Chrysogonus' Translation #94 - from Kit Kelen's "Leafless"

Gersang

(ketika hangat ranjang merasuk ke tulang)

pepohonan mengingat musimnya

selalu ada ranting di atas

yang telanjang diungkap dingin

burung-burung dan kata di telinga

pohon di cuaca tegap berdiri

meliuk naik meliuk turun

penyambutan bagi yang jatuh

dari pohon hilang tembok-tembok kami

dan kesedihan pagar melingkar

dalam kabut musim dingin yang tinggal

dalam kata yang bermain-main

dalam benak kepalaku

di luar batas tusukan, langit

katak-katak berkata sebaliknya

dari ketiadaan mereka

meranggas

bersama jauh

yang tertiup

daun terakhir

kata ini

(when warmth of bed is still in bones)

the tree remembers its seasons

always other branches up

bare as if the cold's expressed

birds are a word in the ear

the tree in weather of long standing

concerted down as much as up

a welcoming of all the fallen

from lost trees these our four walls

and mellowing of fences

in a winter middling mist

in the play of words

has with my head

beyond all tendrilling, a sky

frogs say despite

and they're unseen

be leafless

as from far

blown in

last leaf's

just to say