没允许他

Rather than permit him

在法庭上说明

to testify in court

他为什么

Giving reasons

从高价商店 4

why he stole from

偷了东西

Exclusive stores

却又发明信片

then sent post-cards

叫警察来逮捕他

To the police

——他们不让他讲话——

to come and arrest him

而是用火车

—if they could—

把他送到疯人院

They railroaded him

作为不必受审的

to an asylum for

病态犯罪分子

The criminally insane

他们拒绝给他

without trial

精神病的

The prophylactic to

预防药物

madness

让他走到

Having been denied him

灰心丧气

he went close to

偏执顽固

The edge out of

危险的边缘——

frustration and

Doggedness—

无可改变，最后

只好释放他——

Inflexible, finally they

这个机构

had to release him—

“过分拥挤”

The institution was

他们放他走

"overcrowded"

让一个亲戚

They let him go

监护他，条件是

in the custody of

不准他再进入

A relative on condition

这个州——

that he remain

Out of the state—

他们“医治”

好了他

They "cured" him all

但他所反对的

right

整个体制

But the set-up

依然存在——

he fought against

他稚气十足的行动

Remains—

表现了一种

and his youthful deed

浪漫的

Signalizing

反抗精神

the romantic period

他按规服刑

Of a revolt

表现良好——

he served well

Is still good—

让他成为一个

工厂的汽笛

Let him be

不断地呼叫！——

a factory whistle

清醒！清醒！清醒！

That keeps blaring—

只要有一个心灵

Sense, sense, sense!

能记住这词

so long as there's

只要有一个声音

A mind to remember

把这话传下去——

and a voice to

carry it on—

别停下

坚持下去！

Never give up

他信任的法庭

keep at it!

背叛了他

Unavoided, terrifying

对于这种法庭来说，这声音

to such bought

无法逃避，令人胆战。

Courts as he thought

to trust to but they

Double-crossed him.