艾蕪 法令規章久失靈 官僚主義已成精 Rules and regulations

［法令規章久失靈］ 艾蕪 (1940-1992)

法令規章久失靈，
官僚主義已成精。
天公倘有分身術，
化成千千鄧小平，
一個機關分一名。

"Rules and regulations are long out of fashion"

-- by Ai Mu

-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Rules and regulations
Are long out of fashion --
Iron-clad Bureaucracy
Has become a Genie mighty!
If Grandpa Heaven 
Had the power of body-splitting,
O Give us seven-times-seven
Millions of Deng Xiaping!
Each government unit inside
One should be assigned.