离树林三英里，

Three miles through the woods

克拉普的池塘躺在橡树和松树间，

Clapp"s Pond sprawls stone gray

岸边铺满灰色的石头。

among oaks and pines,

在深冬的旷野上，

the late winter fields

一只野鸡

where a pheasant blazes up

抬起黄色的腿

lifting his yellow legs

猛然张开翅膀，炫耀着

under bronze feathers, opening

它青铜色的羽毛；

bronze wings;

一只母鹿，激荡起

and one doe, dimpling the ground as she touches

潮湿的雾气，迅速跳过

its dampness sharply, flares

灌木丛，飞奔而去。

out of the brush and gallops away.

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傍晚：下起了雨。

By evening: rain.

雨水从黑色的云层倾泻而下，

It pours down from the black clouds,

敲打着屋顶。残留的

lashes over the roof. The last

橡实，掉落在门廊，四处飞溅；我向火中

acorns spray over the porch; I toss

扔了一根，两根，然后

one, then two more

更多的木头。

logs on the fire.

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万物有时

How sometimes everything

合拢，一把有图画的扇子，风景和时间

closes up, a painted fan, landscapes and moments

同时流动，直到距离感——

flowing together until the sense of distance - - -

比如说，克拉普的池塘和我之间的距离——

say, between Clapp"s Pond and me - - -

彻底消失，界限像一只翅膀的羽毛

vanishes, edges slide together

全部滑落下来，万物

like the feathers of a wing, everything

彼此融合。

touches everything.

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深夜，半睡半醒

Later, lying half-asleep under

躺在毛毯下，我留神倾听

the blankets, I watch

母鹿，浑身挂满雨珠，

while the doe, glittering with rain, steps

穿过松树潮湿的枝条，将

under the wet slabs of the pines, stretches

长长的脖子伸下池塘去饮水，

her long neck down to drink

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在三里

from the pond

之外。

three miles away.