穿过绿色导火索催开花朵的力

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

催开我绿色的年华；那炸毁树根的力

Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees

也将我摧毁。

Is my destroyer.

我无言以告佝偻的玫瑰

And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose

同样的寒冬热病压弯我的青春。

My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

催动流水穿石的力

The force that drives the water through the rocks

催动我鲜红的血液；那驱使溪水干涸的力

Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams

使我血液凝结。

Turns mine to wax.

我无言以告我的血管

And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

山泉怎样被同样的嘴嘬吸。

How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

搅动一泓池水旋转的手

The hand that whirls the water in the pool

拨动流沙；那牵动风向的手

Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind

扯动我尸布般的帆。

Hauls my shroud sail.

我无言以告绞死的人

And I am dumb to tell the hanging man

我的泥土怎样制成刑吏的石灰。

How of my clay is made the hangman's lime.

时间的唇如水蛭紧吸泉眼；

The lips of time leech to the fountain head；

爱滴落又凝聚，而淌下的血

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood

必抚慰她的伤痛。

Shall calm her sores.

我无言以告一气候的风

And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind

时间怎样沿星子滴答出一个天堂。

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

我无言以告爱人的坟墓

我被褥上怎样蠕动着同样的蛆虫。

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm