Sweet September源自美国的《读者文摘》，该文描写了秋天的美丽及收获的季节。作者海尔.包兰德，由刘庆荣教授翻译，本人对译文的个别之处稍加改动。

It is summer's completion, autumn's prelude.

九月是夏日的终结，秋日的序曲。

September is more than a month, really; it is a seasonal achievement in itself. It begins with August's leftovers and it ends with October's preparations, but along the way it achieves special satisfactions. After summer's heat and haste, the year consolidated itself. Deliberate September - in its own time and tempo - begins to sum up another summer.

九月，实际上不只是一个月，它还是一个季节，一个收获的季节。它始于八月的残暑，止于十月的准备。它一路走来，得到无限的满足。经过夏季的酷热与匆忙，这一年变得更加充实。九月，它踏着自己的节拍，按照自己的速度，从容不迫地走来，为又一个夏季画上了句号。

With September comes a sense of autumn. It creeps in on a misty dawn and vanishes in the hot afternoon. It tiptoes through the tree-tops, rouging a few leaves, then rides a tuft of thistle down across the valley and away. It sits on a hilltop and hoots like an October owl in the dusk. It plays tag with the wind. September is as changeling busy as a squirrel in a hickory tree, idle as a languid brook. It is summer's ripeness and riches fulfilled.

伴随九月而来的是一丝秋意。它悄然走进雾蒙蒙的黎明，却在炎热的午后消失得无影无踪。它蹑手蹑脚地穿过树梢，揉皱了几片树叶，它跨在蓟草种子的冠毛上，穿过山谷，飘然而去。它坐在山顶上，发出的秋声如同十月黄昏猫头鹰的叫声。它时而与秋风嬉戏，时而像山核桃树上的松鼠，忙得不可开交，时而悠闲自在，宛如一条平静的小溪，缓缓流去。九月是夏季的成熟与丰收。