Curlews

Curlews call
鹬鸣叫
Along the estuary
沿河口
Late light falls
晚光落下
Under a mile to the sea
离海不到一英里
And the flickering harbour lights
闪烁的海港灯光
Trail in the estuary waters tonight
今晚在河口水域的小径
Under meteors
流星下
Over the bridge
过桥上
The old town still clinging on
这座古镇仍然依附
At the end of the ridge
在山脊的尽头
All but lost to me now
如今 我几乎失去了一切
Nightfall
夜幕降临
The water's ebbing away now
水逐渐消退
Flat sand
平坦的沙子
Grows with the speed of the tide
随着潮水的速度增长
Cold now
此刻寒凛
I watch the curlews and lapwings
我注视着鹬和麦鸡
Dig down
往下挖
To see just what they can find
看看它们能找到什么
In the glittering
在闪闪发亮的
Estuary mud
河口泥滩上
Trailing their footprints
尾随着他们的脚印
Before the flood
在洪水之前
Comes around again
又来了
And washes away
然后冲走
All but every fragment
除每个碎片外的东西
What light remains
还有什么光
All but lost to me now
如今 我几乎失去了一切
All but lost to me now
如今 我几乎失去了一切