I celebrate myself, and sing myself,
all I say to you, as appropriate, for every atom belonging to me,
also belongs to you.And invite my soul with me around,
I bow down, leisurely observation of a piece of summer grass.
My tongue, every atom of my blood, are from this earth, the air,
I grow up here, my parents grow here, their parents also grow here,
I am now thirty-seven years old, the body is healthy,
hope to continue to keep on singing till death.
Dogma and school in abeyance,
step back, satisfied now they already gave me everything,
but never put them all forgotten,
whether it is good or evil, I will be free of, no scruples,
with a primitive energy natural.
汉语译文
我赞美我自己,歌唱我自己,
我所讲的一切,将对你们也一样适合,
因为属于我的每一个原子,也同样属于你。
我邀了我的灵魂同我一道闲游,
我俯首下视,悠闲地观察一片夏天的草叶。
我的舌,我的血液中的每个原子,都是由这泥土,这空气构成,
我在这里生长,我的父母在这里生长,他们的父母也同样在这里生长,
我现在是三十七岁了,身体相当健康,
希望继续不停地唱下去直到死亡。
教条和学派且暂时搁开,
退后一步,满足于现在它们所已给我的一切,但绝不能把它们全遗忘,
不论是善是恶,我将随意之所及,
毫无顾忌,以一种原始的活力述说自然。