《虛數》 by 瑟哈德裏

虛數  瑟哈德裏 
 
宇宙毀滅時剩下的山
不大也不小。
大小是
 
相對而言，
宇宙毀滅時剩下的山
能與什麽作比較？
 
意識察覺到而且得到安撫。
靈魂爬上碎石堆。
靈魂，
 
像負一的平方根，
不可能有什麽用途。
 

（林木譯）

 

Imaginary Number

BY  VIJAY SESHADRI

 

The mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed

is not big and is not small.

Big and small are

 

comparative categories, and to what

could the mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed

be compared?

 

Consciousness observes and is appeased.

The soul scrambles across the screes.

The soul,

 

like the square root of minus 1,

is an impossibility that has its uses.