I thought of her as the wishing tree that died

我想象她是那棵死去的许愿树

And saw it lifted, root and branch, to heaven,

并看着它连根枝一起升向天堂，

Trailing a shower of all that had been driven

拖着一大串曾经在一个又一个

Need by need by need into its hale

又一个需要的驱使下塞入其强壮的

Sap-wood and bark: coin and pin and nail

白本质和树皮的东西：硬币、大头针和铁钉

Came streaming from it like a comet-tail

从它那里源源流出如新铸造又熔解的

New-minted and dissolved. I had a vision

彗星尾巴。我有一个幻象，看见

Of an airy branch-head rising through damp cloud,

一个高空中的枝梢飞升穿过阴湿的云团，

Of turned-up faces where the tree had stood.

那棵树原址则涌现一张张仰望的面孔。