世上的人们已经不明白，

为何冬天总是让我烦，

现在的冬天越来越短，

都来不及赶鸟儿去它们南方的家。

就仿佛我刚刚回到自己的小窝，

喘口气，还没能好好躺下，

就有小家伙把门敲得砰砰砰，

不用问，肯定是回的最早的霸鹟。

被打断的冬日，意味着仓促的夏天，

也许只有我还记得那一年，

那一年的冬天格外短暂，

所有生物都活得艰难。

接着就来了那场洪水，

将整个世界席卷，

可叹啊，只有我还记得老诺亚，

和他拯救万物的老木船。

The Winters are so short -

I'm hardly justified

In sending all the Birds away -

And moving into Pod -

Myself - for scarcely settled -

The Phoebes have begun -

And then - it's time to strike my Tent -

And open House - again -

It's mostly, interruptions -

My Summer - is despoiled -

Because there was a Winter - once -

And al the Cattle - starved -

And so there was a Deluge -

And swept the World away -

But Ararat's a Legend - now -

And no one credits Noah -