Thus on the one hand we experienced the destruction of the raging storm of class struggle, and on the other hand we suffered an unbearable drought of the soul. The great hunger and thirst which this desert-like aridity brought made my own and my contemporaries 'lives suddenly shrink like the mummies in an ancient Egyptian tomb.
於是，我們一面經受階級鬥爭狂濤激浪的洗劫，一面又經受難以忍受的靈魂大乾旱，這種沙漠似的大乾旱和它所帶來的大饑渴，使我和我的同一代人的生命一下子萎縮得像古埃及墳墓中的木乃伊。