Social Studies - David Byrne

Social Studies - David Byrne
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I thought that if I ate the food
我以为只要品尝当地美食
Of the area I was visiting
就能融入这片土地的灵魂
That I might assimilate the point
或许能借此理解当地居民
Of view of the people there
看待世界的独特视角
As if the point of view was somehow in the food
仿佛世界观就藏在食物之中
So I would make no choices myself
于是我不再自己做选择
Regarding what food I ate
关于该吃什么这个问题
I would simply follow the examples
只是盲目追随他人的范例
Of those around me
周围人们的模样
I would study menus very carefully
我总仔细研读菜单
Making note of important differences and similarities
记录着异同的微妙
When shopping at the supermarket
当在超市采购时
I felt a great desire to walk off
内心涌起强烈冲动
With someone else's groceries
想带走他人的购物袋
So I could study them at length
好让我能长久揣摩
And study their effects on me
体会它们对我的影响
As though if I ate their groceries
仿佛只要尝遍他们常买的食物
I would become that person until
就能短暂成为那个人 直到
I finished their groceries
货架上的食物被清空
And we might find ourselves going to the same places
而后我们或许会不期而遇
Running into one another at the
在影院闪烁的黑暗中
Movies or in a shopping mall
或购物中心的转角处
Reading the same books watching
读着相同的书 守着
The same TV programs
相同的电视节目
Wearing the same clothes traveling
穿着同样的衣服 四处游历
To the same places
去往同样的地方
And taking the same pictures getting
拍着同样的照片 然后
Sick at the same time
同时感到不适
And getting well again simultaneously
又同时痊愈
Finding ourselves attracted to the same people
发现自己被同样的人吸引
Working at the same job and
做着同样的工作
Making the same amount of money
赚着同样数目的钱
Living identical lives as long as the groceries lasted
过着完全相同的生活 直到食物耗尽