I want to grow old with you.

我想和你一起变老。

Old, old.

老，老到不行。

So old we pad through the supermarket

老到在超市里蹒跚而行，

using the shopping cart as a cane that steadies us.

用购物车做支撑我们的拐杖。

I’ll wait at register two in my green sweater

我会在二号收银台等你，

with threadbare elbows, smiling

穿着我的绿色毛衣，胳膊肘都磨破了

because you’ve forgotten the bag of day-old pastries.

笑着，因为你忘了那袋隔夜的糕点。

The cashier will tell me a joke about barbers as I wait.

收银员会给我讲一个关于理发师的笑话，

He repeats the first line three times

他把第一句重复了三遍，

but the only word I understand is barber.

我只听懂了“理发师”。

Over the years we’ve caught inklings

这些年来，我们渐渐察觉到

of our shrinking frames and hunched spines.

我们日渐萎缩的身躯和佝偻的背影。

You’re a little confused

你有点糊涂了，

looking for me at the wrong register with a bag

在错误的收银台找我，

of almost-stale croissants clenched in your hand.

手里紧紧攥着一袋快要过期的羊角面包。

The first time I held your hand it felt enormous in my own.

第一次牵你的手，感觉它在我手中无比巨大。

Sasquatch, I teased you, a million years ago.

大脚怪，我曾经这样嘲弄你，仿佛在一百万年前。

Over here, I yell, but not in a mad way.

我在这边，我喊道，但不是生气地喊。

We’re laughing.

我们在笑。

You have a bright yellow pin on your coat that says, Shalom!

你的外套上别着一枚鲜黄色的徽章，上面写着“Shalom！”（注1）

Senior Discount, you say.

老年折扣，你说。

But the cashier already knows us.

但收银员已经认识我们了。

We’re everyone’s favorite customers.

我们是大家最喜欢的顾客。

译注1：Shalom 是希伯来语的“和平”的意思，是美国比较常用的问候语之一。