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I'd meant to go to Miros that day. I'd packed my bag and was ready. The motorboat came in on time. The sky was cloudy, but the wind wasn't too strong for the two-hour crossing. I stood at my window, staring at the boat. Then I lost sight of it, an old light-house partly blocked my view of the harbour. A dozen passengers were making their way there. I was about to join them—when a man's face appeared at the light-house. It was stranger still—because I'd seen that face before I couldn't place it but it was, or had once been, familiar to me. I opened my window and shouted across. "I know we've met before, but I can't remember where." I expected him to open his window if he could and answer me. He did neither. The face behind the glass remained motionless.
那天我打算去Miros，收拾好了行李，准备出发。到了港口，游艇准时停泊在那里。天空阴云密布，但风并不算大，估计两个小时就可以到达目的地。我站在港口休息室的窗旁望着船，一个古老的灯塔挡住我的部分视线。十来个人正在忙忙碌碌地搬运行李，准备上船奔赴他们的行程，我也即将成为他们中的一员。这时，灯塔上的窗口浮现出了一张脸。这是一张似曾相识的脸，陌生又格外熟悉，不知在何时何地见过。我打开窗户冲着他喊：“我想，我们以前见过，但不知在什么地方。”我希望他能打开窗户回答我。但他没有，玻璃后的那张脸纹丝不动。
Seeing him more clearly now,I knew he also saw me.But he seemed to be looking upwards, at the clouds. How well I'd known that face, sometime, somewhere! I try again，we met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950? I used to live in Plaka. He didn't reply or gave any sign that he'd heard.
现在看得更清楚了，我知道他也看到了我。他看起来正向上望着乌云。这张脸我一定曾在某时某地见过，而且无比熟悉！我又想了想：是在1950年的雅典吗？那时我居住在Plaka，但是他始终面无表情，没有回答，也没有手势。
I went back further, to the time when I was in the navy. Perhaps we met at sea during the war,and that thought at once brought him to mind. Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I'd save his life once.But surely he...The motorboat rang her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling out. I called. "Now I've missed it, and it's your fault, Commander!"
我把思绪又往前拉，想到了在海军中：也许我们在海上的战争中见过面？立刻，我想起来他了：指挥官莱伏茨。我怎么能忘了他呢，我曾经救过他的命。但是他已经……起航的汽笛声打断了我的思绪。起风了，游艇即将出发。我不禁叫了起来：“我错过这班游艇了，指挥官，都是你的错。”
As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. One minute it was there, looking up. I could see the whites of the eyes. The next it was gone. Well, I didn't rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there's one other thing I ought to tell you：the motorboat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
当游艇驶离港口后，那张脸在窗旁消失了。一分钟前他还在那里向上看着呢。那双惨白的眼睛清晰地跳入我的眼帘，现在却无影无踪了。我并没有冲向灯塔，我知道指挥官早就死了。他死于1963年或者1964年的海难中。还要告诉你们的是:这艘我错过的游艇将永远不会到达Miros，他消失在风暴中，所有的乘客都遇难了。
※编辑：刘芳
那天我打算去Miros，收拾好了行李，准备出发。到了港口，游艇准时停泊在那里。天空阴云密布，但风并不算大，估计两个小时就可以到达目的地。我站在港口休息室的窗旁望着船，一个古老的灯塔挡住我的部分视线。十来个人正在忙忙碌碌地搬运行李，准备上船奔赴他们的行程，我也即将成为他们中的一员。这时，灯塔上的窗口浮现出了一张脸。这是一张似曾相识的脸，陌生又格外熟悉，不知在何时何地见过。我打开窗户冲着他喊：“我想，我们以前见过，但不知在什么地方。”我希望他能打开窗户回答我。但他没有，玻璃后的那张脸纹丝不动。
Seeing him more clearly now,I knew he also saw me.But he seemed to be looking upwards, at the clouds. How well I'd known that face, sometime, somewhere! I try again，we met years ago. Was it in Athens in the 1950? I used to live in Plaka. He didn't reply or gave any sign that he'd heard.
现在看得更清楚了，我知道他也看到了我。他看起来正向上望着乌云。这张脸我一定曾在某时某地见过，而且无比熟悉！我又想了想：是在1950年的雅典吗？那时我居住在Plaka，但是他始终面无表情，没有回答，也没有手势。
I went back further, to the time when I was in the navy. Perhaps we met at sea during the war,and that thought at once brought him to mind. Commander Leftis of course! How could I have forgotten? I'd save his life once.But surely he...The motorboat rang her bell. I turned my eyes. The wind had risen, but she was pulling out. I called. "Now I've missed it, and it's your fault, Commander!"
我把思绪又往前拉，想到了在海军中：也许我们在海上的战争中见过面？立刻，我想起来他了：指挥官莱伏茨。我怎么能忘了他呢，我曾经救过他的命。但是他已经……起航的汽笛声打断了我的思绪。起风了，游艇即将出发。我不禁叫了起来：“我错过这班游艇了，指挥官，都是你的错。”
As the boat drew away, the face at the window faded. One minute it was there, looking up. I could see the whites of the eyes. The next it was gone. Well, I didn't rush to the light-house. I knew that Leftis was dead. He died at sea in 1963 or 1964. But there's one other thing I ought to tell you：the motorboat never reached Miros. It was lost in a storm, with all the passengers.
当游艇驶离港口后，那张脸在窗旁消失了。一分钟前他还在那里向上看着呢。那双惨白的眼睛清晰地跳入我的眼帘，现在却无影无踪了。我并没有冲向灯塔，我知道指挥官早就死了。他死于1963年或者1964年的海难中。还要告诉你们的是:这艘我错过的游艇将永远不会到达Miros，他消失在风暴中，所有的乘客都遇难了。
※编辑：刘芳