West of Omaha the freshly plowed fields

奧馬哈以西新鮮犁開的田地

steam in the night like lakes.

霧氣彌漫似深夜的湖面。

The smell of the earth floods over the roads.

泥土味淹過周邊的路。

The field mice are moving their nests

田鼠們正把窩搬往

to the higher ground of fence rows,

安有圍欄的更高地，

the old among them crying out to the owls

年事已高的向貓頭鷹哭號

to take them all. The paths in the grass

叫牠們全被捉去。車輪吱吱

are loud with the squeak of their carts.

劃破草間暗道的寂靜。

They keep their lanterns covered.

牠們始終把提燈蒙在罩子裏。