通过绿色导火索催开花朵的力量

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

催开我绿色年华；炸毁树根的力量

Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees

是我的毁灭者。

Is my destroyer.

而我哑然告知弯曲的玫瑰

And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose

我的青春同样被冬天的高烧压弯。

My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

驱动穿透岩石之水的力量

The force that drives the water through the rocks

驱动我的鲜血；枯竭滔滔不绝的力量

Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams

使我的血凝结。

Turns mine to wax.

而我哑然告知我的血管

And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

同样的嘴怎样吮吸那山泉。

How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

在池中搅动水的手

The hand that whirls the water in the pool

搅动流沙；牵引急风的手

Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind

牵引我裹尸布的帆。

Hauls my shroud sail.

而我哑然告知那绞死的人

And I am dumb to tell the hanging man

我的泥土怎样制成刽子手的石灰。

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

时间之唇蛭吸源泉；

The lips of time leech to the fountain head；

爱情滴散聚合，但沉落的血

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood

会平息她的痛楚。

Shall calm her sores.

我哑然告知一种气候的风

And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind

时间怎样沿星星滴答成天堂。

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

而我哑然告知情人的墓穴

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb

我床单上怎样蠕动着同样的蛆虫。

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm