Everything that belongs to the past seems to have fallen into the sea; I have memories, but the images have lost their vividness, they seem dead and desultory, like timebitten mummies stuck in a quagmire.

• 过去的一切似乎都己沉入大海，我还有记忆力，不过眼前的形象已失去生气，它们好像死去了、散乱了，像插在泥沼上久经岁月侵蚀过。