Reed,

芦苇，

slashed and torn

被劈砍、撕扯断裂

but doubly rich—

却愈发丰饶——

such great heads as yours

如你这般硕大不朽的头茎

drift upon temple-steps,

萦绕在圣殿台阶之上，

but you are shattered

但你却在风中

in the wind.

骨化形销

Myrtle-bark

桃金娘的树皮上

is flecked from you,

布满由你造成的斑点

scales are dashed

树鳞也从你的枝条上

from your stem,

分崩离析

sand cuts your petal,

娇媚的花瓣折损于砂砾

furrows it with hard edge,

以坚硬的边刃犁出沟痕，

like flint

一如星火滑落的燧石

on a bright stone.

蜿蜒的划痕

Yet though the whole wind

然而即便这场烈风

slash at your bark,

鞭笞着你的外皮

you are lifted up,

你仍旧高抬硕大不朽的身躯

aye—though it hiss

没错——尽管这一切嘶号着

to cover you with froth.

要将你用泡沫彻底掩埋！