curlews

Curlews call
鷸鳴叫
Along the estuary
沿河口
Late light falls
晚光落下
Under a mile to the sea
離海不到一英里
And the flickering harbour lights
閃爍的海港燈光
Trail in the estuary waters tonight
今晚在河口水域的小徑
Under meteors
流星下
Over the bridge
過橋上
The old town still clinging on
這座古鎮仍然依附
At the end of the ridge
在山脊的盡頭
All but lost to me now
如今我幾乎失去了一切
Nightfall
夜幕降臨
The water's ebbing away now
水逐漸消退
Flat sand
平坦的沙子
Grows with the speed of the tide
隨著潮水的速度增長
Cold now
此刻寒凜
I watch the curlews and lapwings
我注視著鷸和麥雞
Dig down
往下挖
To see just what they can find
看看它們能找到什麼
In the glittering
在閃閃發亮的
Estuary mud
河口泥灘上
Trailing their footprints
尾隨著他們的腳印
Before the flood
在洪水之前
Comes around again
又來了
And washes away
然後沖走
All but every fragment
除每個碎片外的東西
What light remains
還有什麼光
All but lost to me now
如今我幾乎失去了一切
All but lost to me now
如今我幾乎失去了一切