Of war and peace the truth just twists 战争与和平的真理只是扭曲

Its curfew gull just glides 它的宵禁鸥只是下滑

Upon four-legged forest clouds 在四条腿的林云

The cowboy angel rides 牛仔上帝安排

With his candle lit into the sun 随着他的蜡烛点燃成太阳

Though its glow is waxed in black 虽然它的光芒是打蜡黑色

All except when 'neath the trees of Eden. 所有除非照耀下伊甸园的树木。

   

The lamppost stands with folded arms 灯柱矗立袖手旁观

Its iron claws attached 它的铁爪附

To curbs 'neath holes where babies wail 到路肩照耀下洞，其中婴儿嚎啕大哭

Though it shadows metal badge 虽然阴影金属徽章

All and all can only fall 一切，一切只能落在

With a crashing but meaningless blow 随着崩溃，但毫无意义的一击

No sound ever comes from the Gates of Eden. 无声音永远来自伊甸园之门。

   

The savage soldiers sticks his head in sand 野蛮的士兵们坚持他的头在沙

And then complains 然后抱怨

Unto the shoeless hunter who's gone deaf 你们谁走了聋子的赤脚猎人

But still remains 但是，仍然存在

Upon the beach where hound dogs bay 在那里猎犬湾海滩

At ships with tatooed sails 在附带tatooed帆

Heading for the Gates of Eden. 前往伊甸园之门。

   

With a time-rusted compass blade 随着时间的罗盘生锈刀片

Alladin and his lamp 阿亚丁和他的灯

Sits with Utopian hermit monks 坐了乌托邦式的隐居修士

Side saddle on the Golden Calf 在金犊侧鞍

And on their promises of paradise 和天堂的承诺

You will not hear a laugh 你不会听到的笑声

All except inside the Gates of Eden. 所有除伊甸园之门里面。

   

Relationships of ownership 所有制关系

They whisper in the wings 他们交头接耳的翅膀

To those condemned to act accordingly 对于那些注定要采取相应的行动

And wait for succeeding kings 并等待后面的国王

And I will try to harmonize with songs 我会尽量协调与歌曲

The lonesome sparrow sings 孤独的麻雀唱

There are no kings inside the Gates of Eden. 有伊甸园之门里面没有国王。

   

The motorcycle black madonna 本摩托车黑麦当娜

Two-wheeled gypsy queen 两轮吉普赛女王

And her silver-studded phantom cause 而她的银色镶满假体事业

The gray flannel dwarf to scream 灰色法兰绒矮人尖叫

As he weeps to wicked birds of prey 当他哭到猎物的邪恶鸟

Who pick up on his bread crumb sins 谁拿起他的面包屑罪

And there are no sins inside the Gates of Eden. 并有伊甸园之门里面没有罪。

   

The kingdoms of Experience 经验的国

In the precious wind they rot 在珍贵的风，他们腐烂

While paupers change possessions 而贫民改变财产

Each one wishing for what the other has got 每一个希望什么其他已得到

And the princess and the prince 而公主和王子

Discuss what's real and what is not 讨论什么是真的，什么是不

It doesn't matter inside the Gates of Eden. 没关系伊甸园之门里面。

   

The foreign sun, it squints upon 国外的太阳，它眯着时

A bed that is never mine 一张床，从来没有矿

As friends and other strangers 作为朋友和其他陌生人

From their fates try to resign 从他们的命运尽量辞职

Leaving men wholly totally free 让男人完全完全免费

To do anything they wish to do but die 做任何事情，他们希望这样做，但死

And there are no trials inside the Gates of Eden. 并有伊甸园之门里面没有审判。

   

At dawn my lower comes to me 天亮了我下到我这里来

And tells me of her dreams 并告诉她的梦想我

With no attempts to shovel the glimpse 由于没有试图铲一瞥

Into the ditch of what each one means 为每个什么手段之一沟

At times I think there are no words 有时我觉得没有言语

But these to tell what's true 但这些告诉什么是真正的

And there are no truths outside the Gates of Eden. 并有伊甸园之门之外没有真理。