Axes

斧头

After whose stroke the wood rings,

挥过之后树木便会振响，

And the echoes!

带着回声!

Echoes traveling

回声四散

Off from the center like horses.

如群马从中心奔离。

The sap

树汁

Wells like tears, like the

涌出如热泪，如那

Water striving

流水力图

To re-establish its mirror

重塑它的镜子

Over the rock

在岩石上

That drops and turns,

倒下，翻滚，

A white skull,

一颗白色的头骨，

Eaten by weedy greens.

被杂草丛生的绿色吞食

Years later I

多年以后，我

Encounter them on the road—-

与它们相遇在途中——

Words dry and riderless,

言语干涩，无人骑乘，

The indefatigable hoof-taps.

马蹄轻敲不停不倦，

While

然而

From the bottom of the pool, fixed stars

从那池底，锚定的星群

Govern a life.

掌管了一生。