Life by Hsu Chih-Mo ~ 徐志摩 《生活》 with English Translations

作品原文

徐志摩 《生活》

阴沉，黑暗，毒蛇似的蜿蜒，
生活逼成了一条甬道：
一度陷入，你只可向前，
手扪索着冷壁的粘潮，

在妖魔的脏腑内挣扎，
头顶不见一线的天光
这魂魄，在恐怖的压迫下，
除了消灭更有什么愿望？

英文译文

Life
Hsu Chih-Mo

Gloomy and sombre, like a venomous serpent crawling,
Life leads you to a narrow corridor:
Once you are there you only can go forward,
Fingering the clammy ooze on chilly walls.

Struggling within the bowels of a devil,
No gleam of light is visible above.
What hope, under the burden of such terror,
What hope for the soul beyond its perishing?