Barren rocks and sand, Bear & Fox held hands, 贫瘠的岩石和沙子，熊和狐狸手牵着手，

held like a timber hitch, held candles to the sun 举办​​像木材顺利举行烛光在阳光下

Both faint and fading fast, they walked on, windward 无论是淡淡的，并迅速消失，他们继续往前走，迎风

kept time with a pocketmouse, mouths kept mostly shut 保持时间与pocketmouse ，嘴里不停地大多是关

Thought broke the silence like a bone 思想像破骨沉默

   

[FOX:] [ FOX ： ]

[half-moaning] “you’ve worn me like an albatross, [半呻吟]“你穿我像信天翁，

I’ve only slowed you down. 我只是放慢你失望。

You could’ve long traded in your braided crown by now 你可能已经很长了，现在换你编织冠

you could’ve found that Anabaptist girl you always used to go on about 你可能已经发现，再洗礼派的女孩，你总是习惯去约

As we rode in circles on our bicycles; 当我们骑在我们的自行车圈子;

   

we walked on balance beams 我们走在平衡梁

the audience cheered for us 全场欢呼我们

We burned like fevers under carriage hats 我们就像烧根据运输帽子发烧

hid behind Venetian masks 躲在威尼斯面具

In our human costumes 在我们人类的服饰

We stood like statues once in shepherd’s check 我们曾经在牧羊人的检查站像雕像

we’ll both be decked in herringbone, 我们俩被加盖在人字形，

wrapped border drab around already broken ironstone” 包裹边框四周单调已经打破铁矿石“

   

[BEAR:] [熊： ]

“But I’ve seen these cliffs before, “但我以前见过这些悬崖，

St. Agnes brought her palm branch to the hospital 圣艾格尼斯给她带来了棕枝医院

looked upward lest the charm had fled 望着向上，以免魅力早已逃之夭夭

from my brother’s breathing bed 从我哥哥的床上呼吸

And when he died I shut his dogtooth violet eyes: 而当他死后我闭上了犬齿紫罗兰色的眼睛：

He looked just like me 他看上去就像我一样

climb on down and see 向下爬，看到

they laid him on the rocks below 他们把他下面的岩石上

there’ll be enough to fill your cup for days; 就会有足够装满你的杯子好几天;

I’ll stay up here and rest. 我会留在这里休息。

[aside] We’ll fly in straight lines as from carronades （旁白）我们将在直线从carronades飞

we’ll crash like tidal waves, decimate the islands 我们会崩溃一样海啸，摧毁了岛屿

As our hollowed lumber falls like water, ends where I start 由于我们的木材挖空瀑布像水，结束在那里我开始

In that tattered rag shop back in Asbury Park 在这种破烂的碎布店早在Asbury公园

   

Look how soon my hands won’t move 看多久我的手不会动

but if you’ll improve, we’ll all improve 但如果你提高，我们都会改进

Sixty feet and my feet won’t move 六脚，我的脚就不会动

but if you’ll improve, we’ll all improve 但如果你提高，我们都会改进

Forty feet, my legs won’t move 四十英尺，我的腿不会动

but as you improve, we all improve 但是当你改善，大家都提高

Fill our den with acorn mast, 填补了我国书房橡子肥大，

I’ll wake before the salmon pass 鲑鱼通之前，我会醒来

Ten foot more and nothing moves” 十英尺以上并没有什么动作“