He arrives at that choice portion of our year which, in this latitude, answers to the description of the month of May so often given by the poets.

就地理纬度而言，食米通常五月出现，诗人在五月的季节抒怀与之呼应，人们钟爱的五月阳光终光临。

The grass finches, the vireos, the wrens, and the linnets have joined their voices to the chorus, and the bobolinks are loudest in their song.

草地雀、捕虫鸣、和红雀也加入到大合唱中，在这些歌声中属食米的嗓门嘹亮。

The far-famed bobolink of New England migrates to Brazil, making a transoceanic flight of 700 miles from Cuba to the South American coast.

远近驰名的新英格兰的食米迁徙到西，古越洋飞行700英里到达南美海岸。

Boblincoln no more, he is the reedbird now, the much-sought-for tidbit of Pennsylvanian epicures, the rival in unlucky fame of the ortolan!

不叫食米，改称芦苇了，居然成为宾夕法尼亚州受热捧的小报趣闻，与伊壁鸠鲁享乐者们享有同等恶名。

Of all the birds of our groves and meadows, the bobolink was the envy of my boyhood.

北美森林莽莽草原上所有类，食米是我孩提时代为嫉妒的。

Wherever he goes, pop! pop! pop! every rusty firelock in the country is blazing away.

无论食米飞到哪里，砰！砰！砰！全州老枪火钪争相对准它瞄准开火，成千上万只食米不停地倒毙死亡。

Alas! not he. Again he wings his flight. The rice swamps of the south invite him.

哎呀！没有。食米继续振动双翼，南方丰美稻田等待着它的光临。

With us it begins about the middle of May, and lasts until nearly the middle of June.

大约五月中旬，食米飞来，盘桓此地将近一月。