每一個狂喜的瞬間
我們必須償還痛苦至極，
慟哭和震顫
正比於狂喜。

每一個可愛的時刻
都突顯多年的微薄回饋，
辛酸爭奪得半分八厘
而錢箱盛滿了淚水。

Compensation

For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ecstasy.

For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.