瑟哈德裏《虛數》

Imaginary Number
虛數

BY VIJAY SESHADRI
作者：瑟哈德裏


The mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed
山是世界毀滅時剩下的

is not big and is not small.
不大也不小

Big and small are
大和小是


comparative categories, and to what
比較而言，並且

could the mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed
這座世界毀滅時剩下的山

be compared?
與什麽做比較呢？


Consciousness observes and is appeased.
意識說了什麽還是安息了。

The soul scrambles across the screes.
靈魂爬過石堆。

The soul,
靈魂，


like the square root of minus 1,
就像負1的平方根

is an impossibility that has its uses.
是一個有些用途的不可能。