徐志摩·《生活》英译

阴沉，黑暗，毒蛇似的蜿蜒，

生活逼成了一条甬道：

一度陷入，你只可向前，

手扪索着冷壁的粘潮，

在妖魔的脏腑内挣扎，

头顶不见一线的天光

这魂魄，在恐怖的压迫下，

除了消灭更有什么愿望？

Life

Hsu Chih-Mo

Gloomy and sombre, like a venomous serpent crawling,

Life leads you to a narrow corridor:

Once you are there you only can go forward,

Fingering the clammy ooze on chilly walls.

Struggling within the bowels of a devil,

No gleam of light is visible above.

What hope, under the burden of such terror,

What hope for the soul beyond its perishing?

（陈世骧、Harold Acton 译）