Reed,

苇草

slashed and torn

砍割、拔起

but doubly rich—

却愈加繁茂——

such great heads as yours

花冠硕大如你

drift upon temple-steps,

漂流在寺院的阶梯上

but you are shattered

而你却碎散

in the wind.

于风中

Myrtle-bark

香桃树的树皮

is flecked from you,

印上你的斑点

scales are dashed

鳞片般的树皮

from your stem,

被迫飞离你的茎

sand cuts your petal,

砂子切开你的瓣

furrows it with hard edge,

犁梳它的轮廓

like flint

如桥石上的

on a bright stone.

星燧

Yet though the whole wind

纵使一袭风

slash at your bark,

砍向你的树皮

you are lifted up,

你仍然伫立

aye—though it hiss

是！——虽然它嘶声

to cover you with froth.

要用泡沫把你掩盖