No tongue in the bell 在钟没有舌头

And the fishwives yell 和fishwives吆喝

But they might as well be mute 但他们很可能会成为静音

So you get to keep the pictures 所以你能保持图片

That don't seem like much 这似乎并不像很多

Cold white keys under your fingers 在你的手指冷白键

Now you're thinking 现在，你在想

"That's no substitute “这是不可替代的

It just don't do it 它只是不这样做

Like the song of a warm warm body 就像一个温暖的温暖的身体之歌

Loving your touch" 爱你的触摸“

   

In the court they carve your legend 在法庭上，他们瓜分你的传奇

With an apple in its jaw 随着它的下巴苹果

And the women that you wanted 那你想要的女人

They get their laughs 他们得到他们的笑

Long silk stockings 长丝袜

On the bedposts of refinement 在细化的床柱

You're too raw 你太原始

They think you're too raw 他们认为你太原始

It's the judgement of the moon and stars 这是日月星辰的判断

Your solitary path 你孤独的路

Draw yourself a bath 画出自己洗澡

Think what you'd like to have 想你想什么有

For supper 吃晚饭

Or take a walk 或散步

A park 个园

A bridge 桥

A tree 树

A river 一条河

Revoked but not yet cancelled 撤销但尚未注销

The gift goes on 礼品推移

In silence 在沉默

In a bell jar 在钟罩

Still a song 还是一首歌

   

You've got to shake your fists at lightning now 你要动摇你的拳头，以迅雷不及掩耳的现在

You've got to roar like forest fire 你要咆哮，像森林火灾

You've got to spread your light like blazes 你要传播你的光像大火

All across the sky 所有划过天空

They're going to aim the hoses on you 他们将瞄准软管你

Show 'em you won't expire 他们点厉害瞧瞧，你会不会过期

Not till you burn up every passion 没有，直到你烧起来的每个激情

Not even when you die 甚至当你死

Come on now 来吧

You've got to try 你一定要试试

If you're feeling contempt 如果你感到鄙视

Well then you tell it 那么，你告诉它

If you're tired of the silent night 如果你厌倦了无声的夜晚

Jesus well then you yell it 耶稣那么，你喊它

Condemned to wires and hammers 谴责线和锤子

Strike every chord that you feel 每次罢工，你觉得和弦

That broken trees 这破树

And elephant ivories conceal 和大象象牙隐瞒