Nature's first green is gold,
大自然的初绿好比黄金,
Her hardest hue to hold.
她这一抹色彩最易消泯。
Her early leaf's a flower;
她的头枚绿叶好比花朵,
But only so an hour.
却只有半个时辰的鲜活,
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
接下来新叶将旧叶叠赶;
So Eden sank to grief,
以致伊甸园陷入了哀伤,
So dawn goes down to day.
以致白昼也接替了清晨,
Nothing gold can stay.
从无什么至宝可以留存。