the ceiling had a painting on it 天花板上有一幅画就可以了

in our room in France 我们在法国室

so we were living underneath 所以我们住的下面

some angels in a dance 在一些舞蹈天使

   

my husband was not feeling well 我老公不舒服

and so we went to bed 所以我们就去睡觉

he woke up complaining 他醒来的时候抱怨

of an aching in his head 在他头上的疼痛的

   

he said a hundred people 他说，百人

had come through our room that night 通过我们的房间，那天晚上来了

that one by one the old and young 那一个个古老而又年轻

asked if he was all right 问他没事

   

one by one the old and young 一个个古老而又年轻

lined up to touch his hand 排队摸他的手

he spent the night explaining 他度过了一夜解释

they had come to the wrong man 他们是来错了人

   

the concierge was less than helpful 礼宾不到有用

when we asked her the next day 当我们问她第二天

with coffee and a magazine 咖啡和一本杂志

we went to the desk to pay 我们到服务台付款

   

"what happened in that room?" he asked “发生了什么事在那个房间里？ ”他问

"a death or something strange?" “死亡什么奇怪的？ ”

she smiled at him politely 她对他微笑礼貌

and returned to him his change 并回到了他的变化

   

well, what I'd like to know 好了，我想知道

and this will be a mystery, 这将是一个谜，

is with all the people in that room 与所有的人在那个房间

why none appeared to me? 为什么没有出现在我身上？

   

when we sleep so close together that 当我们睡那么密切了

our hair becomes entwined 我们的头发变得纠缠

I must have missed that moment 我一定是错过了那一刻

in the gateway to his mind 在通往他的头脑