痖弦的《盐》是一首戏剧化的现代诗,是对晚清当权者、知识分子及辛亥革命的批判性反思,具有丰富的历史内涵。农妇二嬷嬷竭力乞求基本的生存条件,渴望得到拯救和关怀,但终于在物质和精神的双重饥渴之中绝望地死去。她的悲号凝聚着战争、灾祸、苛捐重税之下中国农民的斑斑血泪,渗透着彻骨的寒冷和无告的悲凉,也是对渎职的上层社会的谴责和控诉。 “Salt” is a dramatic modern poem which is a critical reflection of the people in power, intellectuals and the Revolution of 1911 in the late Qing Dynasty. It has rich historical connotation. The peasant women tried their best to beg for basic living conditions, longing for salvation and care but finally desperately died in the double hunger of material and spiritual. Her sadness embodies the scourge of Chinese peasants under wars and scourges, heavy taxes, infiltration of bitter cold and no sorrow, but also condemnation and complaint against the upper class society for malfeasance.