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人的空虚不像任何别的：

The emptiness of man is not like

不像一件空外套

any other: not like an empty coat

或是空袋子（那空了

or empty sack (things which do not stand up

就不能立着的东西，就像一个空虚的人），

when empty, such as an empty man),

人的空虚更像充满

the emptiness of man is more like fullness

在肿胀并且不断肿胀着的事物中，

in swollen things which keep on swelling,

一个袋子会感觉

the way a sack must feel

被塞满，或是任何一个袋子。

that is being filled, or any sack at all.

人的空虚，这充满的空虚，

The emptiness of man, this full emptiness,

不像一袋子砖头的空虚

is not like a sack of bricks’ emptiness

或是一袋子铆钉的空虚，它没有

or a sack of rivets’, it does not have the pulse

种子袋或鸡蛋袋的脉搏。

that beats in a seed bag or bag of eggs.

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人的空虚，尽管它像

The emptiness of man, though it resembles

充满，并且像是完整的一块，实际上

fullness, and seems all of a piece, actually

却不是用任何东西形成，点点滴滴的空虚，

is made of nothings, bits of emptiness,

就像海绵，充满的时候是空的，

like the sponge, empty when filled,

像海绵般肿胀，充满空气，充满空空的空气；

swollen like the sponge, with air, with empty air;

它从海绵那儿抄袭了自己的构造，

it has copied its very structure from the sponge,

它是一簇簇泡沫、非葡萄的东西组成。

it is made up in clusters, of bubbles, of non-grapes.

人的空虚的充满就像一个袋子

Man’s empty fullness is like a sack

填满了海绵，充满了空虚：

filled with sponges, is filled with emptiness:

人的空虚，或是肿胀的空虚，

man’s emptiness, or swollen emptiness,

或者因为是空的所以肿胀的空虚。

or the emptiness that swells by being empty.