只有人类，解除了亲吻和竞争

Only the human being, absolved from kissing and strife

能向前行进，没有徘徊

goes on and on and on, without wandering

固定在自我之轮轴

fixed upon the hub of the ego

行走，然而从不徘徊，固定，然而运动，

going, yet never wandering, fixed, yet in motion,

这种地狱是真正的、灰色的、可怕的，

the kind of hell that is real, grey and awful

圣洁地纯净地绕着行走，

sinless and stainless going round and round

这种地狱的灰色但丁从未见过，

the kind of hell grey Dante never saw

但在他体内倒有一些。

but of which he had a bit inside him.

你要有自知之明，明白自己是个凡人。

Know thyself, and that thou art mortal.

但也要有自知之明，否认自己是个凡人：

But know thyself, denying that thou art mortal:

一个亲吻和竞争之物

a thing of kisses and strife

一支点燃的雨箭

a lit-up shaft of rain

一根叫唤的血柱

a calling column of blood

一棵多刺的青铜色的玫瑰树

a rose tree bronzy with thorns

一种肯定和否定的混合

a mixture of yea and nay

一座爱与恨的虹桥

a rainbow of love and hate

一阵吹过来吹过去的风

a wind that blows back and forth

一个美丽宁静的创造物，如同河流

a creature of conflict, like a cataract:

一个冲突的创造物，如同瀑布：

know thyself, in denial of all these things –

你要有自知之明，否认这所有的一切——

And thou shalt begin to spin round on the hub of the obscene ego

你应开始旋转在令人厌恶的自我之轴

a grey void thing that goes without wandering

一堆无须徘徊地行走着的灰色的废物

a machine that in itself is nothing

一架本身空无所有的机器

a centre of the evil world-soul.

一个邪恶的世界之灵的中心。