Autumn image

This is an autumn day like none I have seen before!

The air is motionless, as if one were hardly breathing,

and nevertheless, far and near, with a rustle,

the fairest fruits are falling from every tree.

O do not interfere with this ceremony of Nature!

This is the harvest that she gathers herself;

for today the only things that are coming off the branches

are those that are loosened by the gentle touch of sunbeams.