大地不是大地而是一块石头，

The earth is not earth but a stone.

不是人们摔倒时搀扶他们的母亲，

Not the mother that held men as they fell

而是石头，而就像一块石头，不：不是

But stone, but like a stone, no: not

母亲，而是一个压迫者，而就像

The mother, but an oppressor, but like

一个压迫者，向他们抱怨他们的死亡，

An oppressor that grudges them their death,

如同抱怨他们活着的生命。

As it grudges the living that they live.

活在战争中，活着去战斗，

To live in war, to live at war,

去终止这悲哀的古弦乐，

To chop the sullen psaltery,

去修缮耶路撒冷的下水道，

To improve the sewers in Jerusalem,

去激发圣像的光环——

To electrify the nimbuses—

将蜜放在祭坛，然后死去，

Place honey on the altars and die,

你们这些内心凄苦的情人。

You lovers that are bitter at heart.