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.

自然的新綠如金，

奈何最是難留。

自然的初芽如花，

綻放卻難恒久。

葉葉凋萎，片片散落。

伊甸園沉入悲傷，

黎明沉淪為白晝。

韶華流逝如飛。