穿过绿色茎管催动花朵的力

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

催动我绿色的年华；摧毁树根的力

Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees

摧毁我的一切。

Is my destroyer.

我无言相告佝偻的玫瑰

And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose

一样的寒冬热病压弯了我的青春。

My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

催动流水穿透岩石的力

The force that drives the water through the rocks

催动我鲜红的血液；驱使溪流干涸的力

Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams

驱使我的血流衰微。

Turns mine to wax.

我无言相告我的血管

And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

同是这张嘴怎样吸干山涧的清泉。

How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

搅动一泓池水旋转的手

The hand that whirls the water in the pool

搅动沙的流动；牵动风前行的手

Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind

扯动我裹尸布般的风帆。

Hauls my shroud sail.

我无言相告那绞死的人

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.

时间的嘴唇水蛭般贴紧泉眼；

The lips of time leech to the fountain head；

爱滴落又聚集，但是流淌的血

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood

一定会抚慰她的伤痛。

Shall calm her sores.

我无言相告一个季候的风

And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind

时光怎样围绕星星滴答出一个天堂。

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

我无言相告恋人的坟墓

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb

我的被褥上蠕动着一样扭曲的蛆虫。

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm