请把我放上铁砧，哦上帝，

Lay me on an anvil, O God.

捶我，揍我，打成一根橇棍

Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.

让我橇动古老的墙，

Let me pry loose old walls.

让我拆松古老的地基。

Let me lift and loosen old foundations.

请把我放上铁砧，我上帝，

Lay me on an anvil, O God.

捶我，揍我，打成一根钢钉，

Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.

把我钉进拽紧摩天楼的大梁，

Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together.

用烧红的铆钉安我在主梁上，

Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders.

让我做个大钉拽紧摩天棱，使它穿过深

Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through

蓝的夜空，

blue nights

刺进银白的星群。

into white stars.