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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
注: prolong (拉长、延长), span (短距离、短期间; span of life 即 〔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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