1.

1.

The first long shadows in the fields

田間第一道拉長的影子

Are like mortal difficulty.

像是死亡的長度。

The first birdsong is not like that at all.

第一聲鳥鳴絕非如此。

2.

2.

The light in summer is very young and wholly unsupervised.

夏日之光多麼年輕，無拘無束。

No one has made it sit down to breakfast.

沒有人叫它坐下吃早餐。

It’s the first one up, the first one out.

它最先起身，最先出門。

3.

3.

Because he has opened his eyes, he must be light

他已經睜開了眼睛，他必然是光

And she, sleeping beside him, must be the visible,

而她，睡在他身旁，必然是形象，

One ringlet of hair curled about her ear.

一綹卷髮纏繞耳際。

Into which he whispers, “Wake up!”

他朝裏面輕聲說，「醒醒！」

“Wake up!” he whispers.

「醒醒！」他輕聲說。