透过绿色引信催生花卉的力量

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

催生了我的青春；而摧残树根的

Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees

也毁灭我的生命。

Is my destroyer.

我的哑口也不能告诉歪曲的玫瑰

And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose

说我的青春也同样被冬之高烧压弯

My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

催流水穿过岩石的力量

The force that drives the water through the rocks

也催动我的红血；它吸干滔滔流水

Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams

也将我的血变成了蜡。

Turns mine to wax.

我哑口无言对我的血管

And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins

说相同的山泉被嘴吸干。

How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

把溏中之水搅成漩涡的手

The hand that whirls the water in the pool

也搅动着流沙；系住狂风的手

Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind

也挽住了我寿衣之帆。

Hauls my shroud sail.

我哑口不能告诉上吊的人

And I am dumb to tell the hanging man

说我的肉身是吊刑吏的圈套所造成

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

时间之唇如水蛭吸着泉源

The lips of time leech to the fountain head；

爱滴水而聚，但血滴下

Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood

却能平复她的伤口

Shall calm her sores.

我哑口，不能告诉风信鸡之风

And I am dumb to tell a weather's wind

时间如何绕着星空滴答着天堂

How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

我哑口，不能告诉情人的坟墓

And I am dumb to tell the lover's tomb

我的尸布上也爬着狡诈的毛虫

How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm