Millions were dead; everybody was innocent.

无数人死了，每个都是无辜的

I stayed in my room. The President

我呆在自己房里，总统

Spoke of war as of a magic love potion.

谈论战争，像谈论春药

My eyes were opened in astonishment.

我在惊奇中睁开眼

In a mirror my face appeared to me

镜子里，我的脸像一张

Like a twice-canceled postage stamp.

两次作废的邮票

I lived well, but life was awful.

我过得不错，但生活也挺可怕

there were so many soldiers that day,

那天有好多士兵

So many refugees crowding the roads.

好多难民拥挤在路上

Naturally, they all vanished

自然，一只手轻轻一点

With a touch of the hand.

他们全都消失了

History licked the corners of its bloody mouth.

历史舔着血淋淋的嘴角

On the pay channel, a man and a woman

付费频道上，一个男的和一个女的

Were trading hungry kisses and tearing off

饥渴地接吻，撕扯对方衣服

Each other’s clothes while I looked on

我把音量关掉，一片漆黑

With the sound off and the room dark

除了荧幕上有

Except for the screen where the color

太多的红色，太多的粉色

Had too much red in it, too much pink.