I want to sleep the dream of the apples 我要睡觉了苹果的梦想

To withdraw from the tumult of cemeteries 从墓地的骚动退出

I want to sleep the dream of that child 我要睡觉了孩子的梦想

Who wanted to cut his heart on the high seas 谁想要砍他的心脏在公海

I don't want to hear again that the dead do not lose their blood 我不想再听到死人不输自己的血

That the putrid mouth goes on asking for water 该腐烂的嘴继续要求水

I don't want to learn of the tortures of the grass 我并不想学草的折磨

Nor of the moon with the serpent's mouth that labors before dawn 也不是月亮与蛇的嘴里黎明前的劳动力

I want to sleep a while 我要睡一会

A while, a minute, a century 一会儿，一分钟，一百年

But all must know that I have not died 但都必须知道，我还没有死

That there is a stable of gold in my lips 有黄金，我的嘴唇稳定

That I am the small friend of the west wind 我是小的朋友西风

That I am the immense shadow of my tears 那我自己眼泪的巨大阴影

Cover me at dawn with a veil 掩护我在黎明带着面纱

Because dawn will throw fists full of ants at me 因为黎明会抛出拳头充满蚂蚁的我

And wet with hard water my shoes 与硬水我的鞋湿

So that the pincers of the scorpion slide 使蝎子幻灯片的铁钳

For I want to sleep the dream of the apples 因为我想睡觉了苹果的梦想

To learn a lament that will cleanse me of the earth 学习慨叹要洁净的地球我

For I want to live with that dark child 因为我希望生活与黑暗的孩子

Who wanted to cut his heart on the high seas 谁想要砍他的心脏在公海