Rather than permit him

没允许他

to testify in court

在法庭上说明

Giving reasons

他为什么

why he stole from

从高价商店 4

Exclusive stores

偷了东西

then sent post-cards

却又发明信片

To the police

叫警察来逮捕他

to come and arrest him

——他们不让他讲话——

—if they could—

而是用火车

They railroaded him

把他送到疯人院

to an asylum for

作为不必受审的

The criminally insane

病态犯罪分子

without trial

他们拒绝给他

The prophylactic to

精神病的

madness

预防药物

Having been denied him

让他走到

he went close to

灰心丧气

The edge out of

偏执顽固

frustration and

危险的边缘——

Doggedness—

无可改变，最后

Inflexible, finally they

只好释放他——

had to release him—

这个机构

The institution was

“过分拥挤”

"overcrowded"

他们放他走

They let him go

让一个亲戚

in the custody of

监护他，条件是

A relative on condition

不准他再进入

that he remain

这个州——

Out of the state—

他们“医治”

They "cured" him all

好了他

right

但他所反对的

But the set-up

整个体制

he fought against

依然存在——

Remains—

他稚气十足的行动

and his youthful deed

表现了一种

Signalizing

浪漫的

the romantic period

反抗精神

Of a revolt

他按规服刑

he served well

表现良好——

Is still good—

让他成为一个

Let him be

工厂的汽笛

a factory whistle

不断地呼叫！——

That keeps blaring—

清醒！清醒！清醒！

Sense, sense, sense!

只要有一个心灵

so long as there's

能记住这词

A mind to remember

只要有一个声音

and a voice to

把这话传下去——

carry it on—

别停下

Never give up

坚持下去！

keep at it!

他信任的法庭

Unavoided, terrifying

背叛了他

to such bought

对于这种法庭来说，这声音

Courts as he thought

无法逃避，令人胆战。

to trust to but they

Double-crossed him.