I go to the mountain side

我走到屋后山坡

of the house to cut saplings,

砍伐幼树，

and clear a view to snow

为山巅积雪

on the mountain. But when I look up,

开辟视野。但当我举起锯子抬头，

saw in hand, I see a nest clutched in

看见最高枝头

the uppermost branches.

紧攥着一个鸟巢。

I don't cut that one.

那棵我不砍。

I don't cut the others either.

其余的也未砍伐。

Suddenly, in every tree,

忽然间，每棵树上

an unseen nest

都藏着看不见的巢穴

where a mountain

恰似山峦

would be.

本该矗立之处。