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Today, the Gods made me bleed again

今天，众神又让我鲜血淋漓

They chained my feet, so tight,

他们紧紧束缚住我的双脚

I could barely move

我几乎动弹不得

I bleed through my socks,

我的血液渗透袜子

Last month was my left ankle,

上个月 伤的是我的左脚踝

today it was the right

今天是右脚踝

When I wash,

当我清洗时

the soap burns like fire

肥皂像火一样灼烧伤口

but I have to keep my ankles clean

但我不得不这样去保持脚踝的清洁

because I don't have any alcohol,

因为我没有酒精

or broxide

也没有安眠药

Nothing to kill a bacteria or infections

无法杀死细菌或预防感染

and this place is filthy

这里很脏

I can't remember what it's like

我不再记得

to walk as a human being anymore

作为人类行走的感觉了

My cell is so small

我的牢房太小了

that I can only take two steps

我只能移动两步

Any time when I'm brought out,

当我被带出去放风

I walk briefly or infrequently,

只走几步路而已

I have chains on my hands and feet

我的手脚上也有锁链禁锢

as well as guards hanging on me

并且有守卫抓着我

And well over sixteen years since I have barely walked anywhere

16年来我几乎没有走过路

Sometimes I still can't read my mind about now

有时候我也不知道自己在想什么

I'm working on my seventeenth year now,

在我十七岁工作的时候

There were times when I thought,

有时候会想

"Surely, someone's gonna put a stop to this.

“肯定会有人阻止这一切的

Surely someone is going to do something"

肯定有人会这么做”

But they never do

但没有人

Time just rolls on

时光却滚滚向前

It's insanity

真是疯狂

I'm truly amazed of what they've gonna allow to get away with

我惊讶于

and for how long

他们能让我们离开多久

Oh well,

好吧

there's no good to dwell on it

这样做没有好处

either I waste my energy by focusing on things I cannot change

与其浪费精力在这些我无法改变的事情上

or I can serve my energy

不如在这些我能改变的事情上

and to bled to small things I can change.

竭尽全力

That's what the I Ching calls --

那就是《易经》中

The taming power of the small.

“风天小畜”的含义

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