必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於將廢電池扔進曠野。
to toss dead batteries just anywhere.
必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於將磷酸鹽排入河流。
to dump phosphate in rivers.
在集市上任由自己說東家之長西家之短，
To gossip about this family or that in the market
就是任由自己像魚蝦一樣變臭。
makes one stink like fish or shrimp.
而在自己的客廳裏拉屎，
To shit in one’s living room
一點兒不亞於在別人的客廳裏拉屎，
is no worse than shitting in others’ living rooms
需要不怕死的決心，
and requires a fearlessness of death
或至少需要不怕瘋掉的幽默感。
or, not to go mad, a sense of humor.
那赤腳走進玫瑰花叢的人，
One who walks barefoot into a rose bush
他是在找死他是在找死；
invites his own demise.
那揪下每一朵玫瑰並且賤賣的人，
One who plucks roses to sell cheap
他不找死也是找死。
may not seek death but will find it.
必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於賣出自己像賣出一朵玫瑰花。
to sell himself like a rose.
必須有雙倍不怕死的決心，
One must twice be fearless of death
才敢於什麼都不賣卻買來一切。
to buy everything and sell nothing.
試試闖進烏鴉的行列吧，
Enter a procession of crows
看看是你還是烏鴉心跳得更猛烈。
to see if your heart beats faster than theirs.
而公老虎和母老虎的私房話，
As for the pillow talk between a male and female tiger
必須是死過兩次的人才敢於偷聽。
only someone who’s died twice dares to overhear.
必須是死過三次的人，
Only one who’s died thrice
才敢於向螞蟻開放他身上的每一條孔道。
dares open each pore of his flesh to ants.
必須是死過四次的人，
Only one who’s died four times
才敢於變成一隻蝴蝶只關心日落和日出。
dares become a butterfly, caring only about sunrise and sunset.
日出。那不怕死的人正好爬上山頂，
Sunrise. One fearless of death climbs to the mountaintop
正好掏出照相機；
digging out his camera;
一架形如滿月的UFO正好飛入他的鏡頭，
a full-moon shaped UFO crosses his viewfinder,
UFO裏正好坐著有一個青面獠牙的怪獸。
a green-faced, long-toothed monster inside it
他懂得在星辰之間蹦來跳去的樂趣，
who enjoys bouncing between stars
就像你一不怕苦二不怕死，
just as you, fearing neither life’s troubles nor death,
懂得在行業之間蹦來跳去，
enjoy dancing between professions,
在人群之間倒立行走。
or walking upside down through a crowd.
必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於捏住鼻子尖聲尖氣地說這樣很好。
to say all’s well in a pretentious falsetto.
必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於在毛主席面前把蠢話說出口。
to say stupid things aloud before Chairman Mao.
把自己的心掏出來喂狗，
To fish out one’s heart to feed dogs,
把自己的肉剁碎了喂老鷹，
to slice one’s flesh to feed eagles,
是為了活著，既是為自己也是為他人，
is to keep living for oneself and others,
為了活成一個只剩骨頭的人。
to become a man left only with bones.
必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於一頭紮進一個否定的想法哪兒都不去。
to plunge headlong into negative thought and stay there.
必須有不怕死的決心，
One must not fear death
才敢於走到天盡頭。
to stroll toward the end of the sky.