他发来的诗

八月中旬在蘇竇山瞭望站

山谷下一陣煙嵐

三天暑熱,之前五日大雨

冷杉毬果上樹脂閃耀

新生的蒼蠅

團團飛過岩石和草地。

我想不起曾經讀過的東西

有幾個朋友,但住在城裏。

喝錫罐中冷冷的雪水

向下遠眺,數英里在目

大氣高曠而靜止。

Mid-August at Sourdough Mountain Lookout

Down valley a smoke haze

Three days heat, after five days rain

Pitch glows on the fir-cones

Across rocks and meadows

Swarms of new flies.

I cannot remember things I once read

A few friends, but they are in cities.

Drinking cold snow-water from a tin cup

Looking down for miles

Through high still air.