留下的浅绿痕迹,正俯身对着一位挑选鲜花的年轻顾客,用温和又略带中式口音的英文,细细讲解着眼前的丁香花。
“these are lics”(这是丁香花。)
段奶奶轻轻拨弄着一枝丁香的花穗,指尖温柔得像触碰易碎的星光。
“they don’t have big, showy flowers like roses, but their fragrance is ft, iet, and lrs”(它们不像玫瑰那样开得张扬,可是香气很软、很静,久久不散。)
她直起身,目光落在丁香淡紫的花瓣上,眼底漾着跨越山海的温柔,语速慢了些。
“ y hotown cha, we love lics very uch they bloo te sprg, not fightg for attention, jt bloog ntly”(在我中国的老家,我们很喜欢丁香。它在晚春开放,不抢风头,只是安安静静地开。)
“people say they sybolize issg, iet happess, and the ft ories of hotown”(人们说,它象征着思念、淡淡的欢喜,还有故乡温柔的回忆。)
段奶奶拿起一枝浅白丁香,递到顾客鼻尖前。
“these flowers don’t shout their beauty they whisper”(这些花不会大声宣告自己的美,它们只会轻声诉说。)
“like the thoughts you hold for one you love, or the old days you can’t fet”(就像你心里藏着对一个人的想念,或是忘不掉的旧时光。)
“even new york, this little flower carries the warth of the east”(就算在纽约,这朵小花,也带着东方的暖意。)
风从半开的门吹进来,丁香的香气飘得更远,混着纽约街头的烟火气,成了异国街角最温柔的东方诗意。