我坐在树的顶端，把眼睛闭上。

I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed.

一动也不动，在我弯弯的脑袋

Inaction, no falsifying dream

和弯弯的脚爪间没有弄虚作假的梦：

Between my hooked head and hooked feet:

也不在睡眠中排演完美的捕杀或吃什么。

Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat.

高高的树真够方便的！

The convenience of the high trees!

空气的畅通，太阳的光芒

The air's buoyancy and the sun's ray

都对我有利；

Are of advantage to me;

地球的脸朝上，任我察看。

And the earth's face upward for my inspection.

我的双脚钉在粗砺的树皮上。

My feet are locked upon the rough bark.

真得用整个造化之力

It took the whole of Creation

才能生我这只脚、我的每根羽毛：

To produce my foot, my each feather:

如今我的脚控制着天地

Now I hold Creation in my foot

或者飞上去，慢悠悠地旋转它——

Or fly up, and revolve it all slowly -

我高兴时就捕杀，因为一切都是我的。

I kill where I please because it is all mine.

我躯体里并无奥秘：

There is no sophistry in my body:

我的举止就是把别个的脑袋撕下来——

My manners are tearing off heads -

分配死亡。

The allotment of death.

因为我飞翔的一条路线是直接

For the one path of my flight is direct

穿过生物的骨骼。

Through the bones of the living.

我的权力无须论证：

No arguments assert my right:

太阳就在我背后。

The sun is behind me.

我开始以来，什么也不曾改变。

Nothing has changed since I began.

我的眼睛不允许改变。

My eye has permitted no change.

我打算让世界就这样子下去。

I am going to keep things like this.