当气候逐渐变暖，不仅人热得受不了，鸟类也开始“掉色”

Summer-like for an instant the autumn sun bursts out,

秋日的阳光突如夏天般瞬间爆发；

And the light through the turning elms is green and clear;

透过榆树叶的阻挡，光线青翠明亮;

It slants down the path and ragged marigolds glow

它洒在小路上，让金黄的万寿菊耀眼;

Fiery again, last flames of the dying year.

再次燃烧，去年那垂死般的火焰。

A blue-tit darts with a flash of wings, to feed

一只蓝山雀振翅飞舞，去寻觅食物；

Where the coconut hangs on the pear tree over the well;

井边的梨树上硕果累累；

He digs at the meat like a tiny pickaxe tapping

它如一把小锄子开始啄食着果肉；

With his needle-sharp beak as he clings to the swinging shell.

它如一根针用尖锐的喙紧紧抓住摇摆的壳。

Then he runs up the trunk, sure-footed and sleek like a mouse,

然后它沿着树干，如老鼠般轻巧；

And perches to sun himself; all his body and brain

大脑和身体享受着秋日的美好；

Exult in the sudden sunlight, gladly believing

它在阳光中欢欣，乐观地相信；

That the cold is over and summer is here again.

寒冷已过，夏天又来了。

But I see the umber clouds that drive for the sun,

但我看到那些为太阳而奔跑的乌云；

And a sorrow no argument ever can make away

悲伤在看不见的角落滋长；

Goes through my heart as I think of the nearing winter,

当我想到临近的冬天，它穿透我的心脏；

And the transient light that gleams like the ghost of May;

短暂的光芒闪耀着五月的幽灵般的光芒；

And the bird unaware, blessing the summer eternal,

鸟儿毫无察觉，祝福永恒的夏天；

Joyfully labouring, proud in his strength, gay-plumed,

欢乐地劳作，骄傲地展示他的力量，羽毛光艳；

Unaware of the hawk and the snow and the frost-bound nights,

不知道鹰和雪以及冻结的夜晚将至；

And of his death foredoomed.

他的死亡和悲剧早已经注定。