顧城的詩善用比喻，彩虹，時鐘，紅花都是美好的東西，可是眨眼之間卻變成了蛇影，深井，血腥這樣恐怖陰暗的東西，不由讓人感歎韶華易逝，從美好到恐怖陰暗的`變化也只不過是眨眼之間。這麼唯美的詩翻譯成英文是什麼樣呢?
《眨眼》
顧城
彩虹，
在噴泉中游動，
温柔地顧盼行人，
我一眨眼……
就變成了一團蛇影。
時鐘，
在教堂裏棲息，
沉靜地嗑着時辰，
我一眨眼——
就變成了一口深井。
紅花，
在銀幕上綻開，
興奮地迎接春風，
我一眨眼——
就變成了一片血腥。
為了堅信，
我雙目圓睜。
帶回現實的陸地。
In those aberrant years, there were some of my "aberrations".
I had firm beliefs,
I never blinked.
A rainbow,
Floating in the fountain,
Cast tender glances at the passers-by.
I blinked
And it became a coiled serpent.
A clocked,
Mounted on a church,
Quietly ticked away the hours.
I blinked—
And it became a deep well.
Red Flowers,
Blooming on the silver screen,
Danced excitedly to the spring wind.
I blinked
And they became a pool of blood.
To maintain my firm beliefs,
I keep my eyes wide open.
