1948

Nineteen

Eighty-Four

一九八四


1948 完稿

1949 出版


It was a bright cold day

in April,

and the clocks

were striking thirteen.

明亮又寒冷的四月

時鐘敲響著十三下


Freedom is the freedom to say

that two plus two make four.

自由地說

二加二等於四

是自由


If that is granted,

all else follows.

若此應許了

其餘便伴隨而至