歌词翻译 (English)
Ten Thousand Hippies
Translated by Ji Geng, the lyric writer and bass of Omnipotent Youth Society, and a college professor in English. I am just moving the translation he posted online.
Dong ErQian of the lofty dreams
pushes open the window and raises the spyglass.
His eye reflects a cloud of thick smoke.
The road ahead is closed and that leading back is lost from light.
Resenting reality and fictionalizing the far side.
Gazing East and West, he finds no mastery of his own.
His limbs find no labor, he cannot differentiate the grains.
In literature, he cannot analyze words, in combat, he cannot defend hinself.
He fancies raising dogs, but dislikes washing his hair.
Not devoting himself to any task, he enjoys no fruition.
He despises argument and is unskilled at conversation.
He finds himself the accomplice of silence.
He seeks to quell his worries with alcohol, but finds he cannot drink.
He can inspire others, but numbs his own heart.
Pouring on gasoline smoothes his knitted brow.
A young pyromaniac pressed by time.
Dong ErQian of the lofty dreams
pushes open the window and raises the spyglass.
His eye reflects a cloud of thick smoke.
The road ahead is closed and that leading back is lost from light.