I

1

The wind through the box-elder trees

风穿树林而来，

Is like rides at dusk on a white horse,

像暮色里骑白马奔驰

Wars for your country, and fighting the British.

是为了国家打仗，打英国人。

II

2

I wonder if Washington listened to the trees.

我不知道华盛顿是否听树的声音。

All morning I have been sitting in grass,

整个早晨我坐在深草里，

Higher than my eyes, beneath trees,

草长得能遮住我的眼睛。

And listening upward, to the wind in leaves.

我从树下抬头，听树叶里的风声。

Suddenly I realize there is one thing more:

突然我发现还有风

There is also the wind through the high grass.

穿过深草而来。

III

3

There are palaces, boats, silence among white buildings,

宫殿，游艇，静悄悄的白色建筑，

Iced drinks on marble tops among cool rooms;

凉爽的房问里，大理石桌上有冷饮。

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

贫穷而听着风声也是好的。