1

I

风穿树林而来，

The wind through the box-elder trees

像暮色里骑白马奔驰

Is like rides at dusk on a white horse,

是为了国家打仗，打英国人。

Wars for your country, and fighting the British.

2

II

我不知道华盛顿是否听树的声音。

I wonder if Washington listened to the trees.

整个早晨我坐在深草里，

All morning I have been sitting in grass,

草长得能遮住我的眼睛。

Higher than my eyes, beneath trees,

我从树下抬头，听树叶里的风声。

And listening upward, to the wind in leaves.

突然我发现还有风

Suddenly I realize there is one thing more:

穿过深草而来。

There is also the wind through the high grass.

3

III

宫殿，游艇，静悄悄的白色建筑，

There are palaces, boats, silence among white buildings,

凉爽的房问里，大理石桌上有冷饮。

Iced drinks on marble tops among cool rooms;

贫穷而听着风声也是好的。

It is also good to be poor, and listen to the wind.