復讎 Revenge

人的皮膚之厚，大概不到半分，鮮紅的熱血，就循着那後面，在比密密層層地爬在牆壁上的槐蠶更其密的血管裏奔流，散出温熱。The thickness of human skin is probably no more than half a fen; the bright red hot blood flows just behind it, coursing through blood vessels denser even than the locust silkworms crawling thick upon a wall, giving off its warmth.於是各以這温熱互相蠱惑，煽動，牽引，拚命地希求偎倚，接吻，擁抱，以得生命的沈酣的大歡喜。And so, with this warmth, they bewitch, incite, and draw one another on, desperately longing to nestle close, to kiss, to embrace, so as to attain the deep, intoxicated great joy of life.

人的皮肤之厚，大概不到半分，鲜红的热血，就循着那后面，在比密密层层地爬在墙壁上的槐蚕更其密的血管里奔流，散出温热。于是各以这温热互相蛊惑，煽动，牵引，拼命地希求偎倚，接吻，拥抱，以得生命的沈酣的大欢喜。

但倘若用一柄尖銳的利刃，只一擊，穿透這桃紅色的，菲薄的皮膚，將見那鮮紅的熱血激箭似的以所有温熱直接灌溉殺戮者；But if one were to take a sharp, keen blade and, with a single stroke, pierce through this peach-pink, flimsy skin, one would see that bright red hot blood, like a shot arrow, pour all its warmth directly upon the killer;其次，則給以冰冷的呼吸，示以淡白的嘴脣，使之人性茫然，得到生命的飛揚的極致的大歡喜；next, it would give him its icy breath, show him its pale white lips, leaving him dazed out of his humanity, so that he attains the supreme great joy of life's soaring flight;而其自身，則永遠沈浸于生命的飛揚的極致的大歡喜中。while the victim itself would remain forever immersed in the supreme great joy of life's soaring flight.

但倘若用一柄尖锐的利刃，只一击，穿透这桃红色的，菲薄的皮肤，将见那鲜红的热血激箭似的以所有温热直接灌溉杀戮者；其次，则给以冰冷的呼吸，示以淡白的嘴唇，使之人性茫然，得到生命的飞扬的极致的大欢喜；而其自身，则永远沈浸于生命的飞扬的极致的大欢喜中。

這樣，所以，有他們倆裸着全身，��着利刃，對立于廣漠的曠野之上。Thus it is that the two of them stand with their whole bodies bared, gripping sharp blades, facing each other upon the vast and boundless wilderness.

这样，所以，有他们俩裸着全身，𪮆着利刃，对立于广漠的旷野之上。

他們倆將要擁抱，將要殺戮……The two of them are about to embrace, about to kill……

他们俩将要拥抱，将要杀戮……

路人們從四面奔來，密密層層地，如槐蠶爬上牆壁，如馬蟻要扛鯗頭。Passersby come running from all four sides, thick and dense, like locust silkworms crawling up a wall, like ants swarming to hoist away a dried fish head.衣服都漂亮，手倒空的。Their clothes are all fine, yet their hands are empty.然而從四面奔來，而且拚命地伸長頸子，要賞鑒這擁抱或殺戮。Still they come running from all four sides, straining their necks for all they are worth, eager to savor this embrace or this slaughter.他們已經豫覺着事後的自己的舌上的汗或血的鮮味。They can already anticipate, on their own tongues afterward, the fresh taste of sweat or of blood.

路人们从四面奔来，密密层层地，如槐蚕爬上墙壁，如马蚁要扛鲞头。衣服都漂亮，手倒空的。然而从四面奔来，而且拼命地伸长颈子，要赏鉴这拥抱或杀戮。他们已经豫觉着事后的自己的舌上的汗或血的鲜味。

然而他們倆對立着，在廣漠的曠野之上，裸着全身，��着利刃，然而也不擁抱，也不殺戮，而且也不見有擁抱或殺戮之意。Yet the two of them merely stand facing each other, upon the vast and boundless wilderness, their whole bodies bared, gripping sharp blades, and yet they neither embrace nor kill, nor is there even a sign of any intention to embrace or to kill.

然而他们俩对立着，在广漠的旷野之上，裸着全身，𪮆着利刃，然而也不拥抱，也不杀戮，而且也不见有拥抱或杀戮之意。

他們倆這樣地至于永久，圓活的身體，已將乾枯，然而毫不見有擁抱或殺戮之意。The two of them remain thus even unto eternity, their once supple bodies now on the verge of withering, yet showing not the least sign of any intention to embrace or to kill.

他们俩这样地至于永久，圆活的身体，已将干枯，然而毫不见有拥抱或杀戮之意。

路人們于是乎無聊；The passersby therefore grow bored;覺得有無聊鑽進他們的毛孔，覺得有無聊從他們自己的心中由毛孔鑽出，爬滿曠野，又鑽進別人的毛孔中。they feel boredom boring into their pores, feel boredom boring out from their own hearts through their pores, crawling to cover the whole wilderness, then boring again into the pores of others.他們于是覺得喉舌乾燥，��子也乏了；Then they feel their throats and tongues grow dry, and their necks grow weary too;終至于面面相覷，慢慢走散；until at last they look at one another and slowly drift apart;甚而至于居然覺得乾枯到失了生趣。until they even come to feel themselves withered to the point of having lost all zest for life.

路人们于是乎无聊；觉得有无聊钻进他们的毛孔，觉得有无聊从他们自己的心中由毛孔钻出，爬满旷野，又钻进别人的毛孔中。他们于是觉得喉舌干燥，𩓐子也乏了；终至于面面相觑，慢慢走散；甚而至于居然觉得干枯到失了生趣。

于是只賸下廣漠的曠野，而他們倆在其間裸着全身，��着利刃，乾枯地立着；Then there remains only the vast and boundless wilderness, and the two of them within it, their whole bodies bared, gripping sharp blades, standing there withered and dry;以死人似的眼光，賞鑒這路人們的乾枯，無血的大戮，而永遠沈浸于生命的飛揚的極致的大歡喜中。with the gaze of dead men, they savor the withered, bloodless great slaughter of these passersby, while remaining forever immersed in the supreme great joy of life's soaring flight.

于是只賸下广漠的旷野，而他们俩在其间裸着全身，𪮆着利刃，干枯地立着；以死人似的眼光，赏鉴这路人们的干枯，无血的大戮，而永远沈浸于生命的飞扬的极致的大欢喜中。

（一九二四年十二月二十日。）(December 20, 1924.)