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