拉希德·阿里（Rashid Ali）在巴基斯坦东部的拉合尔开着一辆机动三轮车已经13年了。
For 13 years, Rashid Ali has driven a three-wheeled motorised rickshaw around Lahore in eastern Pakistan.
他的一天从早上6点开始，有时直到午夜才结束，但他长久以来每天能挣6.50美元——这足够他家维持基本生活。如今，随着液化石油气（LPG）价格飙升，他甚至连这个数字的一半都赚不到了。
His day starts at 6 a.m. and sometimes does not end until midnight, but he was long able to make $6.50 a day — enough for his family's bare essentials. Now, with liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) prices surging he doesn't even make half that.
33岁的阿里是数千名使用液化石油气驱动车辆的巴基斯坦司机之一，这种气装在钢瓶里，主要用于烹饪和取暖。
Ali, 33, is among thousands of Pakistani drivers who run their vehicles on LPG, which is sold in cylinders and mainly used for cooking and heating.
人民三轮车工会（Awami Rickshaw Union）主席马吉德·高里（Majeed Ghauri）称之为“穷人的燃料”。他说，该工会会员拥有的43,000辆机动三轮车和近8,000辆“青青车”（Qingqis，即在固定路线上搭载数名乘客的摩托车改装三轮车）中，大约有70%使用液化石油气。
Majeed Ghauri, chairman of the Awami Rickshaw Union, calls it "the fuel of the poor." He said about 70% of its members' 43,000 auto-rickshaws and nearly 8,000 Qingqis — motorcycle-based three-wheelers that carry several passengers on set routes — run on LPG.
贸易商表示，自10月17日两个伊朗边境口岸关闭并导致进口暂停以来，液化石油气价格一路飙升，这是自2月美伊战争爆发以来的最新能源冲击。
LPG prices have surged since October 17, when two Iranian border crossings closed, halting imports, traders say, in the latest energy shock since the US-Iran war began in February.
由于阿里现在每天能赚到3美元就算走运，他的家里已经减少了饭量，一天只吃两顿饭。
With Ali now lucky to make $3 a day, his family has cut back on meals, eating only twice a day.
阿里说：“以前，液化石油气便宜的时候，我们能挣到一份体面的收入。现在，靠七八百（卢比）根本过不下去了，不是吗？”巴基斯坦液化石油气协会表示，在边境关闭之前，巴基斯坦每天从伊朗进口约7,000公吨液化石油气。
"Previously, when LPG was cheap, we could earn a decent income," Ali said. "Now, it's just not possible to get by on seven or eight hundred (rupees), is it?" Before the border closures, Pakistan imported about 7,000 metric tons of LPG a day from Iran, the Pakistan LPG Association said.
贸易商表示，在边境关闭后的几天里，一罐12公斤装的钢瓶价格暴涨了56%，达到7,000巴基斯坦卢比，在公开市场上约合每公斤583卢比。
Traders said the price of a 12-kg cylinder jumped 56% within days of the closure to 7,000 Pakistani rupees, or about 583 rupees per kg in the open market.
与伊朗接壤的南部省份俾路支省政府将这一决定归咎于安全和走私问题；伊朗外交部则表示，技术问题是罪魁祸首。伊朗大使随后表示，伊朗没有施加任何限制（包括对液化石油气出口的限制），并将其归咎于巴基斯坦进口文件程序的变更。
The government of Balochistan, the southern province that borders Iran, cited security and smuggling for the decision; Iran's foreign ministry said technical issues were to blame. Iran's ambassador later said Iran had imposed no restrictions, including on LPG exports, and blamed changes in Pakistan's import paperwork.
阿里每天支付600卢比租用他的三轮车，一天加四到五次气，每次花费300到400卢比。
Ali pays 600 rupees a day to rent his rickshaw, filling up with gas four or five times a day, at 300 to 400 rupees a time.
除了日常开销，阿里还要支付每月11,000卢比的房租，并且有两个年幼的孩子要养活。不愿意支付更高的车费，这让他的处境雪上加霜。
As well as daily expenses, Ali also pays 11,000 rupees a month for his home and has two young children to support. Adding to his problems, passengers, he said, do not want to pay higher fares.
阿里说：“对于本该花费200或250卢比的车程，他们可能只给80、100或150卢比。”
"For a trip that should cost 200 or 250 rupees, they might only offer 80, 100, or 150 rupees," Ali said.
乘客穆罕默德·拉姆赞（Mohammad Ramzan）说，当一名司机要求500卢比的车费在城里跑一趟时，他只出价一半。他说，当司机拒绝时，他就走开了。
Passenger Mohammad Ramzan said when a driver asked 500 rupees for a ride in the city, he offered half that. When the driver declined, he walked away, he said.
巴基斯坦10月份的通货膨胀率达到了9.6%，央行上周以能源和小麦价格为由，将利率上调至12%。4月3日，汽油价格创下了每升458卢比的历史新高，目前仍比战前价格高出约40%。
Inflation in Pakistan hit 9.6% in October, and the central bank last week raised interest rates to 12%, citing energy and wheat prices. Petrol hit a record 458 rupees a litre on April 3 and remains about 40% above its pre-war price.
中午回到家时，阿里说他的两个男孩还需要吃午饭。他说，他会再次出门直到深夜，希望能赚到足够给孩子们买夜宵的钱。
Back home at midday, Ali said his two boys still needed their lunch. He would go out again until late at night, he said, hoping to make enough to bring something for the children to eat at night.