The dust of the dead words clings to thee. Wash thy soul with silence.

死文字的尘土沾着你。用沉默去洗净你的灵魂吧。

I have my stars in the sky, but oh for my little lamp unlit in my house.

我有群星在天上，但是，唉，我屋里的小灯却没有点亮。

The mind, sharp but not broad, sticks at every point but does not move.

心是尖锐的，不是宽博的，它执着在每一点上，却并不活动。

Your idol is shattered in the dust to prove that God's dust is greater than your idol.

你的偶像委散在尘土中了，这可证明上帝的尘土比你的偶像还伟大。

Man does not reveal himself in his history, he struggles up through it.

人在他的历史中表现不出他自己，他在历史中奋斗着露出头角。

One sad voice has its nest among the ruins of the years. It sings to me in the night, —“I loved you.”

一个忧郁的声音，筑巢于逝水似的年华中。它在夜里向我唱道，—“我爱你。”

Woman, with the grace of your fingers you touched my things and order came out like music.

妇人，你用了你美丽的手指，触着我的器具，秩序便如音乐似的生出来了。

Let me think that there is one among those stars that guides my life through the dark unknown.

让我设想，在群星之中，有一粒星是指导着我的生命通过不可知的黑暗的。

When I traveled to here and to there, I was tired of thee, O Road, but now when thou leadest me to everywhere I am wedded to thee in love.

当我到这里，到那里地旅行着时，路呀，我厌倦了你了，但是现在，当你引导我到各处去时，我便爱上你，与你结婚了

I thank thee that I am none of the wheels of power but I am one with the living creatures that are crushed by it.谢谢上帝，我不是一个权力的轮子，而是被压在这轮下的活人之一。