瑟哈德里《虚数》

Imaginary Number
虚数

BY VIJAY SESHADRI
作者：瑟哈德里


The mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed
山是世界毁灭时剩下的

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
比较而言，并且

could the mountain that remains when the universe is destroyed
这座世界毁灭时剩下的山

be compared?
与什么做比较呢？


Consciousness observes and is appeased.
意识说了什么还是安息了。

The soul scrambles across the screes.
灵魂爬过石堆。

The soul,
灵魂，


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

is an impossibility that has its uses.
是一个有些用途的不可能。