名声是多变的食物
盛在不断更换的盘子里
这一次呈给
一位贵宾
下一次就换了对象。
乌鸦审视过谁的面包屑
并报以嘲讽的啼叫
它们展翅飞过
农民的麦粒——
人类将它们吞食，然后死去。
Fame is a fickle food
Upon a shifting plate
Whose table once a
Guest but not
The second time is set.
Whose crumbs the crows inspect
And with ironic caw
Flap past it to the
Farmer’s Corn—
Men eat of it and die.