Self-portrait by Gong Liu ~ 公刘 《自画像》 with English Translations

作品原文

公刘 《自画像》

看眼睛知道你失眠，
从失眠测定你构想的诗篇。

修眉是不甘收敛的翅膀
有甚么样的痛苦将它灼伤？

但铁颚依旧紧咬着决心，
而决心又始终紧咬着敌人。

作品译文

Self-portrait
Gong Liu

From your eyes, I know that you suffer from insomnia.
From your insomnia I surmise that you’re composing your poems.

Your well-pruned eyebrows suggest unyielding wings—
What sort of pain has scorched them?

But the iron jaws still bite hard with the resolve,
And the resolve itself bites hard the enemy.