What is our innocence,

何谓我们的清白？

what is our guilt? All are

何谓我们的罪？每个人

naked, none is safe. And whence

都必须面对，没有谁可以幸免。而勇气

is courage: the unanswered question,

来自何处：这没有答案的问题，

the resolute doubt, -

这坚定的怀疑， 

dumbly calling, deafly listening-that

无声的呼喊，聋子似的倾听——

in misfortune, even death,

不幸，乃至死亡，

encourage others

激励了他人，

and in it"s defeat, stirs

而失败， 

the soul to be strong? He

将激励灵魂自身强大起来？他

sees deep and is glad, who

深刻地了解，并快乐，

accededs to mortality

接受必死性，

and in his imprisonment rises

即使被束缚着，

upon himself as

仍努力提升自己，就像

the sea in a chasm, struggling to be

峡谷中的海，渴求自由，

free and unable to be,

却无法得逞，

in its surrendering

当它屈服时，

finds its continuing.

才发现了自己的延续性。

So he who strongly feels,

因此，他强烈地感受，

behaves. The very bird,

积极地行动。如同鸟，

grown taller as he sings, steels

歌唱着，坚定地向上，

his form straight up. Though he is captive,

越飞越高。虽然他是俘虏，

his mighty singing

他有力的歌声

says, satisfaction is a lowly

表明，满足微不足道，

thing, how pure a thing is joy.

快乐才是纯粹之事。

This is mortality,

这是必死的命运，

this is eternity.

这是永恒。