通过绿色茎管催动花朵的力

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

也催动我的绿色年华；使树根枯死的力

Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees

也是我的毁灭者。

Is my destroyer.

我也无言可告佝偻的玫瑰

And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose

我的青春也为同样的寒冬热病所压弯。

My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

催动着水穿透岩石的力

The force that drives the water through the rocks

也催动我红色的血液；使喧哗的水流干涸的力

Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams

也使我的血液凝结。

Turns mine to wax.

我也无言可告我的血管

And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

在高山的水泉也是同一张嘴在嘬吸。

How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

搅动池塘里的水的那只手

The hand that whirls the water in the pool

也搅动流沙；拉着风前进的手

Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind

也拖曳着我的衾布船帆。

Hauls my shroud sail.

我也无言可告那绞死的人

And I am dumb to tell the hanging man

绞刑吏的石灰是用我的泥土制成。

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

时间的嘴唇像水蛭紧贴泉源；

The lips of time leech to the fountain head；

爱情滴下又积聚，但是流下血液

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood

一定会抚慰她的伤痛。

Shall calm her sores.

我也无言可告一个天气的风

And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind

时间已经在群星的周围记下一个天堂。

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

我也无言可告情人的墓穴

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb

我的衾枕上也爬动着同样的蛆虫。

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm