It's an old profession 这是一个古老的行业

of subtle artillery. 微妙的火炮。

Rough wheels meshing --- 粗略轮啮合---

button out, button in. 按钮了，在按钮。

   

The tall General will mine 高大干事将挖掘

a few bridges tonight, 一些桥梁，今晚，

stroking soft machinery. 抚摸着柔软的机械。

Fanfare at dawn 大张旗鼓地在黎明

courting green steel 求爱绿色钢铁

lined up for World War One 排了第一次世界大战

(Two, Three, Four). （二，三，四） 。

   

It's an old profession 这是一个古老的行业

of subtle artillery. 微妙的火炮。

Rough wheels meshing --- 粗略轮啮合---

on a landscape with no trees. 在没有树的风景线。

   

The tall General points 高大的总点数

to the distance --- 到的距离---

disconnects his power supply. 他切断电源。

Writes a stiff note to his nearest 写硬纸条给他的最近的

and dearest --- 和最亲爱的---

he takes the battle plan 他把作战计划

and contemplates his fly. 并设想他的飞行。

   

The tall General 高大的将军

flies by the seat of history. 苍蝇被历史的座位。

The tall General 高大的将军

is crossing. 是路口。

The tall General 高大的将军

he thinks inevitability. 他认为必然性。

The tall General 高大的将军

is definitely crossing. 绝对是穿越。

With spit and with polish --- 吐和波兰---

time for desperate measures. 时间非常措施。

The pain in the forehead 在前额痛

from holding up to the pressures 持有至压力

of life on the rim 在轮辋上的生命

of the convenient alliance. 的方便联盟。

Out on the rim --- 列于边缘---

let me out on the rim. 让我出去的边缘。

   

The tall General will walk 高大的一般会走

across the compound 整个复合

with his briefcase and I.D. 与他的公文包和内径

Later they'll post him 后来他们会后他

seemingly missing --- 貌似失踪---

he's gone to be a Generalski. 他的离去是一个Generalski 。