《美食祈祷和恋爱》Chapter 78 (176):老四赖爷的人生故事

Here is Ketut Liyer's life story pretty much as he tells it:

老四赖爷如此诉说自己的人生故事：

"It is nine generations that my family is a medicine man. My father, my grandfather, my great-grandfather, all of them is a medicine man. They all want me to be medicine man because they see I have light. They see I have beautiful and I have intelligent. But I do not want to be medicine man. Too much study! Too much information! And I don't believe in medicine man! I want to be painter! I want to be artist! I have good talent with this.

"我的家族有九代担任药师。我的父亲、祖父、曾祖父都是药师。他们都要我当药师，因为他们看见我有慧根。他们看我有美和智慧。但我不想当药师。念太多书！太多资讯！而且我不信药师！我要当画家！我想做艺术家！我有绘画天赋。

"When I was still young man, I meet American man, very rich, maybe even New York City person like you. He like my painting. He wants to buy big painting from me, maybe one meter big, for lot of money. Enough money to be rich. So I start to painting this picture for him. Every day I painting, painting, painting. Even in night I painting. In this day, long time ago, no electric lightbulb like today, so I have lamp. Oil lamp, you understand? Pump lamp, have to pump it to make oil come. And I always make painting every night with oil lamp.

"我还年轻时，遇上一位很有钱的美国人，可能和你一样是纽约人。他喜欢我的画。他想出高价买我的大幅画，大概一公尺大。卖画的这笔钱足够让我成为有钱人。我每天画呀、画呀、画呀，甚至晚上也画。从前没有像今天这样的电灯泡，只有灯。油灯，懂吧？抽油灯，得抽油才行。我每天晚上都点油灯画画。

"One night, oil lamp is dark, so I pumping, pumping, pumping and it explode! Makes my arm on fire! I go to hospital for one month with burned arm, it make infection. Infection goes all the way to my heart. The doctor say I must to go to Singapore for cut off my arm, for amputation. This is not my cup of tea. But doctor says I must go to Singapore, have operation to cut arm off. I tell doctor—first I go home to my village.

"一天晚上，油灯很暗，于是我抽啊抽啊抽啊，结果爆炸！我的手臂着了火！烧坏的手臂让我住院两个月，造成感染，感染到我的心脏。医生说我必须去新加坡做截肢手术，切除手臂。这我可不喜欢。但医生说我得去新加坡做手术切除手臂。我告诉医生——我必须先回村子里的家。

"That night in village, I got dream. Father, grandfather, great-grandfather—all they come in my dream to my house together and tell me how to heal my burned arm. They tell me make juice from saffron and sandalwood. Put this juice on burn. Then make powder from saffron and sandalwood. Rub this powder on burn. They tell me I must do this, then I not lose my arm. So real this dream, like they in house with me, all of they together.

"那天晚上在村子里，我做了个梦。父亲、祖父、曾祖父都来到我梦中，齐聚一堂，告诉我如何治疗烧伤的手臂。他们要我提取番红花和檀木的汁液，把汁液敷在烧伤处，然后把番红花和檀木磨成粉，把粉涂在烧伤处。他们告诉我这么做才不会失去一条手臂。此梦如此真实，就像他们和我在屋子里齐聚一堂。