer. I am many things—and I am one thing. But I am not a thing that is just lying around somewhere, like a pen, or a toaster, or a housewife. That is for sure. I am much more than that. I am a living, breathing thing, a thing that can draw with a pen and toast with a toaster and chat with a housewife, who is sitting on a couch eating toast. And still, I am much more.

我是谁？这是个简单问题，却没有简单答案。我是芸芸众“物”，也是单独个体。但我又不是随意躺在某处的东西，比如一支笔、一台烤面包机或一个家庭主妇。这一点毫无疑问。我比这可要丰富得多。我是一个有生命的、会呼吸的“活物”，可以用笔画画，用烤面包机烤面包，与坐在沙发上吃面包的家庭主妇聊天。尽管如此，我还比这些要丰富得多。

I am a man.

我是一个男人。

And I am a former baby and a future skeleton, and I am a distant future pile of dust. I