Yu Guanzhong

作品原文 余光中 《小小天问》 不知道时间是火焰或漩涡 只知道它从指隙间溜走 留下一只空空的手 老得握不成一把拳头 只知道额头它烧了又烧 年轻的激情烫得人心焦 焦掉的心只剩一堆灰 为了有一只雏凤要飞 出去，颤颤的翅膀向自由 不知道永恒是烈火或洪水 或是不燃烧也不回流     作品译文 Time and Eternity Yu Guanzhong I don’t know if time is flame or flow, I only know through the fingers tis drip Leaves a hand dry and hollow, Too feeble a fist for a grip. I only know how often it singes A brow, how often youthful passion Leaves a heart scorched with longing And burned down to a heap of ash That a new phoenix may break its way Out, its trembling wings freedom-bound. Unknown if eternity is fire or flood Or neither burns up nor whirls around.