we have been surrounded by birds all our lives, yet so feeble is our observation that many of us could not tell whether or not the chaffinch sings, or the colour of the cuckoo.
as i empty the third barrow of shit, a chaffinch is singing in one of the plum trees.
当我倒空了第三车粪便,我听见一棵李子树后面传来了花鸡的鸣叫。
there was a direct sensuous contact between me, the lake, mountains, cherry trees, mowers, and a certain invisible but noisy chaffinch in a clipped lime tree.