Gerard Benson

　　Three birds flew in a clouded sky.

　　One was you and one was I

　　And no one knows the other.

　　The sky was heavy, soft and warm,

　　And off we flew to cheat①and storm,

　　You, I, and the other.

　　To cheat the storm, away we flew;

　　One was white and one was blue.

　　A raven②was the other.

　　We flew to far-off③countries, where

　　Soft waters speak to brittle④air,

　　Always with the other.

　　And there we bathed in silver springs

　　And shook the water from our wings;

　　And with us came the other.

　　And in those fair, enchanted⑤lands,

　　We built our nest upon the sands;

　　And still with us the other.

　　And when we sang, the trilling⑥notes

　　Like liquid, rippled⑦from our throats;

　　He never sang, that other.

　　Three birds mount toward the sun;

　　One is you, and I am one

　　And no one knows the other.

　　Notes:①欺骗②乌黑③遥远的④脆弱的⑤使人迷醉的⑥颤音⑦使作潺潺声

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