No wind, no rain,

无风，无雨

the tree

树

just fell, as a piece of fruit does.

仅仅倒下了，像一片水果。

But no, not fruit. Not ripe.

可是，没有水果。没有丰收。

Not fell.

没有倒下。

It broke. It shattered.

就坏掉。它被摔碎了。

One cone’s

一个锥体的，

addition of resinous cell-sap,

树脂细胞液的添加，

one small-bodied bird

一只瘦小的鸟儿

arriving to tap for a beetle.

前来啄食甲虫

It shattered.

它被摔碎了。

What word, what act,

什么言语，什么动作，

was it we thought did not matter？

难道我们认为这真的无关紧要吗？