长人千仞,惟魂是索些。
十日代出,流金铄石些。
For 'tis rife with the soul-eating Giants, who make the place a hell! "There the rocks crack and metals melt, For ten suns glare and blaze in turn.
彼皆习之,魂往必释些。
归来兮!不可以讬些。
The heat by th' dwellers is not felt, But souls, once there, sizzle and burn. Oh Soul, come home! Oh Soul, come home! The east you must ne'er, never roam.
魂兮归来!
南方不可以止些。
雕题黑齿,得人肉以祀,以其骨为醢些。
蝮蛇蓁蓁,封狐千里些。
"Oh, Soul! Would you please come straight back! In the south you'd better not stay. Their brows tattoo'd and their teeth black, Men offer th' flesh of those they slay As sacrifice and th' bones they pound. Besides, fearful serpents abound.
雄虺九首,往来倏忽,吞人以益其心些。
"Th' nine-headed snakes creep to and fro, And the foxes pose a real dread. They gulp down humans at a go So as to lengthen their life's thread.