Villanelle for Our Time

From bitter searching of the heart 源自内心深处的苦苦追寻 Quickened with passion and with pain 奔流的激情伴随着痛苦 We rise to play a greater part 我们生来为了更好地扮演自己 This is the faith from which we start 这便是我们最初的信仰 Men shall know commonwealth again 人类应该重新了解联邦的意义 From bitter searching of the heart 源自内心的痛苦追寻 We loved the easy and the smart 我们热爱随便的和聪敏的 But now, with keener hand and brain 但到如今 有着更加发达的双手与大脑的我们 We rise to play a greater part 正努力装腔作势 扮演自己 The lesser loyalties depart 日渐稀少的忠诚终将远去 And neither race nor creed remain 种族与信条将不复存在 From bitter searching of the heart 源自内心深处的痛苦追寻 Not steering by the venal chart 金钱玷污的图纸上 无人掌舵 That tricked the mass for private gain 所谓的私人利益愚弄了所有的人 We rise to play a greater part 我们存在 只是为了扮演自己 Reshaping narrow law and art 重建自然的法则与艺术 Whose symbols are the millions slain 这意味着无数人的死去 From bitter searching of the heart 源自内心的苦苦追寻 We rise to play a greater part 我们活着 为了更好地扮演自己