The first sorrow of autumn

秋天的第一种悲伤

Is the slow goodbye

是花园缓慢的告别

Of the garden who stands so long in the evening-

它久久地站在暮色中——

A brown poppy head,

一枚褐色的罂粟果，

The stalk of a lily,

睡莲的花茎，

And still cannot go.

依然不能离去。

The second sorrow

第二种悲伤

Is the empty feet

是野鸡悬空的爪子

Of a pheasant who hangs from a hook with his brothers.

它和兄弟们一起被挂在钩子上。

The woodland of gold

金色的林地

Is folded in feathers

到处是羽毛，

With its head in a bag.

而它的头被装进猎袋。

And the third sorrow

而第三种悲伤

Is the slow goodbye

是太阳缓慢的告别

Of the sun who has gathered the birds and who gathers

它已经召集了鸟儿们，又把黄昏的时刻

The minutes of evening,

收集到一起，

The golden and holy

这幅图画

Ground of the picture.

金色的神圣的底子。

The fourth sorrow

第四种悲伤

Is the pond gone black

是那变黑的池塘

Ruined and sunken the city of water-

它摧毁了水中的城市，并淹没了它——

The beetle's palace,

甲虫的宫殿，

The catacombs

蜻蜓的

Of the dragonfly.

地下墓穴。

And the fifth sorrow

而第五种悲伤

Is the slow goodbye

是林地缓慢的告别

Of the woodland that quietly breaks up its camp.

它静静地拆掉自己的帐篷。

One day it's gone.

有一天，它离去了。

It has only left litter-

只留下一堆废弃之物——

Firewood, tentpoles.

木柴，桩子。

And the sixth sorrow

而第六种悲伤

Is the fox's sorrow

是狐狸的悲伤

The joy of the huntsman, the joy of the hounds,

猎人的喜悦，猎狗的喜悦，

The hooves that pound

狐狸的蹄子扑打着

Till earth closes her ear

直到大地闭上耳朵

To the fox's prayer.

听不见狐狸的祈祷。

And the seventh sorrow

而第七种悲伤

Is the slow goodbye

是容颜缓慢的告别

Of the face with its wrinkles that looks through the window

长满皱纹的脸透过窗户向外眺望：

As the year packs up

就像一个为孩子们表演的

Like a tatty fairground

粗俗的露天马戏团一样

That came for the children.

“年”整理着行装。