I go to the mountain side

我走到屋子靠山的那一侧，

of the house to cut saplings,

去砍掉几株小树，

and clear a view to snow

想清出一条视线，

on the mountain. But when I look up,

好望见山上的积雪。

saw in hand, I see a nest clutched in

the uppermost branches.

可当我举着锯子

抬头望去，

I don't cut that one.

看见一只鸟巢

I don't cut the others either.

紧紧攀附在最高的枝梢。

Suddenly, in every tree,

那棵我不砍。

an unseen nest

别的，也不砍了。

where a mountain

would be.

忽然间，每一棵树里

都藏着一只看不见的巢——

在那原本

该是山的地方。