替补观众

A Substitute Spectator 

最初约会在球场

Our first date was set at the field

见完面直接开踢

After which he turned to the kickoff

两不耽误

Neither events were hung up

好多友情这样开始

He got to know lots of friends this way

持续多年

The friendship last for years

有时十几人聚在客厅

At times a dozen of them gathered in our sitting room

看完球睡到门外平台上

Sleep on the terrace out of gate after watching the game

墙上贴着曼联全家福

On the wall hangs a team photo of Manchester United   

相册里珍藏着他的赛场英姿

In our album his heroic photos were kept

我则刷了多年球鞋

While I cleaned the trainers for years

还能说出很多球队和运动员的名字

Plus listing the names of teams and footballers

球场也变成我们的第二个家

The fields became another home for us

和外教聊足球，球星

He chatted with foreign teachers about teams and members

说football first, wife second

Declaring that football was part of his life and his motto: 

说将来有了儿子

Football first, wife second

会走路就要开始训练

Saying that when our son were born

——我无话可说

He would start training him as soon as he could walk

毕竟他在努力讲外语

----I was left speechless

After all he was trying to practise English

后来女儿成了球迷

我会准备宵夜和酒

Later our daughter turned a football fan

……

I was there to prepare night snack and drinks

…

四十年过去

Now forty years passed by

有些规则我还没弄明白

I was still not sure about certain rules or rather laws

他已经挂靴

But he had hung up his spikes/boots

只在手机上一边研究象棋

Only scrolling on his mobile for chess study

一边回顾精彩射门镜头

While reviewing those amazing goal highlights

我在鼾声中悄悄起来

I would sneak out of bed in his snoring 

从十六强跟到半决赛

To follow the live broadcast from final 16 of knockout stage to semi final

只想成为   他醒来

Hoping , when he wakes up,

第一个告诉他结果的人

To be the first to tell him the score

2026.7.14

July 14, 2026