The tree, cut down this morning,

那棵树，今早砍倒的，

is already chainsawed and quartered, stripped

已被链锯剖开，再剖两瓣，修掉了

of its branches, transported and stacked.

枝桠，运走，堆起。

Not an instant too early, its girl slipped away.

一刻也没提早，它的女孩溜开了。

She is singing now, a small figure

现在，她唱着歌，从池水表面

glimpsed in the surface of the pond.

可以瞥见那娇小的身影。

As the wood, if taken too quickly, will sing

正如木柴，如果取材够快，会在炉膛

a little in the stove, still remembering her.

唱一会儿歌，因为仍然记得她。