I would rather be ashes than dust
I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze
Than it should be stifled in dry rot
I would rather be a superb meteor
With every atom of me in magnificent glow
Than a sleepy and permanent planet
寧化飛灰,不作浮塵。
舉投熊熊烈火,光盡而滅;
不伴寂寂朽木,默然同腐。
寧為耀目流星,迸發萬丈光芒;
不羨永恆星體,悠悠沈睡終古。