我已在曼哈顿

Now that I've wasted

浪费了五年光阴

five years in Manhattan

生命在消逝

life decaying

才华如白纸

talent a blank

说话上句不接下句

talking disconnected

是理智与疯狂

patient and mental

是算尺与号码

sliderule and number

书桌前的码字机器

machine on a desk

写一式三份的手稿

autographed triplicate

大纲与报税

synopis and taxes

应付账单

obedient prompt

付给我微薄的薪水

poorly paid

我占领了低端市场

stayed on the market

用我二十岁的青春

youth of my twenties

在办公室里昏厥

fainted in offices

在打字机前哭泣

wept on typewriters

在巨大的共谋中

deceived multitudes

欺骗着大众

in vast conspiracies

为战舰

deodorant battleships

和工业集团除臭

serious business industry

每隔六周，

every six weeks whoever

都可痛饮我的血库

drank my blood bank

纯真的邪恶

innocent evil now

在血管里循环流动

part of my system

五年不快乐的工作

five years unhappy labor

二十二到二十七岁的苦役

22 to 27 working

银行里也没有一毛钱

not a dime in the bank

证明着我的存在

to show for it anyway

黎明即起，只有太阳

dawn breaks it's only the sun

与东方的晨雾，啊，我的卧室

the East smokes O my bedroom

我被诅咒进的地狱

I am damned to Hell what

闹钟鬼叫不止

alarmclock is ringing