穿越绿色根茎的力 The force that through the green fuse drives the flower

The force that through the green fuse drives the flower
Drives my green age; that blasts the roots of trees
Is my destroyer.
And I am dumb to tell the crooked rose
My youth is bent by the same wintry fever.

The force that drives the water through the rocks
Drives my red blood; that dries the mouthing streams
Turns mine to wax.
And I am dumb to mouth unto my veins
How at the mountain spring the same mouth sucks.

The hand that whirls the water in the pool
Stirs the quicksand; that ropes the blowing wind
Hauls my shroud sail.
And I am dumb to tell the hanging man
How of my clay is made the hangman’s lime.
 
The lips of time leech to the fountain head;
Love drips and gathers, but the fallen blood
Shall calm her sores.
And I am dumb to tell a weather’s wind
How time has ticked a heaven round the stars.

And I am dumb to tell the lover’s tomb
How at my sheet goes the same crooked worm

穿越绿色根茎的力驱动着花朵，
也驱动着我的绿色年华；摧毁树根的力
也是杀死我的凶手。
我用缄默告诉佝偻的玫瑰，
我的青春被同样的冬日热病所折毁。

穿越岩石驱动流水的力
也驱动着我的红色血液；使聒噪的溪水干涸的力
也将我的血液凝固。
我用缄默告诉我的血管
相同的嘴唇如何吮干了山中的泉水。

搅动池水的手也撩起流沙；牵绊着狂风的手
也拉扯着我的裹尸布。
我用缄默告诉绞刑架上的人
我的肉体如何造就刽子手的滑石粉。

时间的嘴唇死死缠住喷泉的源头；
爱情滴下来汇聚到一起，但是垂落的鲜血
可以平息她的苦难。
我用缄默告诉变幻不定的风
时间如何撞响群星环绕的天穹。

我用缄默告诉恋人的坟墓
我的床单上扭动着同样的蠕虫。