Now that I've wasted

我已在曼哈顿

five years in Manhattan

浪费了五年光阴

life decaying

生命在消逝

talent a blank

才华如白纸

talking disconnected

说话上句不接下句

patient and mental

是理智与疯狂

sliderule and number

是算尺与号码

machine on a desk

书桌前的码字机器

autographed triplicate

写一式三份的手稿

synopis and taxes

大纲与报税

obedient prompt

应付账单

poorly paid

付给我微薄的薪水

stayed on the market

我占领了低端市场

youth of my twenties

用我二十岁的青春

fainted in offices

在办公室里昏厥

wept on typewriters

在打字机前哭泣

deceived multitudes

在巨大的共谋中

in vast conspiracies

欺骗着大众

deodorant battleships

为战舰

serious business industry

和工业集团除臭

every six weeks whoever

每隔六周，

drank my blood bank

都可痛饮我的血库

innocent evil now

纯真的邪恶

part of my system

在血管里循环流动

five years unhappy labor

五年不快乐的工作

22 to 27 working

二十二到二十七岁的苦役

not a dime in the bank

银行里也没有一毛钱

to show for it anyway

证明着我的存在

dawn breaks it's only the sun

黎明即起，只有太阳

the East smokes O my bedroom

与东方的晨雾，啊，我的卧室

I am damned to Hell what

我被诅咒进的地狱

alarmclock is ringing

闹钟鬼叫不止