is yellowing with time

隨時間泛黃

Gunbarrels

槍筒

coshes

警棍

prison bars

冰冷的鐵條

have branded on it

已把各自的陰影

their black shadows

烙在上面

And so from the darkest

黑森森的歷史叢林

jungles of history

在光天化日下

forming in broad daylight

接連聳起，突然

appears a paper tiger—

躍出一只紙老虎——

a maneater

它吃人