Today, the Gods made me bleed again
今天，众神又让我鲜血淋漓
They chained my feet, so tight,
他们紧紧束缚住我的双脚
I could barely move
我几乎动弹不得
I bleed through my socks,
我的血液渗透袜子
Last month was my left ankle,
上个月 伤的是我的左脚踝
today it was the right
今天是右脚踝
When I wash,
当我清洗时
the soap burns like fire
肥皂像火一样灼烧伤口
but I have to keep my ankles clean
但我不得不这样去保持脚踝的清洁
because I don 8217;t have any alcohol,
因为我没有酒精
or broxide
也没有安眠药
Nothing to kill a bacteria or infections
无法杀死细菌或预防感染
and this place is filthy
这里很脏
I can 8217;t remember what it 8217;s like
我不再记得
to walk as a human being anymore
作为人类行走的感觉了
My cell is so small
我的牢房太小了
that I can only take two steps
我只能移动两步
Any time when I 8217;m brought out,
当我被带出去放风
I walk briefly or infrequently,
只走几步路而已
I have chains on my hands and feet
我的手脚上也有锁链禁锢
as well as guards hanging on me
并且有守卫抓着我
And well over sixteen years since I have barely walked anywhere
16年来我几乎没有走过路
Sometimes I still can 8217;t read my mind about now
有时候我也不知道自己在想什么
I 8217;m working on my seventeenth year now,
在我十七岁工作的时候
There were times when I thought,
有时候会想
8220;Surely, someone 8217;s gonna put a stop to this.
“肯定会有人阻止这一切的
Surely someone is going to do something 8221;
肯定有人会这么做”
But they never do
但没有人
Time just rolls on
时光却滚滚向前
It 8217;s insanity
真是疯狂
I 8217;m truly amazed of what they 8217;ve gonna allow to get away with
我惊讶于
and for how long
他们能让我们离开多久
Oh well,
好吧
there 8217;s no good to dwell on it
这样做没有好处
either I waste my energy by focusing on things I cannot change
与其浪费精力在这些我无法改变的事情上
or I can serve my energy
不如在这些我能改变的事情上
and to bled to small things I can change.
竭尽全力
That 8217;s what the I Ching calls 8212;
那就是《易经》中
The taming power of the small.
“风天小畜”的含义