五月初从加州访台北,在晶华酒店早点,巧遇一酷似徐静蕾者在邻桌用餐。四目相对,本想过去打个招呼,几次跃跃欲试,却欲言又止,最后不了了之。
当时公务在身,又有一牙美加小光头同行,都是推托的借口。
由此想起惠特曼的《草叶集》里的 “ 给你 ” 一首:
陌生人! 如果你路过,看到我,又想和我说话,那为什么不说?
而我又为什么不招呼你?
To You
Walt Whitman (1819–1892). Leaves of Grass. 1900.
STRANGER! if you, passing, meet me, and desire to speak to me, why should you not speak to me?
And why should I not speak to you?