Midnight, suddenly more snow

突然半夜裏下起雪來，

on snow-blue ground. To eat,

有人在青色的雪地上易子而食。

some exchange dead babies.

去年今天，我在這裏

Last year to the day, I was here

為即將死在返鄉途中的長官寫過一首壯行詩。

composing a cheery farewell verse

for an officer who’d die going home.

叛軍打著火把走過江邊

走過我的身邊并唱著胡人的歌。

On the riverbank, the rebel army

唱就唱吧，反正我也聽不懂，

passing with torches,

如今我的白衫破爛但我更像一朵花了。

singing some barbaric tune.

Let them; I can’t make out a word.

Today, my white shift tattered,

I’m more like a flower.