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R120 I long to live long.

                  So I begin with the opposite of short.

                  But no matter to what length I have prolonged it,

                  I still feel it too brief a span in reality.

                  So I end up with a large part of brevity,

                  And curse it as a nine-letter word of absurdity,

                  Which tells actually the long and short of it.

〔译注〕 我想活很长,

                  所以我的起头是「短」的相反。

                  可是无论我把它拉长到什么长度,

                  我仍然觉得事实上它还是太短的一个时期。

                  所以我的结尾是「短暂」的一大部分,

                  而咒骂它,说它是九个字母的荒谬字,

                  它实实在在说出了它的长和短

                  prolong (拉长、延长) span (短距离、短期间; span of life
       「人 生、生存期」) in reality (事实上) end up with (以… 结尾)
       absurdity (荒谬) the long and short of it 原为成语,意为:        
      「总之,归结起来」,在此直指:「它的长和短。」

〔提问〕 If I am a vain (徒然的) wish (愿望) of humanity (人类) what am I?

 〔谜底〕  l________

 

 

 

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