雙語暢銷書《我是馬拉拉》第24章:他們奪走了她的笑容(1)

24 'They have snatched her smile'

24 “他們奪走了她的笑容”

The day my parents flew to Birmingham I was moved out of intensive care and into room 4, ward 519, which had windows so I could look out and see England for the first time.

父母抵達伯明翰的那天，我搬離了加護病房，住進一般病房519室的第四牀。房間有窗戶，讓我得以第一次看到英國的景色。

'Where are the mountains?' I asked.

“怎麼都看不見山呢？”我問。

It was misty and rainy so I thought maybe they were hidden.

外頭霧雨濛濛，我以爲山被遮掩了起來。

I didn't know then that this was a land of little sun.

我當時並不知道，這裏少有晴日。

All I could see were houses and streets.

我眼中能看到的只有房子和街道。

The houses were red brick and all looked exactly the same.

房屋都是紅磚砌成，每一間看起來都一模一樣。

Everything looked very calm and organised, and it was odd to see people's lives going on as if nothing had happened.

所有的事物看起來都安靜平和、井然有序，而我看着人們過着如此平靜的生活，有些無所適從。

Dr Javid told me my parents were coming and tilted my bed so that I was sitting up to greet them when they arrived. I was so excited.

賈維德醫生說我的父母快到了，所以幫我把牀調高。這樣，他們抵達時，我就可以坐着跟他們打招呼。我很興奮。

In the sixteen days since that morning when I had run out of our house in Mingora shouting goodbye, I had been in four hosPitals and travelled thousands of miles.

從我離開明戈拉的家門，大喊着“再見”的那天早晨至今，已經過去了16天。其間，我換了4家醫院，遠赴千里之外。

It felt like sixteen years.

對我來說，這16天宛如16年。

Then the door opened and there were the familiar voices saying 'Jani' and 'Pisho', and they were there, kissing my hands as they were frightened to touch me.

門打開了，熟悉的聲音喚出了“親愛的”和“貓咪”，他們就在我的眼前，親吻着我的雙手，好似他們不敢直接觸摸我一樣。

I couldn't control myself and wept as loudly as I could. All that time alone in hospital I hadn't cried even when I had all those injections in my neck or the staples removed from my head.

我無法控制自己，號啕大哭起來。住院的這段日子，我沒有哭過，即便在他們朝我的脖子打針或拔除我頭上的鋼釘時都沒有。

But now I could not stop.

但現在，我哭得停不下來。

My father and mother were also weeping.

父親與母親也哭了。

It was as if all the weight had been lifted from my heart.

這種感覺，就好像原先壓在我心上的重量，全被一股腦兒拋掉了一樣。