The Mourning Tree

I passed the day at the mourning tree
我於悲哀樹下度過一日
Where the river's sorrows run deep,
樹下河流的悲傷流深
And all at once a host of birds
忽然一群鳥兒飛了過來
Did settle and nest around me.
在我身旁築巢定家
In their song, I heard your song
我於他們的歌聲中聽到了你的歌聲
I heard the bomber's drone,
我聽到了轟炸機的嗡嗡聲
Beneath those birds and the swaying wheat
在那下面是那些鳥兒和搖曳的小麥
I heard you coming home.
我聽到了你呼喚我回家
Oh my love, where did you fly
哦親愛的，你飛往了何處
After you came home to me?
在你回到我身旁之後？
Like the nightjar you left me here
如夜鶯一般留我在此處
To nest in the mourning tree.
只為了在悲哀樹下築巢