即使现在
Even now,
数十年以后
decades after,
我仍用冷水洗睑
I wash my face with cold water –
并非什么修养不修养
Not for discipline,
也非保留记忆
nor memory,
更非想以清凉苏醒某些打击
nor the icy, awakening slap,
不过是练习
but to practice
选取
choosing
从不必要变成必须
to make the unwanted wanted.
即使现在
Even now,
数十年以后
decades after,
我仍用冷水洗睑
I wash my face with cold water –
并非什么修养不修养
Not for discipline,
也非保留记忆
nor memory,
更非想以清凉苏醒某些打击
nor the icy, awakening slap,
不过是练习
but to practice
选取
choosing
从不必要变成必须
to make the unwanted wanted.