Axes

斧头

After whose stroke the wood rings,

砍下去后树鸣响起来,

And the echoes!

接着回声荡漾!

Echoes traveling

回声向外

Off from the center like horses.

散开，像群马般穿行而去.

The sap

树汁

Wells like tears, like the

像眼泪般涌出来，像

Water striving

水一样竭力

To re-establish its mirror

恢复自身镜子似的水面,

Over the rock

在岩石之上

That drops and turns,

滴落翻滚,

A white skull,

一副白色的头骨,

Eaten by weedy greens.

吞噬在葱绿的杂草里.

Years later I

多年后我

Encounter them on the road—-

在路上遇见他们——

Words dry and riderless,

词语形容枯槁，无人驾御，

The indefatigable hoof-taps.

马蹄声却顽强不倦。

While

这时

From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars

在池塘的底部，天上的恒星

Govern a life.

统管着生活。