The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

通过绿色导火索催开花朵的力量

Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees

催开我绿色年华；炸毁树根的力量

Is my destroyer.

是我的毁灭者。

And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose

而我哑然告知弯曲的玫瑰

My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

我的青春同样被冬天的高烧压弯。

The force that drives the water through the rocks

驱动穿透岩石之水的力量

Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams

驱动我的鲜血；枯竭滔滔不绝的力量

Turns mine to wax.

使我的血凝结。

And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

而我哑然告知我的血管

How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

同样的嘴怎样吮吸那山泉。

The hand that whirls the water in the pool

在池中搅动水的手

Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind

搅动流沙；牵引急风的手

Hauls my shroud sail.

牵引我裹尸布的帆。

And I am dumb to tell the hanging man

而我哑然告知那绞死的人

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

我的泥土怎样制成刽子手的石灰。

The lips of time leech to the fountain head；

时间之唇蛭吸源泉；

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood

爱情滴散聚合，但沉落的血

Shall calm her sores.

会平息她的痛楚。

And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind

我哑然告知一种气候的风

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

时间怎样沿星星滴答成天堂。

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb

而我哑然告知情人的墓穴

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm

我床单上怎样蠕动着同样的蛆虫。