我真正的意思。他把我的名字

what I really mean. He paints my name

涂在整面花卉图案的床单上，然后把它的两个底角

across the floral bed sheet and ties the bottom corners

系在我的脚踝上，然后他给自己

to my ankles. Then he paints another

涂了另一个。我们走到城里玩影子游戏，

for himself. We walk into town and play the shadow game,

说哦！对不起我踩到了你的

saying Oh! I’m sorry for stepping on your

影子！请你小心！我的影子被你的购物车轮子

shadow! and Please be careful! My shadow is caught in the wheels

轧到了。我们说得都很有礼貌。

of your shopping cart. It's all very polite.

我们的影子就像其他任何人一样变脏，所以我们带着

Our shadows get dirty just like anyone’s, so we take

它们去洗衣店——有着

them to the Laundromat—the one with

1996年奥运主题弹子球游戏的那个——

the 1996 Olympics themed pinball machine—

看着我们的影子耳鬓厮磨

and watch our shadows warm

相互温暖。我们把影子游戏带回家

against each other. We bring the shadow game home

（下面是我最喜欢的部分）当我们

and (this is my favorite part) when we

让我们的影子延展铺满床垫，我们纠缠得如此紧密

stretch our shadows across the bed, we get so tangled

以至于我的丈夫抓起自己的手腕，

my husband grips his own wrist,

确定那是我的手腕，然后亲吻它。

certain it’s my wrist, and kisses it.