看，这一轮明月

Hey, the moon’s been hungover

与你对饮之后

three nights

已在天顶高挂三夜。

after drinking with you!

躺在它的背后，

看这苍白的物体

Look at it

头上已无一丝牵挂！

lying on its back, pale thing,

当它把一条腿

the top of its head completely gone!

踩在白云的地毯上，

大地正在倾斜。

It’s got one foot

而那潮水

on a carpet of clouds

此刻也不再涨落，

but the earth’s still tilting.

虽说本该如此。

不要举杯邀它下来！

Now the tides

也不要宣你的酒令！

won’t high and low

when they’re supposed to.

Don’t raise your jar to coax it down!

Don’t sing your tavern songs!

The tree frogs and coyotes

have fallen mute. Cranes

go off in the wrong direction

and in the grass there is no dew

to soak the lovers’ clothing –

they pull it on too soon!