The light passes

光

from ridge to ridge,

从山脊传向山脊，

from flower to flower—

从花传向花——

the hepaticas, wide-spread

雪割草，花瓣怒张

under the light

在光中

grow faint—

渐渐变淡——

the petals reach inward,

花瓣向里，

the blue tips bend

蓝色的尖端弯曲

toward the bluer heart

伸向更蓝的花心

and the flowers are lost.

于是这些花消失了。

The cornel-buds are still white,

山茱萸的蓓蕾依然嫩白，

but shadows dart

但是阴影

from the cornel-roots—

从山茱萸的根射过来——

black creeps from root to root,

黑影从根爬到根，

each leaf

每片叶子

cuts another leaf on the grass,

切割草地上另一片叶子，

shadow seeks shadow,

阴影寻找阴影，

then both leaf

于是花叶

and leaf-shadow are lost.

和花叶的影子都消失了。