对你的记忆就是对孤独的记忆；

You, a memory of loneliness, a single word

一个词游走在我大脑的山峦上，

wandering the mountain ridges of my brain

爬过陡峭山崖，下到阴冷沟壑,

over steep cliffs descending into cold ravines.

就像一只被饥饿折磨的母豹，

Like a leopardess tormented by hunger,

仍然动作敏捷而来去无影地行走。

it moves swiftly without leaving a trace.

一个词告诉我：它不希望消失在虚无中，

The word tells me:

就像从来不存在。它要我看见它，要我追踪它，

it doesn’t want to disappear into emptiness

要我像猎人一样，把它从记忆中

as if it'd never existed. It wants me to see it, to track it

找出并大声说出它。可是我却不知道

like a hunter, and find it in the memory,

把它安放在哪里。一个词啊！难道我能够把你

and speak its name aloud.  But I really don't know

安放在这个世界？这个世界甚至不是我的世界，

where to put it.  Word, where can I place you

是政客的世界、商人的世界。我走在

in this world?  This world that's not even mine,

这个世界就像走在刀尖上，走在迷宫里。

a world of politicians, a world of businessmen.

它的确是迷宫。当我看见无论电视还是报纸

I'm walking here as if on a knife's edge, or in a maze.

都在教育人买卖的法则，当我看见

It's a maze indeed.

无论老年人、青年人都在说

Television and newspapers all teach us rules,

有钱就有幸福，有钱就有尊严。

the ins and outs of games. Everyone says

我真地感到巨大的迷宫正敞开大门。

you need money to be happy, to have dignity.

我并不愿意走进去。我宁愿

I see the doors on the great maze opening wide.

面对一朵花、一只鸟、一颗星；我宁愿

I don't want to enter.  I'd rather

把自己关在屋子里。我宁愿你……失踪。

face a single flower, a bird, a star.  I'd rather

shut myself in this room

I'd rather let you, word... disappear.