Axes

斧头

After whose stroke the wood rings,

在对木的年轮的击砍之后，

And the echoes!

和着回声！

Echoes traveling

回声四散

Off from the center like horses.

离中点远去，有如马匹。

The sap

汁液

Wells like tears, like the

涌现如泪水，如

Water striving

清泉竭力冲出

To re-establish its mirror

去修复它的明镜

Over the rock

于石子之上

That drops and turns,

跌落，滚动，

A white skull,

一颗白颅骨，

Eaten by weedy greens.

为疯长的绿色所吞噬。

Years later I

数年以后,我

Encounter them on the road—-

在途中遭遇它们——

Words dry and riderless,

枯竭无主的词语，

The indefatigable hoof-taps.

不懈的马蹄

While

而此时

From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars

恒星们，正从池塘之底

Govern a life.

统辖着一种生活。