Yimusanfendi

A Birthday Poem 
生日之歌

by Ted Kooser

作者： 特德·库塞

Just past dawn, the sun stands
刚过黎明，太阳带着 

with its heavy red head
它沉重的红色头颅

in a black stanchion of trees,
站立在树木林立的黑色支柱里，

waiting for someone to come
等待着某人

with his bucket
带着他的木桶而来

for the foamy white light,
为着那泡沫状白色的光，

and then a long day in the pasture.
然后是这牧场上长长的一天。

I too spend my days grazing,
我也在游牧中耗费我的日子，

feasting on every green moment
宴饮欢乐，在每个绿色的瞬间

till darkness calls,
直到黑暗召唤，

and with the others
我就与别的同类

I walk away into the night,
走开进入那夜晚

swinging the little tin bell
摇动着小小的锡铃

of my name.
上有我的名称。