我步入丛林
I went to the woods
因为我希望生活有意义
because I wanted to live deliberately.
我希望活得深刻 I wanted to live deep
吸取生命中所有的精华
and suck out all the marrow of life！
把非生命的一切都击溃
To put to rout all that was not life.
以免当我生命终结时
And not, when I came to die,
发现自己从没有活过
discover that I had not lived