Kafka
卡夫卡
In the western vocabulary
在西方的词汇中
Kafka was once an icy cobblestone
卡夫卡曾是一块冰冷的鹅卵石
sank solitary on the seabed
它沉在海底
Appealing to the least attention all the way
一直无人问津
Not Until contemporary
直到当代
Did he float out of the surface of water
这块石头才自己浮出水面
But Only I can tell
只有我明白
Plato once stood at the seaside
柏拉图曾站在海边
Casting heaps of stones into the sea
把堆成山的石头丢进海里
it among them
它就是其中的一块
But it had to float out after all
它终究要浮出来
All thrown to the sea by Plato
凡是柏拉图丢进海里的
Were expected to emerge eventaully
都会被找到