陀 螺 Spinning Top
如果我是陀螺 If I were a spinning top
我会分开身去 I would divide myself in two
把一半变成鞭子 Turn one half into a whip
抽打另一半的自己 to lash the other side of me
夜 空 Night Sky
太阳滑倒了 The sun slumbered
它的光泼撒一地 its light spread all over the ground
星星们赶来 Stars hurry over
一粒一粒衔起 to pick it up shred-by-shred
铅 笔 Pencils
不扒几层皮 If are not peeled
什么也不肯说 You won’t say anything
扒了皮还不是 But when you are peeled
叫说什么就说什么 You repeat whatever you are told to
English translation by Hu Zongfeng & Robin Gilbank
胡宗锋 罗宾 译

