The metaphysics of the quotidian was what he was after:

平凡生活的玄学是他所追求的：

A little dew on the sunrise grass,

日出时青草上一点露珠，

A drop of blood in the evening trees,

傍晚时林中的一滴血，

                                                           a drop of fire.

一滴火。

If you don’t shine you are darkness.

如果你不闪光你就是黑暗。

The future is merciless,

未来是不仁慈的，

                                     everyone’s name inscribed

每个人的名字都刻在

On the flyleaf of the Book of Snow.

《雪之书》的扉页上。