深秋初冬小陽春裏，托馬萊斯灣呈現平淡之藍。

Tomales Bay is flat blue in the Indian summer heat.

這個時節，背包客在因弗內斯山脊上

This is the time when hikers on Inverness Ridge

踮起腳尖站立，采摘鹿搆不著的

Stand on tiptoe to pick ripe huckleberries

成熟的小葉越橘果。這是間歇的季節－－

That the deer can’t reach. This is the season of lulls—

白鷺在潮汐淺灘尋覓，一條鷸鳥的緞帶

Egrets hunting in the tidal shallows, a ribbon

雪白，在泥灘之上擺動，

Of sandpipers fluttering over mudflats, white,

而後消失。飄逸的薄霧一縷縷從海灣散去。

Then not. A drift of mist wisping off the bay.

就在此刻，狂喜是來自你眼角的

This is the moment when bliss is what you glimpse

一瞥，當你跑差事

From the corner of your eye, as you drive past

驅車經過，狂風大作。

Running errands, and the wind comes up,

而水面波光遒勁地迎風閃爍。

And the surface of the water glitters hard against it.

因弗內斯：美國加州的因弗內斯，原為印第安人聚居地。

小陽春：原文為the Indian summer heat，直譯即「印第安暖洋洋的夏日」。此時當地風和日麗，氣候宜人。

托馬萊斯灣：坐落在舊金山西北四百公里處，出產美味的牡蠣。