Axes

斧头

After whose stroke the wood rings,

砍出年轮，

And the echoes!

和回音！

Echoes traveling

回音外传

Off from the center like horses.

像四散的马匹。

The sap

汁液

Wells like tears, like the

涌流如泪，如那

Water striving

水竭力

To re-establish its mirror

重归平镜

Over the rock

于岩石之上

That drops and turns,

溅落旋转，

A white skull,

一个白颅骨，

Eaten by weedy greens.

为乱茵吞噬。

Years later I

多年之后我

Encounter them on the road—-

在路上遭遇它们，

Words dry and riderless,

言词枯竭无主，

The indefatigable hoof-taps.

马不停蹄。

While

而

From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars

自水泊之底，恒星

Govern a life.

引导着生命。