YOU SAID:
If the present were not so horrible and grim, and the future so mysterious and enigmatic, one could go mad with joy.
INTO JAPANESE
もし現在がそれほど恐ろしく、残酷でなく、未来がこれほど神秘的で謎めいたものでなければ、人は喜びに狂うかもしれない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
If the present is not so scary, cruel, and the future is not so mysterious and enigmatic, one may be ecstatic.
INTO JAPANESE
もし現在がそれほど怖くなく、残酷でなく、未来がそれほど神秘的で謎めいたものでなければ、人は有頂天になるかもしれない。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
If the present is not so scary, cruel, and the future is not so mysterious and enigmatic, one may be ecstatic.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.