Bitter Ghost

My translation of Zuoxiao Zuzhou's Bitter Ghost

I’ve been articulating my tricks to a girl lately
Today she told me: Goodbye, lovely guy.
And then I fell into a depression—she penetrated my ignorance deeply
She drove me in a swaddling blanket easily, as if she said to me:
“Brother, your sister will come back early today,”
She promised if she couldn’t find a customer, she would steal a piece of iron from factory
And sell it to the grocery,
Before bring back a bottle of mineral water to you.

In every certain dynasty which hundreds of millions lost their jobs
We learned how to explain our tricks
The leaders always say:” Population is large, pot is small, we are very fine!
Since some countries are still in the flames of war!”

You give people up with a cigar in mouth
Figuring out knacks while stamping feet
People are compelled to give up
People are petitioning for justice, to the higher authorities

You give people up with a cigar in mouth
Figuring out knacks while stamping feet
People are petitioning for justice, to the higher authorities troublesomely
People are compelled to give up

I give myself up back to the swaddling blanket
Staring at you preoccupiedly