大抵如下

《草葉集》包含了豐富而深刻的思想內容，詩人站在激進的資產階級民主主義立場上謳歌美國這塊“民主的大地”：

"In" leaves of grass contains rich and profound ideological content, the poet stands on a radical bourgeois democratic standpoint singing American this "democratic earth":

那裡沒有奴隸，也沒有奴隸的主人，

There are no slaves, nor the master of the slaves,

那裡人民立刻起來反對被選人的無休止的胡作非為，

There are people immediately against the selection of endless play the gangster,

那裡男人女人勇猛地奔赴死的號召，有如大海洶湧的狂浪，

Where men and women to die bravely calls, there are violent waves surging like sea,

那裡外部的權利總是跟隨在內部的權利之後，

Where the right is always following the right of the interior,

那裡公民總是頭腦和理想，總統，市長，州長只是有報酬的僱用人，

Where citizens are always on the minds and ideals, the president, the mayor, the governor is just a paid employment,

那裡孩子們被教育著自己管理自己，並自己依靠自己，

Where children are taught to manage themselves, and to rely on their own,

那裡事件總是平靜地解決，

Where events are always settled,

那裡對心靈的探索受到鼓勵，

There is encouragement to the exploration of the soul,

那裡婦女在大街上公開遊行，如同男子一樣，

There are women on the streets, like men,

那裡她們走到公共集會上，如同男子一樣取得席次。

There they go to a public meeting, as men get seats.

《草葉集》中對大自然、對自我有著泛神主義的歌頌，泛神主義是崇拜大自然，以自然萬物為神的；詩中極力讚美大自然的壯麗、神奇和偉大：