Cin asilli Amerikali sair ve roman yazari Ha Jin'in dogum gunu (21 Subat 1956)
-Karidesten bahsedildigini daha once duymadiniz mi?
-Duydum ama hic gormedim dedi Ren.
-Ben de ilk kez goruyorum diye itiraf etti Bengsheng. Onlari bu sabah ilceden aldim. Satilik oldugunu gorunce 'canina yanayim' dedim. Erkek dedigin yeni seyleri denemeli ki gozu acik gitmesin. O yuzden dort kilo aldim. Tabii biraz pahali, kilosu uc bucuk yuan. Bana Guney'den getirildigini ve sadece yabancilarin yiyebildigi ithal bir mal oldugunu soylediler." Bekleyis
-Shrimp, Bensheng told them proudly. Haven't you heard of shrimp?
-I have, but I never saw one, said Ren.
-This is my first time too, Bensheng confessed. I bought them in the county town this morning. When I saw them for sale, I thought, 'Damn, a man must try new things, or he'll die with regret.' So I bought two pounds. Boy, they're expensive, seven yuan a pound. I was told they came from the South and used to be a kind of export stuff that only foreigners could eat."
"Ask boyle midir? kendine kendine sordu. Insanlar evliligin aski oldurdugunu bosuna soylemiyorlar. Evlilige ne kadar yaklasirsak, ona karsi o kadar az baglilik hissedecegim. Bu artik onu sevmedigim anlamina mi geliyor? Delilik etme. O ve sen bunca senedir beklediniz. Simdi birlesme zamani. Evet gercek asiklar her an oturup birbirlerini seyretmezler; sadece ayni yone bakip ayni yone dogru yollarina devam ederler. Kim soylemisti bunu yabanci bir rahip olmali. Ya Manna? O benim Shuyu ile ayni odada kalmam hakkinda ne dusunuyor? Bundan rahatsizlik duyuyor mu? Herhalde duyuyordur. Beni ozluyor mu?"
"Is this what love is like? he asked himself. No wonder people say marriage is the death of love. The closer we are to getting married, the less attached I feel to her. Does this mean I don't love her anymore? Don't be a fool. She and I have waited for each other so many years. Now it's time to be united. Yes, true lovers don't have to stay together looking at each other all the time; they look and move in the same direction. Who said that? It must have been a foreign monk. How about Manna, what does she think of my staying with Shuyu in this room? Is she irritated by it? She must be. Does she miss me?"



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