————Lingering————

海德堡的最後一夜是個雨夜。狂歡之後走上寂靜的街道，打烊的小店旁，或是昏暗的路燈下，零零散散坐了吃酒的人。街道之靜，能清晰聽見雨點打在紙箱上的聲音；聲音不大，只堪堪蓋過了我的呼吸聲。我在雨中慢慢地走，不過十分鐘的路，卻仿佛走了我一夜。

The last night in Heidelberg was a rainy night. After the revelry, along the quiet street, beside shuttered shops and beneath dim lamps, people lingered, sitting and drinking. The silence was so deep that one could hear raindrops striking cardboard boxes — not loud, just enough to veil my breath. I walked slowly through the drizzle; the ten-minute walk somehow took me an entire night.

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