不会永远这样：

没有风，最后的几片

叶子为树的肩膀

添上勋章，为树枝的袖口

添上金黄色；一只鸟儿

 

在草地的镜子中精心装扮着。

从白天的杂务中抬起头来，停上一会儿，

让心为这明亮的景色

拍下照片，藉着它

抵御漫漫寒冬中的心。

（张文武 译）

 

A Day in Autumn

It will not always be like this, 

The air windless, a few last

Leaves adding their decoration

To the trees’ shoulders, braiding the cuffs

Of the boughs with gold; a bird preening

In the lawn’s mirror. Having looked up

From the day’s chores, pause a minute, 

Let the mind take its photograph

Of the bright scene, something to wear

Against the heart in the long cold.

R.S. Thomas