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he stepped into a yellow morning which seemed to him to be,
Dia melangkah ke pagi yang kuning yang baginya,
well, not gray but kind of a grayish maroon.
yah, bukan abu-abu tapi agak merah marun kelabu.
He couldn’t figure out why;
Dia tidak tahu mengapa;
he hadn’t eaten mushrooms in at least a week.
Dia tidak memakan jamur setidaknya seminggu.
He stumble-crawled towards Dave’s Luncheonette, climbed into a booth.
Dia tersandung-merangkak menuju Dave’s Luncheonette, naik ke sebuah bilik.
He insisted on looking at the menu for six minutes and thirty seven seconds every day
Dia bersikeras melihat menu selama enam menit dan tiga puluh tujuh detik setiap hari
even though he always ordered bacon and eggs, toast and coffee.
Meski ia selalu memesan bacon dan telur, roti bakar dan kopi.
This morning, he also ordered water, but he didn’t drink any of it.
Pagi ini, dia juga memesan air, tapi dia tidak meminumnya.
It was Thursday, April 20, 1967. He was waiting for something to happen.
Saat itu hari Kamis, 20 April 1967. Dia sedang menunggu sesuatu terjadi.
As he was eating, some of the water evaporated,
Saat dia sedang makan, beberapa air menguap,
some people were born, some were married, a star imploded, a friends of his was throwing up, two others were having sex.
Beberapa orang lahir, beberapa sudah menikah, satu bintang meledak, teman-temannya muntah, dua lainnya sedang berhubungan seks.
As he finished his last forkful of eggs, a fly sitting directly opposite from him, died.
Saat dia menyelesaikan telurnya yang terakhir, seekor lalat yang duduk berhadapan langsung darinya, meninggal.
He left Dave’s, headed north.
Dia meninggalkan Dave, menuju ke utara.
Nothing much happened the rest of the day.
Tidak banyak yang terjadi sepanjang hari ini.
Had he known it was Hitler’s birthday, he would not have celebrated.
Seandainya dia tahu itu hari ulang tahun Hitler, dia tidak akan pernah merayakannya.