钟声报得这样急──
时间之海底记水标哦！
是记涨呢，还是记落呢！──
是报过去底添长呢？
还是报未来底消缩呢？
The Sound of the Clock
Wen Yiduo

The clock ticks so urgently—
The tide level marker in the sea of time!
Is it recording a rising or a subsiding tide?
The waxing of the past?
Or the waning of the future?