The man who is aware of himself is henceforth independent
凡是意識到自我的人從今往后才是獨立的
And he is never bored, and life is only too short
他永遠不知疲倦,他明白生命苦短
And he is steeped through and through with profound yet temperate happiness
所以完全沉浸于深深的而又適度的幸福之中
He alone lives, while other people, slaves of ceremony, let life slip past time in a kind of dream
他獨立生活,而別人是繁文縟節(jié)的奴隸,在醉生夢死之中聽從生命悄然流逝
Once conform, once do what other people do finer than they do it
一旦循規(guī)蹈矩,一旦人為亦為
And a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul,
呆滯就籠罩著靈魂中一切靈敏的神經(jīng)和官能
He becomes all outer show and inward emptiness
靈魂變得徒有其表,其中空空
Dull, callous, and indifferent
遲鈍,木然,冷漠。