When the gardener has gone this garden

那位园丁走后，这座花园

Looks wistful and seems waiting an event.

显得失意伤感，像是等待着一件大事。

It is so spruce, a metaphor of Eden

它是如此整洁，伊甸的一个隐喻

And even more so since the gardener went,

自从那位园丁走后更是如此，

Quietly godlike, but of course, he had

静静地犹如神明，但是当然，他

Not made me promise anything and I

没有让我承诺任何事，我也没有

Had no one tempting me to make the bad

受到引诱去作那错误的

Choice. Yet I still felt lost and wonder why.

选择。但我依然感到迷茫，想知道为什么。

Even the beech tree from next door which shares

就连隔壁那棵山毛榉树——它分享

Its shadow with me, seemed a kind of threat.

自己的阴影给我——也像是一种威胁。

Everything was too neat, and someone cares

每样东西都太整洁了，有人照料着

In the wrong way. I need not have stood long

以那错误的方式。我本不必站得太久

Mocked by the smell of a mown lawn, and yet

被修剪过的草坪的气味嘲笑，但

I did. Sickness for Eden was so strong.

我还是这么做了。伊甸的渴望如此强烈。