even ants tremble at nightfall

連螞蟻也害怕黑夜

even stones suffer insomnia

連石頭也被失眠所折磨

even moonlight’s so polluted men’s shadows thin to mist

連月光也受到了污染所以人影朦朧

even the mountaintop swells as if ready to blow

連山峰也在增高好像醞釀著分崩

even the Tang Dynasty fell into decline

連大唐帝國也最終走向衰落

even in the trashcan people are living

連垃圾箱裏也有人居留

even optimists are uncertain how to live

連奢談理想的人也拿不准該怎樣生活

even men with fallen shoulders want to leave home

連溜肩膀的男人也要離家出走

even the tiger was beaten down by Wu Song

連老虎也會被武松打倒在地

even Wu Song can be scourged for his crimes and put in chains,

連武松也會被拿下，治罪，戴上枷鎖

even the law has holes

連法律也會有漏洞

even wickedness finds a gallant excuse

連邪惡也能找到堂皇的藉口

even good looking women hug themselves

連略有幾分姿色的女人也沾沾自喜

even the most beautiful prattle on

連最美麗的女人也在胡說

even Kwan-yin grows breasts

連觀世音菩薩也長出了乳房

even Sai Jinhua got famous

連賽金花也暴得大名

even the doctor has gonorrhoea, but keeps working

連醫生也得上了淋病只是他繼續工作

even the drunkard knows to go home, if only he could remember where

連醉鬼也知道回家只是他忘記了家門

even birds of May learn to be silent

連五月的鳥雀也學會了沉默

even the soulless can cry “Help!”

連行屍走肉也會喊「救命！」

even children love the new and quietly loathe the old

連孩子們也悄悄地喜新厭舊

even devils and ghosts are arrayed in gorgeous mantles

連妖魔鬼怪也披著華麗的斗篷

even the blind fortuneteller lowers his head before destiny

連算命的瞎子也只好向命運低頭

even the dead have worries

連死人也會有擔憂

when night slips on its terrible silence

可怕的無所事事的夜晚再一次來臨

I walk through empty Wangfujing, muttering these words over and over

我叨念著這一切穿過空寂的王府井

stars avoid my eyes

星星躲開我的視線

a huge black tree snatches at my waist

一棵漆黑的大樹將我攔腰抱住