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