Pile the bodies high at Austerlitz and Waterloo.
把尸体高高堆起,在奥斯特利茨 5 ,在滑铁卢 6 ,
Shovel them under and let me work—
把他们铲下去,然后让我来干——
I am the grass; I cover all.
我是草,我盖起一切。
And pile them high at Gettysburg
把他们高高堆起,在葛底斯堡 7 ,
And pile them high at Ypres and Verdun.
把他们高高堆起,在伊珀尔 8 ,在凡尔登 9 ,
Shovel them under and let me work.
铲下去,然后让我来干——
Two years, ten years, and passengers ask the conductor:
两年后,十年后,乘客问乘务员:
What place is this?
这是什么地方?
Where are we now?
我们到了哪里?
I am the grass.
我是草,
Let me work.
让我来干。