This snake has gone on,

這條蛇曾逶迤向前，

all muscle and glitter,

臂力十足，閃閃發亮，

into the woods,

遊入樹林，

a few leaves clinging,

幾片葉子粘在身，

red, yellow, and brown.

紅的，黃的，褐的。

Oh, how he sparkled!

哦，多麼光彩！

The roots of the old trees

老樹的根莖

gleamed as he passed.

在他路過時發光。

Now there is nothing

而現在卻沒什麼

to see; an old skin

可瞧；褪掉的皮

caught in the bushes,

卡在灌木叢裏，

bleached and flaking,

鮮妍盡失，鱗片剝落，

a few sharp stones

幾塊尖尖的石頭

already poking through.

已經把他刺穿。