突然半夜裏下起雪來，

Midnight, suddenly more snow

有人在青色的雪地上易子而食。

on snow-blue ground. To eat,

去年今天，我在這裏

some exchange dead babies.

為即將死在返鄉途中的長官寫過一首壯行詩。

Last year to the day, I was here

composing a cheery farewell verse

叛軍打著火把走過江邊

for an officer who’d die going home.

走過我的身邊并唱著胡人的歌。

唱就唱吧，反正我也聽不懂，

On the riverbank, the rebel army

如今我的白衫破爛但我更像一朵花了。

passing with torches,

singing some barbaric tune.

Let them; I can’t make out a word.

Today, my white shift tattered,

I’m more like a flower.