纨绔小三

Sooner or later the time comes when we all must become responsible adults..
..and learn to give up what we want, so we can choose to do what is right.
Of course, a lifetime of responsibility isn`t always easy.
And as the years go on,it`s a burden that can become too heavy for some to bear.
But still we try to do what is best. What is good. Not only for ourselves.
But for those we love.
Yes, sooner or later, we must all become responsible adults.
No one knows this better than the young.

— Desperate Houswives Sesason1

迟早有一天，当我们都必须成为负责任的成年人，学会放弃我们想要的东西，那么我们就能选择去做正确的事情。当然，要做一辈子负责任不总是那么简单，随着时间的流逝对某人而言那将成为不能承受之重负。但我们依然试图做到最好，使它有利于不仅仅自己，还有我们所爱的人。是的，或早或晚，我们都必须成为负责任的成年人，没有人比年轻人更懂得这一点。

life is a journey. One that is much better traveled with a companion by our side. Of course, that companion can be just about anyone, a neighbor on the other side of the street, or the man on the other side of the bed. The companion can be a mother with good intentions or a child who’s up to no good. Still, despite our best intentions, some of us will lose our companions along the way. And then the journey becomes unbearable. You see, human beings are designed for many things, but loneliness isn’t one of them.

生命就像一段旅程，一段最好能有人在身边陪伴的旅程。当然，那个旅伴可以是任何人：可能是街对面的邻居，或是枕边的男人，可能是心中充满善意的母亲，或是一个不怀好意的孩子。尽管我们充满善意，但我们中的一些人仍然会在途中失去伴侣，从此旅途只剩凄风苦雨。你看，人类天生就能应对很多事情，但孤独却是例外。

It’s an odd thing to look back on the world, to watch those I left behind. Each in her own way is so brave, so determined, and so very desperate, desperate to venture out, but afraid of what she’ll miss when she goes, desperate to get everything she wants, even when she’s not exactly sure of what that is, desperate for life to be perfect again, although she realizes it never really was, desperate for a better future, if she can find a way to escape her past. I not only watch, I cheer them on, these amazing women. I hope so much they’ll find what they’re looking for. But I know not all of them will. Sadly, that is just not the way life works. Not everyone gets a happy ending.

回过头来注视这个世界，注视我身后的这些人，让我觉得很奇怪：每个人都是那么勇敢坚定，但又如此地不顾一切。不顾一切地想要出走，但又舍不得因为出走而失去的代价；不顾一切想要得到所有想要的东西，即使他自己还不知道到底要什么；不顾一切地想要生活重归完美，尽管他意识到生活从未完美过；不顾一切地想要一个更美好的未来，想办法能摆脱他的过去。我不只是注视，还为这些了不起的女人们加油，我真心希望她们能够心想事成。但我知道，她们中不是每个人都称心如意。可惜的是，生活就是这样，不是每个故事都有幸福的结局。

Yes, As I look back at the world I left behind, it’s all so clear to me. The beauty that waits to be unveiled. The mysteries that long to be uncovered. But people so rarely stop to take a look. They just keep moving. It’s a shame, really. There’s so much to see.

是的，当我回头看身后的这个世界时，我看得如此的清晰，有那么多有待发现的美丽，和那么多有待揭幕的秘密。但人们很少会停下来看上一眼，他们只是不停地往前走。这真的很遗憾，有那么多值得一看的东西。

Actually, nothing is forever and the time comes when we all must say goodbye to the world we knew. Goodbye to everything we had taken for granted. Goodbye to those we though would never abandon us. And when these changes finally do occur, when the familiar has departed and the unfamiliar has taken its place, all any of us can really do is to say hello and welcome.

其实没有什么事情是永恒的，总会有跟我们熟悉的世界说再见的一天，跟我们一直拥有的东西说再见，跟一直陪伴着我们的人说再见。当这一时刻真的来临的时候，身边的朋友相继离去，新的面孔陆续出现，我们就只能说一声“你好”，道一句“欢迎”。

So, We say: “Hello, there.”

(节选自Desperate Houswives独白)