still

华在92年去了日本，这差不多也是我和她做朋友的开始。她在日本结了婚，生了女儿，老公是一个日本人。我不敢问她是否幸福，她却告诉过我，她和老公之间曾经有一年住在一个屋檐下，而没说过一句话。03年8月，她独自回到了上海，带着女儿。

饭间，华告诉我她已在一家日资公司上班了，做总经理翻译，女儿放在幼儿园，她想在上海买房子，一切似乎均在走上该走的正轨。我的手机响了，是我们共同的一个朋友，他请我们下星期吃饭，也是叙叙旧。

我告诉了华，华连连摆手：“不行，不行，我爱人下星期回来，我们说好要去北京玩的。”我不由地声音小了：“你爱人？哪来的？”华有些奇怪：“我老公啊，日本来的。” 我松了口气：“哦哟，那不就老公得了，还爱人……”华笑了：“以前不是一直这样叫的嘛，爱人就是老公，在中国。”这回，我声音大点了，象在陈述一个事实：“不是的，你那个也可以叫爱人的？”

华了然地叹了口气：“搞什么名堂嘛，我那个不叫爱人叫什么？”我也了然地叹了口气：“是呀，是呀，也搞不出啥名堂了。”

可是，可是，哪有生活在一起，可以一年不说一句话，毫不关心彼此的爱人？

天，我怕！

放一首歌上来，为自己鼓鼓劲。

＜The Power of Love>

演唱：Celine Dion
词曲：Gunther Mende, Candy DeRouge, Jennifer Ruch, Mary Susan Applegate

The whispers in the morning
Of lovers sleeping tight
Are rolling like thunder now
As I look in your eyes
I hold on to your body
And feel each move you make
Your voice is warm and tender
A love that I could not forsake

(first chorus)
'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can

Lost is how I'm feeling lying in your arms
When the world outside's too
Much to take
That all ends when I'm with you

Even though there may be times
It seems I'm far away
Never wonder where I am
'Cause I am always by your side

'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can

(second chorus)
We're heading for something
Somewhere I've never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I'm ready to learn
Of the power of love

The sound of your heart beating
Made it clear
Suddenly the feeling that I can't go on
Is light years away

'Cause I am your lady
And you are my man
Whenever you reach for me
I'll do all that I can

We're heading for something
Somewhere I've never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I'm ready to learn
Of the power of love