告诉我们和平又必需杀戮，

Point us to peace and we a - slaughtering go,

而那可厌的我们先得去喜欢。

Order us love first what we hate most.

知道了“人”不够，我们再学习

For it is not sufficient adoring Human;

蹂躏它的方法，排成机械的阵式，

To crush it we learn. In mechanic formation,

智力体力蠕动着像一群野兽，

Let body and mind take beastly motion.

告诉我们这是新的美。因为

And tell us to appreciate it. Suddenly we know

我们吻过的已经失去了自由；

The flower we kissed is ours no more.

好的日子去了，可是接近未来，

Gone are the old days, but nearer to future;

给我们失望和希望，给我们死，

Give us vision and revision, give us death,

因为那死的制造必需摧毁。

To destroy the work of death we venture.

给我们善感的心灵又要它歌唱

Give us a heart sensitive yet try it

僵硬的声音。个人的哀喜

To sing violence. Our joys and despair

被大量制造又该被蔑视

Are multipled, yet these to neglect

被否定，被僵化，是人生的意义；

To nib and distort, is now life buoyant.

在你的计划里有毒害的一环，

There is a malign trick in your plan

就把我们囚进现在，呵上帝！

O Lord, who trap us thus in the hold of Present.

在犬牙的甬道中让我们反复

Along dog - teeth tunnel we march, groping

行进，让我们相信你句句的紊乱

To and fro. Let us take as one truth

是一个真理。而我们是皈依的，

Your contradictions. O let us be patient,

你给我们丰富，和丰富的痛苦。

You who endow us with fulfilment, and its agonies.