我无法想象有什么

I can’t imagine anything

比脱却形体的精神

that I would less like to be

是我更不愿成为的

than a disincarnate Spirit,

无法咀嚼或是啜饮

unable to chew or sip

无法接触到任何表面

or make contact with surfaces

无法呼吸夏日的芳香

or breathe the scents of summer

无法理解演说与音乐

or comprehend speech and music

无法凝望高处的所在

or gaze at what lies beyond.

不，上帝已将我安放在

No, God has placed me exactly

我想要存在的地方：

where I’d have chosen to be:

这月下的世界如此有趣

the sub-lunar world is such fun,

这里人类分成男女

where Man is male or female

并给万物以恰当的命名。

and gives Proper Names to all things.

然而，我能揣度得到

I can, however, conceive

自然赐予我的器官

that the organs Nature gave Me,

比如，我无导管的腺体们

my ductless glands, for instance,

每日受二十四小时的奴役

slaving twenty-four hours a day

却从不表露出怨言

with no show of resentment

只为满足我，它们的主人，

to gratify Me, their Master,

维持我以适宜的形体

and keep Me in decent shape

（并非我给它们下命令，

(not that I give them their orders,

我甚至不知该作何呼喝）

I wouldn’t know what to yell),

正梦想着不同于它们

dream of another existence

迄今所知的另一种存在：

than that they have known so far:

是的，很可能我的肉体

yes, it well could be that my Flesh

正祈求着让“他”死去

is praying for ‘Him’ to die,

释她以自由，从而成为

so setting Her free to become

无责任的物质。

irresponsible Matter.