When the sweet showers of April fall and shoot

Down through the drought of March to pierce the root,

Bathing every vein in liquid power

From which there springs the engendering of flowers.

四月里普降甘霖

滋润了早春三月干枯的大地，

一直渗透到深处的根须，诱发了生机

引起含苞的花蕾竞发。