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1
Time is dead forever, child!
Drown, freeze, die forever!
We look back and wonder,
What I saw was a group of hopeless souls,
I'm with you on the dark river of life
Ghosts of hope that wear away to death:
Pale, miserable, weeping sadly.
2
The river we once gazed at
It has flowed away and will never return;
while we still stand
on the desolate land,
Elephant erected two tombstones to commemorate
in the morning light of dim life
Fading fears and hopes.
1817
Translated by Jiang Feng