Nature's first green is gold,

Her hardest hue to hold.

Her early leaf's a flower;

But only so an hour.

Then leaf subsides to leaf.

So Eden sank to grief,

So dawn goes down to day.

Nothing gold can stay.

 

自然的新绿如金，

奈何最是难留。

自然的初芽如花，

绽放却难恒久。

叶叶凋萎，片片散落。

伊甸园沉入悲伤，

黎明沉沦为白昼。

韶华流逝如飞。