The unseen larks burst into song above the velvety fresh green and the frozen stubble, the peewits began to cry above the water brought down by the storm and still flooding the low-lying places and marshes, and high up the cranes and geese flew, uttering their spring call.
Allodole invisibili presero a trillare sul velluto delle verzure e sulla stoppia gelata; piansero le pavoncelle sulle bassure e sulle paludi piene d’acqua nera non ancora riassorbita, e in alto, a volo, con un gridìo di primavera, passarono cicogne e oche.