多年之后

今天，在远处我看着你

走开，悄无声息

冰川闪光的脸

滑入大海。在坎伯兰兹

一棵古老的橡树倒下，只剩

一捧树叶，一位老妇人

在撒谷粒喂鸡，抬头

看了一会儿。在星系的

另一边，一颗三十五倍于我们

太阳的星球爆炸

并消失，在天文学家的视网漠上

留下一个小绿斑

当他站在我心灵巨大敞开的

圆屋顶上，无人相告。

After Years by Ted Kooser 

Today, from a distance, I saw you

walking away, and without a sound

the glittering face of a glacier

slid into the sea. An ancient oak

fell in the Cumberlands, holding only

a handful of leaves, and an old woman

scattering corn to her chickens looked up

for an instant. At the other side

of the galaxy, a star thirty-five times

the size of our own sun exploded

and vanished, leaving a small green spot

on the astronomer's retina

as he stood on the great open dome

of my heart with no one to tell.