Reed,

被砍断，被撕碎，

slashed and torn

却加倍地生长——

but doubly rich—

你那伟大的头颅

such great heads as yours

漂浮在寺院的台阶上，

drift upon temple-steps,

而你，慢慢消失在

but you are shattered

风中。

in the wind.

桃金娘树皮

Myrtle-bark

染上你的斑点，

is flecked from you,

梗上的刻纹

scales are dashed

被毁坏，

from your stem,

沙子切断你的花瓣，

sand cuts your petal,

用粗糙的边磨砺它，

furrows it with hard edge,

如同燧石

like flint

打磨一块明亮的石头。

on a bright stone.

虽然风

Yet though the whole wind

鞭打着你的树皮，

slash at your bark,

你仍然高高地扬起，

you are lifted up,

耶！——虽然它嘶嘶鸣叫着

aye—though it hiss

要用它的泡沫覆盖你。

to cover you with froth.