It must be summer. Push the dock out,

一定是在夏日。将码头推远，

Bring the canoe down, find your old

让独木舟下岸，发现你留下的

Books—bird books, Hawthorne. Drive

一些旧书——关于鸟类的书，霍桑。一路

To Gooseberry. Even in the Swedish islands,

驶向醋栗林。即便远在瑞典群岛，

Summer comes. They pull the linen off chairs,

夏天也已到来。他们从椅子上扯下亚麻，

Bring out the blue dishes, write some poems.

端出蓝色碟盏，写几首诗。

Say again: “It must be summer.”

再说一次:“一定是在夏日。”

Even though people die, it must be summer.

即便有人死去，也一定是在夏日。