The earth is not earth but a stone.

大地不是大地而是一块石头，

Not the mother that held men as they fell

不是人们摔倒时搀扶他们的母亲，

But stone, but like a stone, no: not

而是石头，而就像一块石头，不：不是

The mother, but an oppressor, but like

母亲，而是一个压迫者，而就像

An oppressor that grudges them their death,

一个压迫者，向他们抱怨他们的死亡，

As it grudges the living that they live.

如同抱怨他们活着的生命。

To live in war, to live at war,

活在战争中，活着去战斗，

To chop the sullen psaltery,

去终止这悲哀的古弦乐，

To improve the sewers in Jerusalem,

去修缮耶路撒冷的下水道，

To electrify the nimbuses—

去激发圣像的光环——

Place honey on the altars and die,

将蜜放在祭坛，然后死去，

You lovers that are bitter at heart.

你们这些内心凄苦的情人。