氣味 Smelling

手洗的衣服散發出香皂味道。

在熱燙陽光下曬白色床單。若把臉輕伏在裡面，如同沉浸在一桶熱水中。呼吸它的暖氣，身心俱碎。

陌生女子擦肩而過，髮絲清掃過臉頰，散發出洗髮水櫻草淡香。

走廊裡人家廚房做菜的氣味，油煙和食物混雜，蘿卜醬油肥肉燉在一起的富足。在冬日寒冷灰暗的黃昏，顯得厚實。

富穿過的圓領衫領口，屬於他的味道不會消退。

童年夏日午後，暴雨停歇，大地散發出泥土和植物的腥味，十分辛辣。

男子耳朵後面皮膚上散發出來的味道，每個人都是不同的。包括他們脖子上的皮膚。

愛在停留的時候，它的氣味融合置身其中的人。而當他們分離的時候，又回復自身的存在。對方的氣味是印證自我的參照。氣味是遺忘的證據。

布料上散發出來的氣味。草地被割草機修剪後的氣味。

冬天深夜凜冽空氣的氣味。

孩子身上母乳的氣息。嘴唇裏薄荷的氣味，天生的清新口氣。

月光下夜霧的氣味。

花朵的氣味。雪後臘梅，夏夜荷塘，一切白色的花香，茉莉，玉蘭，梔子，玉簪，曇花。它們的香氣各成體系。萬事萬物，沾染著塵埃風霜，卻是和諧的天地。

年老的人，身上會散發連自己也未曾覺察的氣味，如同潮濕樹幹上面生長的苔蘚，只有湊近它們的人，才能聞到那股味道。年少清新的身體，使人感覺跨入初春的小花園，一切正在蓬勃地展望。寂寥的人會聞嗅自己手指的氣味，它記錄著他所做過的一切細節。

Smell

Hand-washed clothes smell after the cleanness of laundry soap.

White bed linen is drying in the sun. I put my face in it a hot Spa. I breathe in the warmth. It is an indulgence for both baby and soul.

An unknown lady passes by. Her long hair brushes my face, smelling decently after the blossom and grass green scent of the shampoo.

In The corridor of the apartment building, I smell other families cooking their dinners. The steam and food, reddish with pork in soja sauce. It makes me feel the abundance and security of family, warmth in a cold winter evening.

Dad once wore the sweater. Its neckline will always carry his smell.

In my childhood, on a summer afternoon, a storm just stopped. There was the smell of rather and plants in the air, rather sharp and spicy.

Every man has their individual smell, especially in the skin area behind their ears, and in their neck.

When people are in love, the fusion of the man’s and the smell makes the smell of their love. When the couple separate, so do their smells. Recognizing the other one’s smell at a sudden moment makes them realize that they are no longer together. When they are almost about to forget, the smell can call back the memories all at once.

New cloth has its unique smell.

Freshly cut grass has a distinguished smell.

The cold air in a winter night has its smell.

Babies wear the smell if the mother milk.

In the moonlight, the night fog gives its smell.

Flowers have their unmistakable smell: winter cherry blossom (Lamei) after snow, lotus in a summer night, and all the fragrant white blossoms-Jasmine, Magnolia, Gardenia, Crane Flowers (Hosta, YUZAN). Night Blooming Cereus (Tanhua) – all give their unique charming scent.

In sentimental moments, we smell the dust, the wind, the frost, the harmony of heaven and earth.

A lonely person sometime smells his fingers. The smell of the finger records-like a journal-all the details of the day.

From : Annie Baby ‧Plain years, splendid moments

翻譯：李雅玲(Translated by Yaling Li)