白楊在風中閃爍

The aspen glitters in the wind

讓我們喜悅。

And that delights us.

樹葉飄飛，翻轉，

因為在炎熱的八月那舉止

The leaf flutters, turning,

使其細胞保持水分。三角葉楊

Because that motion in the heat of August

同樣如此。

Protects its cells from drying out. Likewise the leaf

Of the cottonwood.

基因庫拋棄不穩定的莖

而樹跳舞。不，

The gene pool threw up a wobbly stem

樹被利用了。

And the tree danced. No.

不，言說有局限，

The tree capitalized.

在語言裏，樹做了什麼。

No. There are limits to saying,

In language, what the tree did.

很好，有時因為詩歌使我們醒悟。

跟我跳舞，舞者。哦，我願意。

It is good sometimes for poetry to disenchant us.

山，天空，

白楊在風中做著什麼。

Dance with me, dancer. Oh, I will.

Mountains, sky,

The aspen doing something in the wind.