In me, past, present, future meet，
于我，过去、现在和未来
To hold long chiding conference.
商讨聚会 各执一词 纷扰不息。
My lusts usurp the present tense
林林总总的欲望，掠取着我的现在
And strangle Reason in his seat.
把“理性”扼杀于它的宝座
My loves leap through thefuture's fence
我的爱越过未来的藩篱
To dance with dream-enfranchised feet.
梦想解放出它们的双脚，舞蹈不停。
In me the cave-man clasps the seer,
于我，穴居人攫取了先知，
And garlanded Apollo goes
佩戴花环的阿波罗神
Chanting to Abraham's deaf ear.
向亚伯拉罕的聋耳唱叹歌吟。
In me the tiger sniffs therose.
心有猛虎，细嗅蔷薇。
Look in my heart, kind friends, and tremble,
审视我的内心吧，亲爱的朋友，你应颤栗，
Since there your elements assemble.
因为那才是你本来的面目。
Chiding: full of rebuke; critical
Usurp: take a position of power illegally or by force.
Enfranchised: give the right to vote to
Clasps: grasp tightly; seer: 先知
Garlanded: decorate with a garland
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