SummerforThee, GrantIMayBe
请允许我成为你的夏季
Summerforthee, grantImaybe
Whensummerdaysareflown!
Thymusicstill, whenWhippoorwill
AndOriole—aredone!
Fortheetobloom, I’llskipthetomb
Androwmyblossomsover!
Praygatherme—Anemone—
Thyflower—forevermore!
请允许我成为你的夏季，
当夏季的光阴已然流逝！
请允许我成为你的音乐，
当夜鹰与金莺收敛了歌喉！
请允许我为你绽放，我将穿越墓地，
四处播撒我的花朵！
请把我采撷吧——银莲花——
你的花朵——将为你盛开，直至永远！
IfYouWereComingintheFall
如果你在秋天到来
IfyouwerecomingintheFall,
I’dbrushthesummerby
Withhalfasmile, andhalfaspurn,
AsHousewivesdo, aFly。
IfIcouldseeyouinayear,
I’dwindthemonthsinballs—
AndputthemeachinseparateDrawers,
Forfearthenumbersfuse—
IfonlyCenturies, delayed,
I’dcountthemonmyhand,
Subtracting, tillmyfingersdropped
IntoVanDieman’sLand。