那棵树，今早砍倒的，

The tree, cut down this morning,

已被链锯剖开，再剖两瓣，修掉了

is already chainsawed and quartered, stripped

枝桠，运走，堆起。

of its branches, transported and stacked.

一刻也没提早，它的女孩溜开了。

Not an instant too early, its girl slipped away.

现在，她唱着歌，从池水表面

She is singing now, a small figure

可以瞥见那娇小的身影。

glimpsed in the surface of the pond.

正如木柴，如果取材够快，会在炉膛

As the wood, if taken too quickly, will sing

唱一会儿歌，因为仍然记得她。

a little in the stove, still remembering her.