the mower《割草机》

 The Mower - Philip Larkin

割草机 菲力普•拉金 

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found 

A hedgehog jammed up against the blades, 

Killed. It had been in the long grass. 

割草机抛锚了两次;

我跪下发现 

一只刺猬挤进了里面，卡住了刀片 它被杀死了。

它曾在高高的草丛里。 

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once. 

Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world 

Unmendably. Burial was no help: 

Next morning, I got up and it did not.

我以前见过它，甚至还喂过它，一次。 

现在我伤害了它的小世界 

无法挽回。埋葬也无济于事: 

第二天早上，我起床了，它却没起。

The first day after a death, the new absence 

Is always the same; we should be careful 

Of each other, we should be kind While there is still time. 

死后的第一天，新的空缺 总是一样的; 

我们应该相互顾念， 我们应该善良仁慈 在我们仍然可以之时。