Listen to this articleSadness of August
《八月的忧愁》
In a yellow pond there are white ducks swimming,
黄水塘里游着白鸭，
Only a little taller than human body, sorghums are still green.
高粱梗油青的刚高过头，
How should I put, in my pounding heart,
这跳动的心怎样安插，
A narrow path in the field, this sadness in August?
田里一窄条路，八月里这忧愁？
Rains washed the sky clean last night, sun shines
天是昨夜雨洗过的，山岗
On hills and leaves some shadows;
照着太阳又留一片影；
Sheep follow the shepherd into the village,
羊跟着放羊的转进村庄，
A big tree shades a well, or maybe a heart!
一大棵树荫下罩着井，又像是心！
No one ever spoke of August, summer is over
从没有人说过八月什么话，
And fall isn’t here. I look onto a farmland,
夏天过去了，也不到秋天。
And then at the squashes over the clay wall,
但我望着田垄，土墙上的瓜，
I just don’t understand how life and dream connect.
仍不明白生活同梦怎样的连牵。
