The woodpecker keeps returning

啄木鸟不断归来

to drill the house wall.

钻房子的墙壁。

Put a pie plate over one place, he chooses another.

把一个馅饼盘放在一个地方，他选择另一个。

There is nothing good to eat there:

那里没有什么好吃的：

he has found in the house

他在房子里找到了

a resonant billboard to post his intentions,

一个响亮的广告牌来张贴他的意图，

his voluble strength as provider.

他作为提供者的强大实力。

But where is the female he drums for? Where?

但他为之鼓掌的女性在哪里？在哪里？

I ask this, who am myself the ruined siding,

我问一下，究竟是谁毁坏了壁板，

the handsome red-capped bird, the missing mate.

英俊的红顶鸟，还是他失踪的伴侣。